Ep. 43: MLB.com’s Jim Callis raves about White Sox 2017 draft

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Who's having one of the best drafts this year? Jim Callis from MLB.com says the White Sox. With Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Luis Gonzalez stocking the system with much-needed power, Callis explains the potential for all three players. He also says they might have gotten one of the biggest steals in the draft in catcher Evan Scoug, who they selected in the 7th round. Later, Callis talks about Luis Robert, Lucas Giolito, and how the Sale and Eaton trades look six months after the deals were made.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chuck Arfine, and this is the White Sox Talk Podcast, which is brought to you by WinTrust Community Bank, home of White Sox checking with free ATMs nationwide. Find out more at wintrust.com slash socks. That's winntrust.com slash socks. So in this year's MNLB draft, the Sox have clearly gone looking to stock their system with hitters, specifically power hitters with high average, high OBP.
0:27.9	Jake Berger, Gavin Sheets, Luis Gonzalez went one, two, three for the socks this year.
0:34.0	You got to like these three guys, certainly on paper.
0:38.2	In reality, who knows?
0:40.2	That is the crapshoot that is the MLB draft.
0:43.4	So I want to talk to someone who follows this for a living.
0:49.0	From January through December, Jim Callis of MLB.com and MLBPipeline.com is one of the best in the business of
0:56.8	following amateur baseball players. And he says the Sox are having one of the best drafts of any team in Major League Baseball and called this, the second day of the draft, the second best draft on day two. We gave the Twins number one, White Sox number two.
1:13.7	So on this podcast, you're going to hear from Jim Callis,
1:16.8	who also gives great details about a guy who might be the steal of the draft,
1:23.9	who the White Sox got in the seventh round, kind of under the radar.
1:27.5	He's from Libertyville. I'm talking about Evan Skowg, a catch got in the seventh round, kind of under the radar. He's from Libertyville.
1:28.5	I'm talking about Evan Skowg, a catcher in the draft.
1:32.0	Why did it take so long for him to be taken and why the Sox got him
1:36.8	and what could he mean for their minor league and potentially major league system?
1:42.7	So that is coming up here on the podcast. Jim also gives us
1:46.5	his take on Luis Robber, Lucas Gialito, Yohan Moncada, and a lot of other guys currently in
1:53.6	the White Sox minor league system. So here we go. The White Sox Talk podcast is here. Let's go.
2:05.6	Thank you. Talk podcast is here. Let's go. So when it comes to breaking down the MLB draft, he's one of the best in the business.
2:12.0	I'd like to say he's got an encyclopedia of baseball knowledge in his mind.
2:16.3	Senior writer for MLB.com and MLBPipeline.com.
2:20.7	You can also see him on MLB Network.
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