White Sox System Breakdown: Outfielders

 

Thompson and Mitchell are the two most intriguing storylines for the Sox minors this year, but who of the A ball outfielders do you guys think can break out? I have a feeling one of Ciolli, Shoemaker and Colligan will take a step forward, but I can't pick who.

Just looking at numbers, Shoemaker looks like the best bet to take a big step forward. He's shown the most power and the best plate discipline thus far and he doesn't have the worst strike out rate I've ever seen (though 25.3% is still quite high). Colligan looks like his ceiling is about that of a 4th OFer (and considering he played like 40 games in LF, 50 games in CF, and 15 games in RF, he looks the part too, though some of that was filling in for injured players). I think he's probably the safest pick out of any of these guys to take some sort of step forward due to his running ability, a bit of power, a solid eye, and the ability to fight off a K every now and then. I don't know how his defense is but he looks OK.

 

Ciolli's peripherals are just scary bad. Doesn't walk, strikes out a ton, and he wasn't very good on the basepaths last year either. I'm going to guess that he is the most talented of that group, but he's got a long ways to go.

 

He was mentioned briefly in the article, but the player I really want to see perform this year is Jose Martinez. He looked like he was going to be a pretty solid player until 2009 rolled around, and then he barely got back on the field last year. He's always showed a pretty good ability to hit the ball and he's had a bit of power in the past, but I'm hoping he takes that next step forward and gets a lot more of those to start falling.

Edited March 16, 201115 yr by witesoxfan

Just looking at numbers, Shoemaker looks like the best bet to take a big step forward. He's shown the most power and the best plate discipline thus far and he doesn't have the worst strike out rate I've ever seen (though 25.3% is still quite high). Colligan looks like his ceiling is about that of a 4th OFer (and considering he played like 40 games in LF, 50 games in CF, and 15 games in RF, he looks the part too, though some of that was filling in for injured players). I think he's probably the safest pick out of any of these guys to take some sort of step forward due to his running ability, a bit of power, a solid eye, and the ability to fight off a K every now and then. I don't know how his defense is but he looks OK.

 

Ciolli's peripherals are just scary bad. Doesn't walk, strikes out a ton, and he wasn't very good on the basepaths last year either. I'm going to guess that he is the most talented of that group, but he's got a long ways to go.

 

He was mentioned briefly in the article, but the player I really want to see perform this year is Jose Martinez. He looked like he was going to be a pretty solid player until 2009 rolled around, and then he barely got back on the field last year. He's always showed a pretty good ability to hit the ball and he's had a bit of power in the past, but I'm hoping he takes that next step forward and gets a lot more of those to start falling.

I disagree on Colligan - I think his ceiling is much higher than the others you mentioned. His problem has been work ethic and putting his talents to use, from everything I have read.

 

I disagree on Colligan - I think his ceiling is much higher than the others you mentioned. His problem has been work ethic and putting his talents to use, from everything I have read.

I'm surprised about the work ethic considering the guy is built like a football player. I saw him in college and he had the biggest arms of anyone I'd seen in any college game.

Good stuff Dan. I'm very interested to see what Mitchell and Trayce do. I'd bet more on Trayce than I would Mitchell but both have a ton of upside, the only question is whether Mitchell still has that athletism post injury.