Nick Hostetler and his scouting staff have used the third day of major league baseball’s amateur draft to add legitimate talent to a White Sox farm system teeming with talent of late. Day three (rounds 11 through 40) is usually a good time to add overlooked college transfers and once proud options coming off poor […]
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It was an unseasonably cold May night in Kannapolis, North Carolina at the beginning of the 2017 season and I was huddled in the scout seats to watch prized prospect Alec Hansen. The row in front of me was populated entirely by pro scouts, who can be a wealth of information if they are feeling
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NOTE: This article was written by Dan Victor, as a guest of FutureSox. Dan is a regular at games in North Carolina, especially Kannapolis, where he can often be seen with a radar gun in the scout seats. He also writes for the site Scouting the Sally. His teammates call him “Deeds”. But unlike the
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With 2018 number one draft pick Nick Madrigal in the fold to go along with Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada entrenched at the big league level, the White Sox middle infield situation looks solid at the top of the food chain. But the White Sox have some interesting players at the lower levels of the
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By Dan Victor NOTE: This article was written by Dan Victor, as a guest of FutureSox. Dan is a regular at games in North Carolina, especially Kannapolis and Winston-Salem, where he can often be seen with a radar gun in the scout seats. He also writes for the site Scouting the Sally. In a system
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Looking down the tunnel from the dugout steps, it’s hard to miss the ballplayer sauntering out of the clubhouse. The light, staccato sound of cleats on concrete deceives. As he comes into the light, player number 24 immediately projects the image of a power-hitting first base prospect. That’s what he was drafted as and, built
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I was at BB&T Ballpark to catch Dylan Cease’s second start of 2018. What follows is a report based on my viewing, videos, chatting with scouts and coaches, and interviewing the pitcher himself post-game. It was an impressive start for the 2nd or 3rd best pitching prospect in the White Sox system. Background Cease had
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As of this writing, the Winston-Salem Dash (Advanced-A) are probably the most prospect-laden squad in the White Sox system, certainly on the hitting side of things. That they’ve spent the last week not only winning games but doing it in improbable fashion multiple times (how about a straight steal of home to walk off with
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The following is a report on right-handed starter Kade McClure, based on in-person viewing on April 10, video, interviews with Kade and his Pitching Coach, and chatting with scouts. Background McClure was born and grew up in the Cleveland area and played his college ball at Louisville. In his third and final year for the Cardinals,
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The bar was dark, empty and soundless, with the exception of the occasional crack of the pool table near the back. I approached the bartender, he tried to avoid eye contact. I stared straight at him until he acquiesced with a simple nod of the head motioning towards a guy sitting alone at the far
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