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Posts tagged "MLB Draft"

2010 AL Central draft spending

2010 AL Central draft spending
The 2010 Draft signing deadline came and went with no new signing for the White Sox, but plenty of other teams were active, including the Sox’ AL Central counterparts. I take a look at the draft spending for each team in the Central to see if the White Sox are extremely cheap, or if it’s... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
August 17, 2010 at 7:41 am
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Signing deadline passes with no news for White Sox

At midnight Eastern, the deadline to sign draft picks passed and the Chicago White Sox made no splashes as expected. There were rumors that they had a chance to sign fourth round pick Matt Grimes or eighth round pick Josef Terry, but in the end those two players will be going to college next year... Read more »
By Dan Santaromita,
August 16, 2010 at 11:40 pm
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2010 draft performance/stats update

2010 draft performance/stats update
It’s been just over 2 months since the draft and most of the top picks have been signed, and signed for a while, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how they were performing. Now it should be noted that sample sizes of this size are relatively meaningless, but it’s... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
August 11, 2010 at 12:44 pm
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Chris Sale promoted to the Majors

Today the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of LHP Chris Sale from Triple-A Charlotte, with Sale due to join up with the big club in Detroit. Chris Sale was the first round pick of the Sox in the 2010 draft, he was selected at #13 overall and signed on June 20 for a reported... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
August 4, 2010 at 5:38 pm
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White Sox, Chris Sale agree on $1.656m deal

Baseball America reports that the Chicago White Sox and Chris Sale have agreed to a deal, worth an estimated $1,656,000 in bonus money. Chris Sale Chris Sale, the 13th pick in the 2010 draft by the White Sox is a big athletic left-hander, with a plus fastball, plus changeup, average slider and pinpoint command. The... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 20, 2010 at 7:18 pm
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Draft Report: Rangel Ravelo

Draft Report: Rangel Ravelo
The White Sox took their first high school positional player in the 6th round of the MLB draft, that player is third baseman Rangel Ravelo out of Hialeah HS (FL). Rangel Ravelo A former teammate of the #3 pick in the draft Manny Machado, Rangel Ravelo has made a lot of improvement over the last... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 19, 2010 at 12:34 pm
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Petricka, Reed and Ravelo all sign

Baseball America reports that three of the White Sox’ early round draftees, second round pick Jacob Petricka, third round pick Addison Reed and sixth round pick Rangel Ravel have all signed. Jacob Petricka signs for a reported $540,000 signing bonus. Slot bonus for the 63rd pick is estimated at $576,000-$585,000 (the slot bonuses have not... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 15, 2010 at 11:58 pm
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Draft Report: Randall Thorpe

Draft Report: Randall Thorpe
In the 18th round of the MLB Draft the White Sox selected a familiar name; Randall Thorpe. OK, so maybe Thorpe isn’t a familiar name to most, but you may remember that he was selected by the Sox out of high school in the 29th round of the 2008 draft. He didn’t sign with the... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 15, 2010 at 10:58 pm
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Draft Report: Ozney Guillen

It was just a matter of when, not if. We all knew the Chicago White Sox would select Ozney Guillen, the youngest son of Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, but while I was expecting his name to be called in a single digit round, it didn’t happen until quite a while later, which caused a fair... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 15, 2010 at 1:23 pm
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Day 3 littered with tough signability picks

After a fairly conservative second day to the 2010 MLB draft, the White Sox starting swinging from their heels with several of their latter round picks. Typically, high school players drafted in the later rounds do not sign, but there’s always a chance that the Sox will dangle significant amounts of money their way in... Read more »
By Jeff Buchanan,
June 15, 2010 at 9:50 am
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