After taking the best left-handed pitcher in the draft with the 5th overall pick, the White Sox opted for upside at the plate with 18-year-old 6’1″ shortstop Caleb Bonemer. They selected him with the 43rd overall pick in the draft and their second selection of the day. Bonemer was ranked as the #71 overall player […]
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On this week’s bonus episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox went live to react to the first and second round of the 2024 MLB Draft. For part 2 of this special podcast Ian and James welcomed their FutureSox cohort and contributor to Just Baseball, Elijah Evans, to react to the White
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On this week’s episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox went live to react to the first and second round of the 2024 MLB Draft. In the first half of part 1 they went live with Burke Granger of D1 Baseball. They discuss the guesses on who would go 1 overall and
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The 2024 MLB Draft will take place live in Fort Worth, Texas as part of All Star week once again. The event will run from Sunday July, 14th through Tuesday July, 16th. The draft will include 20 rounds but bonus have escalated significantly year over year. Night one of the draft will entail the first
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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
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In Mock Draft 1.0, the Cleveland Guardians were highlighted as they won the second annual draft lottery. The draft is tomorrow and things are still unclear in regards to the Guardians at the top. The #1 pick is worth a record setting $10,570,600 this year and their entire pool comes in at $18,334,000 which is
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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.
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On Monday at FutureSox, we released mock draft version 3.0 and I’ll have our final edition with names only on Sunday before the event officially starts. We are less than one week away from the festivities finally getting underway in Fort Worth, Texas. The White Sox will have the fifth overall pick in the draft
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In Mock Draft 1.0, the Cleveland Guardians were highlighted as they won the second annual draft lottery. The draft is next week and things are still unclear in regards to the Guardians at the top. The #1 pick is worth a record setting $10,570,600 this year and their entire pool comes in at $18,334,000 which
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On a bonus episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcome Locked on Guardians Jeff Ellis to talk MLB Draft. With his years covering the MLB draft, Jeff, breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the 2024 draft class. He goes extensively into this crop of talent and where he sees the
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