Ep. 174: The White Sox prospect you may not know but you should

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Zach Thompson might be off your radar, but the White Sox prospect is someone to watch in the White Sox organization, not just for what he's doing on the field, but for what he says off of it.Chuck Garfien spoke with Thompson who had a 1.55 ERA last season with Winston-Salem and Birmingham. Thompson talks about the message he received from God that helped turn his career around (02:30), why he becomes a different person when he's on the mound (06:00), the talent he sees in the White Sox farm system and playing for Omar Vizquel (08:42), why he watches videos of open heart surgeries in the clubhouse (12:20) and more.

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0:00.0	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
0:03.9	A ball hit deep way back.
0:06.0	Deep to the Red.
0:07.8	Holy cow.
0:09.5	Carlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
0:12.8	Jimenez leaves the ballpark.
0:15.6	You can't put it on the board.
0:18.5	Yes.
0:19.5	We got a chance to do something real special.
0:21.7	All right, sit back, relax, and strap it down.
0:24.2	This is time for the White Sox Talk Podcast.
0:35.2	Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Arfine, and this is the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:39.3	Boughted by Win Trust Community Bank, home of White Sox checking, where you get free ATMs from
0:44.6	coast to coast.
0:46.2	Probably their special White Sox webpage.
0:48.1	It's at winters.com slash socks.
0:52.9	Take a look at the White Sox top 30 30 prospects and you're not going to find the name
0:58.7	of our guest on the podcast today but you know what maybe you should zach thompson was the white
1:06.1	socks fifth round pick in 2014 he was a starter and, he was struggling as a starter. Being a starting
1:14.5	pitcher was all he knew. But the Sox asked him to move to the bullpen, made way through 2017,
1:20.9	and he admits he was devastated by it. But as it turned out, that was the best thing that could have happened to him.
1:28.4	Because in 2018, with Winston-Salem and Birmingham, he combined for a 1.55 ERA out of the bullpen.
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