Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on Burke Granger of 2080 Baseball and D1Baseball.com to provide a final preview of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, which will be held beginning on Sunday, July 11. Prep shortstops appear to be the strength of the first round. Will that be the route the White Sox decide to take? Prior to […]
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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on MLB Draft director Joe Doyle of Prospects Live to provide a synopsis of a number of players who could fall to the White Sox at pick 22 on July 11. Joe details the strength of the first round of the draft to be at prep shortstop and the
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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on host of the Sox Machine Podcast Josh Nelson to preview the White Sox’ strategy ahead of the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft. The Sox will pick at No. 22 on Sunday, July 11. Later, Josh shares his take on the development of Andrew Vaughn, Garrett Crochet, Jake Burger and more, as
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Mike Rankin and James Fox return to discuss the various storylines across the Chicago White Sox minor league system, which includes the location of top outfield prospect Yoelqui Cespedes. The guys discuss the significance of Garrett Crochet’s career path over the next season-plus and ponder the possibility of using the lefty as a starter as
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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed on play-by-play voice and operations manager of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Trevor Wilt to discuss the depth-laden low-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The trio highlight a plethora of top-30 White Sox prospects, including: Jared Kelley, Matthew Thompson, Andrew Dalquist, Benyamin Bailey, Jose Rodriguez and many more. Trevor
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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed Winston-Salem Dash play-by-play voice Luke Hallett to provide his perspective on the advanced-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Hallett highlighted several Dash performers, including top international prospect Yolbert Sanchez, following the first week of the MiLB season. Later, Mike and James discussed standout performances from players across the
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Mike Rankin and James Fox highlighted a number of storylines that surround the 2021 White Sox as the month of April approaches its end. Mike shared what it was like being at Carlos Rodon’s no-hitter on April 14th. The two then discussed the starting pitching staff, which James believes is the strength of the ball
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The White Sox announced on Thursday outfielder Eloy Jimenez suffered a rupture of his left pectoral tendon, which will require surgery. General manager Rick Hahn mentioned the traditional recovery time for that injury is 5-to-6 months. The team will provide further detail regarding Jimenez’s timeline to return in 8-to-12 weeks. A week prior to Opening
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While the record doesn’t suggest as much, the White Sox are seeing a number of positives on the field this spring. The latest involved Michael Kopech donning a live mound for the first time since March 10, 2020 and Garrett Crochet sitting in the mid-90’s while touching 98 mph against San Diego Tuesday. They combined
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It’s rankings week at FutureSox! Our full top 30 is out as well as scouting reports and info on 25 more players in the Just Missed group. In addition to our regular content, some of our writers who participated in ranking the prospects are releasing their individual top 30 lists to Patreon subscribers throughout the
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