There was never any concern that Garrett Crochet would not sign a deal with the White Sox after being selected with the 11th pick in the 2020 MLB Draft. There was also no rush considering there is no word of a Minor League Baseball season happening in 2020. Crochet and the White Sox inked his […]
White Sox sign first-round pick Garrett Crochet to slot signing bonus Read More »
The MLB draft is never short on player comps. Fans want to know what their team just got in the draft. Scouts and analysts search for similarities between a draft pick and a known commodity in the majors. Far too often, these young amateur prospects get compared to all-stars and hall of famers. Even in
Garrett Crochet has more similarities to Chris Sale than ‘hard-throwing lefty’ Read More »
Most of the discussion about the 2020 MLB Draft has been about the unusual five-round format. Rightly so, but as the draft nears, the focus is starting to shift to the actual draft. There is some normalcy in this. We’ve been running draft profiles for the past couple weeks and will have our bases covered
Will Mike Shirley signal a change in White Sox draft strategy? Read More »
The behind-the-scenes maneuvering in the baseball world the past few months has been something wild to behold. Not only is Major League Baseball trying to salvage some form of a 2020 season, but the chaos the pandemic has wrought came at a time when Minor League Baseball was already staring down at the very real
White Sox release 25 players, but will continue to pay their minor leaguers Read More »
It’s rankings week at FutureSox and the schedule of events is below! Monday: The Just Missed article, individual lists for Patreon subscribers! Tuesday: Prospects ranked 16-30, with capsules, full list for Patreon subscribers! Wednesday: The full list, with 1-15 capsules, individual lists for Patreon subscribers! Thursday: Writers’ roundtable discussion of the rankings (High/Low), individual lists for Patreon subscribers! Friday:
Patreon Content: Individual Top 30 lists-Dan Santaromita Read More »
We compile prospect rankings twice a year on FutureSox and each time around there is plenty of debate behind the scenes. One voter loves Prospect X and doesn’t get why another voter has Prospect Y ahead of him. The debates can get intense. Here is the most recent version of the finished product, the Top
2019 Preseason Rankings Roundtable: Writers’ High and Lows Read More »
Welcome to another entry in a new offseason article series here at FutureSox. Seperate from our twice-annual Top 30 White Sox Prospects lists, we are going to list the top five or ten minor leaguers in the White Sox system at each position on the field. We continue our position prospect rankings with one of the
Top White Sox Prospects by Position – Second basemen Read More »
Brian Bilek wrote a piece about the debate over when Eloy Jimenez should get promoted to the White Sox. He broke down the pros and cons of why the Sox should wait until 2019 to get the extra year of service time. This came a week or two after another FutureSox writer, Julie Brady, published an
The pros and cons of when to call up Eloy Jimenez Read More »
The White Sox went with college players in the first three rounds of the draft, but went the high school route in Round 4. The Sox drafted Miami-area shortstop Lency Delgado at No. 108 overall. As opposed to the first three picks, which were all unanimously highly rated by the various draft prospect websites, Delgado
White Sox take their first high schooler with Lency Delgado in fourth round Read More »
In the first player move of any note in the White Sox offseason, the team announced that it claimed outfielder Rymer Liriano, a former top 100 overall prospect, off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Liriano, 25, missed all of 2016 after suffering facial fractures from getting hit with a fastball in spring training.
White Sox claim OF Rymer Liriano off waivers from Brewers Read More »
