While tomorrow may be an off day for the Chicago White Sox on the field, the front office will be getting to work on building for the future. The first two rounds of the draft kick off at 6 PM CT (first round and compensation round A) with the White Sox picking twice at 13 […]
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The signing deadline is behind us and yet again the White Sox didn’t make any noise on the final day. With their first seven picks already locked up, the Sox didn’t have any late drama and weren’t going to overpay any of their other selections. You can complain about this philosophy all you want, but
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The White Sox were kind enough to invite us to a conference call alongside other bloggers with Director of Amateur Scouting Doug Laumann. Laumann has overseen each draft since 2008. His first round picks so far are Gordon Beckham, Jared Mitchell and Chris Sale. Already two Major Leaguers and Mitchell’s biggest problem is a fluke
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Shortly after the draft I wrote about the overall strategy of the Sox, but now I want to focus on specific picks and specific players that I like, dislike and feel indifferent about. Picks I liked:2 (80): Erik Johnson, RHP, 6-3, 240, CalA lot of people didn’t seem to like the Johnson pick, but I’m
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The guys over at Oral Sox invited me to do a special draft related podcast and here it is. We talked about Keenyn Walker, some sleeper picks, a bit about the minors in general and phallic symbols (naturally). Check it out!
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The title says it all. The NCAA Tournament is in the Super Regional round this weekend and the first game (Mississippi State @ Florida with Frank Thomas on the call) is currently on ESPN2. A number of White Sox draft picks will be in action and all of them will be on TV if you
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With the 2011 MLB Draft now in the books, I want to take a look at what appears to be a very interesting draft strategy from our White Sox. After day 2 and the first 30 rounds of the draft I was feeling a little depressed and let down by the direction the Sox had
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The White Sox continued the run on right-handed college pitching with the selection of Kent State’s Kyle McMillen at 141. McMillen wasn’t the top pitching prospect on Kent State’s staff (that honor goes to Andrew Chafin, who went 43rd to Arizon), but he is a well-rated arm for a fourth round selection. McMillen comes in
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At pick 110 the White Sox took another college arm, this time JuCo right-hander Jeff Soptic. At 6-6, 210 he joins a growing number of big pitchers drafted by the Sox. He is a hard thrower that profiles out of the bullpen and has a commitment to pitch at Mizzou. Soptic’s best asset is his
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Following yesterday’s selection of Keenyn Walker, the White Sox predictably went after a college arm in the second round. Erik Johnson, a RHP out of Cal, goes to the Sox in the second round. Johnson, 20, was selected at 80 overall and is ranked as the 97th best prospect in the draft by Baseball America.
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