Ep. 123: Everything about the White Sox draft class with scouting director Nick Hostetler

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

With the 2018 MLB draft completed, White Sox scouting director Nick Hostetler came back on the podcast to discuss the 2018 draft class. Hostetler describes the moment he realized that they had to draft #1 pick Nick Madrigal, he tells the story of a White Sox scout who demanded they draft Steele Walker in the 2nd round, he talks about some of the sleeper picks the White Sox took in the later rounds, plus the story of their 38th round pick who recently lost both his mother and father to illness and much more.

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0:23.6	More information for this special White Sox webpage, www.W.W.Wintrust.com slash socks. Chuck Arfine here, and the baseball draft is over. Nick Hostelner, on the phone from his home in, you're in Columbus?
0:41.0	Where are you?
0:41.9	Heber in Kentucky.
0:42.8	Sit right outside of Cincinnati.
0:44.1	Why do I think you were Columbus?
0:46.0	Yeah, no.
0:46.7	No, grew up in Cleveland, and I lived just south of Cincinnati.
0:50.7	Okay, so you're in Kentucky.
0:52.0	What's your day like today?
0:55.2	You've just wrapped up the draft. Are you coming down from this experience? A little bit. Drop my son off at golf camp and
1:03.3	talked to a couple of our guys, a couple of our scouts already. And one of them actually
1:09.0	in regards to their plans to go to the perfect game national
1:12.2	event on Thursday for next season in 2019 guys.
1:16.5	And then we got a couple interviews today, a couple things to do, joining you for this
1:21.8	podcast.
1:22.6	And yeah, they'll go watch my son play baseball tomorrow.
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