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FutureSox Podcast ft. Curt Bloom of Chicago White Sox double-A Birmingham Barons

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Flying solo, Mike Rankin welcomed on Birmingham Barons play-by-play broadcaster Curt Bloom of the double-A affiliated Chicago White Sox. Bloom provided perspective on players he watched develop across his time in Birmingham, including: Yolbert Sanchez, Yoelqui Cespedes, Yoelvin Silven, Jason Bilous and more. Bloom also detailed the value Birmingham manager Justin Jirschele provides to the […]

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FutureSox Podcast: Winston-Salem manager Lorenzo Bundy & Baseball Prospectus’ Ben Spanier

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on Ben Spanier of Baseball Prospectus to provide in-person perspective on a number of Chicago White Sox prospects playing in low-A Kannapolis and high-A Winston-Salem. Before that, Rankin reacted to clips from an interview courtesy of FutureSox’ Charlotte Knights correspondent Jeff Cohen and the Dash. Winston-Salem manager Lorenzo Bundy

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Podcast: Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline talks strengths of Chicago White Sox farm system

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on Jim Callis, senior writer at MLB Pipeline, to highlight the strengths of the Chicago White Sox organization. Callis discussed MLB.com’s top 30 White Sox prospect list and provided unique insight about top prospect Colson Montgomery. Callis also evaluated the state of the White Sox’ pitching depth within the

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FutureSox Podcast ft. Kevin Goldstein of FanGraphs on MLB labor dispute

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on former Houston Astros executive and current national writer for FanGraphs Kevin Goldstein to discuss all that is wrong in negotiations between MLB and its players association. Goldstein also provides insight on several White Sox prospects, including Norge Vera, Yoelqui Cespedes, Colson Montgomery and more.  CLICK HERE to listen via

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FutureSox Podcast ft. Bill Mitchell of Baseball America: White Sox 2022 preseason top 30 prospect list

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on Bill Mitchell of Baseball America, who has taken over coverage of the Chicago White Sox farm system. Mike and James discussed the latest White Sox’ top 30 prospect list with Bill and also explored the optimism within a system that ranks at the bottom of Major League Baseball.

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FutureSox Podcast: Maria Torres on corruption faced by baseball players in the Dominican Republic

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on Maria Torres of The Athletic, who worked with writer Ken Rosenthal on: ‘A failed system’: A corrupt process exploits Dominican baseball prospects. Is an international draft really the answer? ($).  Maria shares insight regarding the scouting process of young Dominican players and the deception they face when developing as a prospect.

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FutureSox Podcast: Chicago White Sox top prospects by position

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Mike Rankin and James Fox detailed the top prospects across the Chicago White Sox farm system by position. The guys explored corner and middle infield, as well as outfield, catcher and pitcher. Later, Mike and James discussed the latest news surrounding top international prospects Oscar Colas and Erick Hernandez ahead of the upcoming international signing

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