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Was wondering the same thing. Also McClure at 19 is interesting.

I'm not a big believer in him as a major leaguer. I think his profile is the type that will dominate in A-ball, then hit a wall around AA. That said, he's been crushing it and I would be happy to be proven wrong.

FutureSox will have their list out for mid-season in about a month. I did a quick and dirty T30, without doing a lot of research, and thought it would be fun to discuss. Here is mine, assuming all the high picks sign: 1 Eloy Jimenez 2 Michael Kopech 3 Luis Robert 4 Nick Madrigal 5 Dylan Cease 6 Dane Dunning 7 Zack Collins 8 Alec Hansen 9 Blake Rutherford 10 Micker Adolfo 11 Jake Burger 12 Seby Zavala 13 Luis Alex Basabe 14 Zack Burdi 15 Steele Walker 16 Jordan Stephens 17 Spencer Adams 18 Gavin Sheets 19 Luis Gonzalez 20 Luis Curbelo 21 Ian Hamilton 22 Lenyn Sosa 23 Tyler Johnson 24 Konnor Pilkington 25 Thyago Vieira 26 Laz Rivera 27 Lency Delgado 28 Jonathan Stiever 29 Joel Booker 30 Danny Mendick Just missed in order: Bernardo Flores, Alex Call, Yeyson Yrizarri, Jimmy Lambert, Kade McClure, Tito Polo, Ti'Quan Forbes Discuss!

A more recent scouting report with video on Rivera is here, from late April. I think his hit tool ceiling is much higher than 40, but 35 power seems about right.

Everything I have read and heard says Sosa can stick at short, though it's early and things can change.

I'd be shocked if they didn't sign any of picks 1-3. They have a surplus to work with, and I don't see any of the three being clearly over-slot needed. Probably will sign Round 14 too, but like 80% instead of 99.9% sure.

FutureSox Draft Tracker updated.

The weekly White Sox Minor League News and Notes is up, with a whopping 43 transactions and the other usual good stuff. But it opens with a little vignette about recently-promoted and red-hot Joel Booker, including quotes from him. You should definitely check it out.

You've probably already seen the list of players in the mass wave of transactions yesterday in the minors. James lists them but goes further and explains the "why" for the key names, and what may come next.

This week, Julie dives into the reported, rumored and supposed roster moves as part of the wave of changes likely coming today across the White Sox farm. And she shows why there is reason for excitement as a result.

The FutureSox Draft Tracker has been updated. Here is that link. 27 signed, 1 confirms will sign (Fitzpatrick, who may have actually signed by now), 4 confirm will not sign, 4 still playing, 1 likely to sign soon (Walker), 3 are unlikely to sign.

I believe our podcasts are only available on iTunes, or pod-o-matic (where you can just download it direct to your device). But we will look into getting it into Google Play too if possible.

Get to know the Arizona League farm team, which is always the youngest in the system but this year's roster is much younger than even previous years' iterations for the Sox. Whole lot of international names here.

As always, the weekly hot list gives you the quick overview of who has been doing especially well lately on the farm. Give it a read!

Guest writer Dan Victor joins us again, this time to write about a fringy outfield prospect who might be more than he seems. Get to know Craig Dedelow, with quotes and video.

The only complaints we have gotten are people who use some specific podcast platform, I think it's called shadowcast or something.

Team preview here, includes starting rotation and other notes.

One of the two rookie affiliates, the Great Falls Voyagers, opens play tonight. The team is loaded mostly with 2018 draft picks and 2014-2015 era international pickups. They should be a very good team. Read our preview for all the details.

It was a longer than usual gap between episodes, but this podcast is packed. White Sox Scouting Director Nick Hostetler, Kannapolis MGR Justin Jirschele, and pitching prospects Dylan Cease and Bernardo Flores are all here. Details, download / play, here!

Thanks to all who came out last night - it was a good time!

The White Sox have 18 All Stars among just three minor league affiliates - Birmingham, Winston-Salem and Kannapolis. AAA will be announced a little later. So Julie celebrates by highlighting some the All Star moments thus far on the farm in 2018, and there are some really great ones.

The Carranza thing is a little odd. He had a photo on his Insta of his locker that appeared to be White Sox gear, which I took as meaning he signed. But now the photo is gone, and he is not on the list the Sox just published.

This is probably approaching geek-level following of the farm system, but James (Y2Jimmy) previewed the Dominican Summer League affiliate for this season. They opened play recently. Get to know that roster in his article.

The middle infield in Chicago is pretty well set for the near future. But depth, for insurance and alternatives (and maybe trade bait) is always good. Ken takes a look at three lower level prospects in this area, with quotes from the players, to paint a picture of some of the available talent.

Yeah, so, that's been a problem since June 1. I've made my displeasure very clear to the people who run CN, and their management at Tronc (TribCo media). They are working to fix it, that's all I can say. It's amazing they botched this so badly - they couldn't make the changes needed for the new EU privacy laws in time, so now no one in Europe can read anything TribCo. They are flushing money down the toilet. Which makes me think it will be fixed soon, but in the meantime, all I can do is apologize on their behalf. We (FutureSox) can't do anything about it. Unless we build a brand new, independent site. Which... well, keep your eyes peeled. ?