Ep. 117: Zack Collins says Eloy Jimenez will be one of the best in the big leagues

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Hitting in front of Eloy Jimenez in the Birmingham Barons lineup, Zack Collins has seen up close what Jimenez is doing in Double-A and predicts very big things in his future. Collins spoke with Chuck Garfien not only about Jimenez, but his fellow catcher and roommate Seby Zavala, Dane Dunning, Jordan Stephens and Matt Rose. They discuss why Collins went back to his hitting style from college, who hits the ball the farthest on the Barons, a crazy college stat about Collins and Dunning and much more.

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0:27.9	socks. On the phone, White Sox, 2016 number one pick catcher for the Birmingham Barons.
0:34.5	It is Zach Collins. How you doing, Zach?
0:37.2	Good. What's going on?
0:38.3	Chuck. How's everything? Things are good. You're calling from Mobile, Alabama.
0:44.6	You get five days in Mobile, Alabama. What's that like?
0:49.5	It's not too bad. We're staying in a really nice hotel. And, I mean, it's not as bad as some people can think of it. But we're right in downtown mobile. So there's some stuff to do around here and everything's good.
1:02.8	Well, I was watching a game earlier this week. It's at Hank Aaron Stadium. Did they announce that there was a game being played that day? This is on Monday night.
1:12.4	How many fans were in the crowd?
1:15.8	There was probably a total of 15.
1:20.3	15 fans.
1:21.2	I mean, I think there was 15 fans there.
1:22.9	I didn't see anybody.
1:24.4	Yeah, I don't know if they don't like advertise it or what's going on or people just don't want to watch us.
1:29.7	But yeah, there wasn't too many.
1:33.0	I mean, you have beyond yourself, you have Aloi Jimenez, one of the best prospects in all of baseball.
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