Draft Coverage

2023 MLB Draft Profile: Noble Meyer (RHP)

NAME: Noble MeyerSCHOOL: Jesuit (HS)POSITION: RHPHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/185 poundsB/T: R/RD.O.B.: 1/10/2005PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Scouting Report With the White Sox seemingly locked in on the hitter side of the draft, Meyer could be the one arm that sways them away from that plan at this point. Generally regarded as the top prep arm, Meyer has frontline starter projection […]

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Tommy Troy (SS)

NAME: Tommy Troy SCHOOL: Stanford University POSITION: SS/OutfieldHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-10/197 poundsB/T: R/RD.O.B.: 1/17/2002 PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Scouting Report Tommy Troy wasn’t drafted out of high school due to the shortened draft and his strong commitment to Stanford. He excelled as a member of the baseball team for Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California. The high school was founded in

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Rhett Lowder (RHP)

Name: Rhett LowderSchool: Wake ForestPosition: RHPHeight/Weight: 6’2”, 200D.O.B.: 3/8/2002 Scouting Report In a difficult freshman year at Wake Forest, Rhett Lowder posted a 6.12 ERA and 1.493 WHIP. In 2023, those numbers are all but forgotten as he’s improved his output to a sparkling 1.92 ERA and 0.935 WHIP en route to a 15-0 won/lost

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Blake Mitchell (C)

NAME: Blake MitchellSCHOOL: Sinton (HS)POSITION: CHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/200 poundsB/T: L/RD.O.B.: 8/3/2004PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Scouting Report Mitchell is one of the fascinating prep players in a draft headlined by a loaded class of college hitters. Despite a league-wide fear of prep catchers due to a troublesome lack of success rate in the past, he’s the highest-ranked high school

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FutureSox Podcast: Preparing for what is beyond the 2023 MLB Draft

Mike Rankin and James Fox opened the podcast by celebrating the Chicago White Sox’s surge toward an AL Central crown following an abysmal start to the season. They then detailed the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League rosters, as both leagues are underway. The show also highlighted Noah Schultz’s progress, linked more names to

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Aidan Miller (3B)

NAME: Aidan MillerSCHOOL: JW Mitchell High School (FL)POSITION: 3BHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/205 poundsB/T: R/RD.O.B.: 6/9/2004PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Scouting Report Aidan Miller is a young high-upside prep hitter with the potential to be an impact bat at an early age. He was impressive on the mound as well during his high school career, but his twitchy and powerful hitting

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Kyle Teel (Catcher)

Name: Kyle TeelSchool: VirginiaPosition: CatcherHeight/Weight: 6’1” 190B/T: L/RD.O.B. 2/15/2002 Scouting Report After struggling last summer in the wooden bat Cape Cod League and Team USA, the left-handed hitting backstop has rebounded with monster numbers in the ACC this season. In 261 plate appearances in 2023, he slashed .414/.479/.678 with only 32 strikeouts and 28 walks.

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Colin Houck (SS)

NAME: Colin HouckSCHOOL: Parkview HS, GeorgiaPOSITION: SSHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6’2″, 190 lbsB/T: R/RD.O.B.: September 30, 2004COMMITTED: Mississippi State scouting report Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia has a knack for producing major league baseball players, as Clint Sammons, Jeff Francoeur, Jeff Keppinger, and Matt Olson once roamed their halls. With the 2023 MLB Draft nearing, shortstop Colin

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FutureSox Podcast ft. Carlos Collazo of Baseball America: White Sox strategy ahead of 2023 MLB Draft

Mike Rankin and James Fox welcomed Baseball America writer and Future Projection Podcast host Carlos Collazo to provide insight on the 2023 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. Collazo offered perspective on names who may fall to the White Sox at pick No. 15. He also shared his progress reports on Jonathan Cannon, Peyton Pallette, Noah

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2023 MLB Draft Profile: Matt Shaw (SS)

NAME: Matt Shaw SCHOOL: University of Maryland POSITION: SSHEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/185 pounds B/T: R/RD.O.B.: 11/6/2001PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never Scouting Report Matt Shaw wasn’t drafted in 2020 after attending Worcester Academy in Worcester, Massachusetts for high school. The school is the oldest educational institution originally founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1834. The co-educational preparatory school houses over 500

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