Author name: Dylan Barnas

The Gregory Santos deal has now been completed! The White Sox received the 68th overall pick in the draft, along with Zach DeLoach and Prelander Berroa, from Seattle in exchange for the reliever. We now know the full details of the trade, as the White Sox select prep LHP Blake Larson from IMG Academy in […]

The White Sox may have some of the best pitching coming up through the minor leagues, and it just got even better. Mike Shirley and company took lefty Hagen Smith from the University of Arkansas with the fifth overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. The southpaw is 20-years-old and he underwent Tommy John surgery

NAME: Nick KurtzSCHOOL: Wake Forest UniversityPOSITION: First BasemanHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4, 235 poundsB/T: L/LD.O.B: 3/12/2003PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Draft Scouting Report When scouts compare you to a Hall of Famer with 600 home runs, that must mean you’re doing something right. If you squint hard enough, you can see a little bit of Jim Thome in Nick Kurtz.

NAME: Chase BurnsSCHOOL: Wake Forest UniversityPOSITION: Starting PitcherHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/195 poundsB/T: R/RD.O.B.: 1/16/2003PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: San Diego Padres, 20th round, 2021 Scouting Report Chase Burns was drafted in the final round of the 2021 MLB Draft, and didn’t sign with the San Diego Padres. An easy decision to go to school, and it paid off big time.