Without having the luxury of minor league games to cover, it’s productive to see numerous prospects with rookie eligibility thrust into action with the Chicago White Sox in the early going. The Pale Hose will begin a three-game series in Milwaukee on Monday against the Brewers after dispatching the Royals in Kansas City over the […]
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The White Sox currently have 24 players stationed at their alternate site location in suburban Schaumburg. With the initial list provided, the organization seemingly placed a premium on adding players to serve as potential depth for the big league club in Chicago. It appears, however, that the demographics are about to undergo a slight change
Prep players are often selected after the 30th round in the Major League baseball draft. They don’t, however, usually sign professional contracts after going in that area. The White Sox have been exceptions to the rule recently. Bryce Bush signed after being taken in the 33rd round in 2018. The organization went back to the
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The fate of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season has been assumed for a while, but on Tuesday it became official. There will be no 2020 season in the minors. Minor League Baseball’s board of trustees held a meeting on Tuesday, which was reported by The Athletic’s Evan Drellich on Monday. The result of that
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If you stack up a draft class by looking at bonus amounts, fifth-round pick Bailey Horn was the third best player in the White Sox draft class. The MLB draft is unique in this instance and sometimes tough to follow for casual fans. Teams are allotted a bonus pool to use for the entire draft
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When the White Sox used the 47th overall selection on Refugio High School right hander Jared Kelley, it was evident that a new draft strategy was taking place. There were questions about Kelley’s signability and his commitment to Texas, but early picks generally sign under the bonus pool rules. Kelley joined the FutureSox podcast recently
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Major League Baseball rosters have been frozen since late March, but that freeze came to an end today at noon ET. The White Sox need to submit their 60-player pool to use initially in advance of reporting to Chicago for spring training 2.0 on Wednesday. Five players were released from the organization earlier today and
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The arrival of Mike Shirley as Director of Amateur Scouting appeared to be a slight change for an organization undergoing plenty of it and one that has been slowly evolving from the past. During a SoxFest seminar, back when the world wasn’t on hold and folks were allowed to recreate publicly, the longtime scout was
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In 2019, the college pitching class was one of the worst of all time. The White Sox decided to employ an unfamiliar strategy by nabbing prep righties in the second and third round in addition to five more prep talents overall. The 2020 crop of college pitchers is exceptional, however, and the White Sox went
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1,200 players were taken in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft. In this year’s version, 160 players will be chosen and added to clubs’ respective farm systems. The 2020 Draft will take place on the originally scheduled date of Wednesday, June 10th. The first round will take place on night one with rounds two-through-five taking
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