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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 57: Eloy Jimenez and Zack Collins one step closer to the majors

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Eloy Jimenez and Zack Collins are two of the White Sox top prospects, so it was a big deal when the news broke that they're both being promoted to Double-A Birmingham. On this edition of the podcast, Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey call up CSN's Dan Hayes who's on the road covering the White Sox farm system this week. He was with Jimenez and Collins the day before in what turned out to be their last game for Winston-Salem. Hayes explains the overwhelming impact Jimenez has made, not just with the White Sox but the entire Carolina League this season. They discuss the path Collins will likely take to the majors, the underrated ability of Casey Gillaspie who the White Sox acquired in the Dan Jennings trade and more. Then they cover White Sox news: Rick Hahn trading Tyler Clippard while he was watching Game of Thrones, the incredible MLB start for Nicky Delmonico, the recent run of starts by Carlos Rodon and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The right-hander Lovegrove locks and loads, the one O.

0:03.3

Hamedes with a drive.

0:05.1

Way back.

0:06.4

This one's going over the barn gone.

0:10.2

Eloy Hamedes is off the charts, and that baseball might have bounced out of the ballpark.

0:18.8

The pitch is cracked high and deep to right field. Going back is Clark. He

0:23.9

looks up. It's gone. A game-winning walk-off grand slam for Zach Collins and Winston-Salem

0:31.7

wins in eight to four. Well, we knew it was only a matter of time before Eloy Jimenez and Zach Collins would get called up to AA Birmingham.

0:46.6

It turns out it happened on the same day. Two big bricks in the White Sox Free Build are moving on up, getting closer to the big leagues.

0:55.0

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0:59.4

ATMs nationwide. Find out more at Winst.com slash socks. Chuck Garfine here with Ryan McGuffie.

1:06.0

Dan Hayes broke the story about Jimenez getting called up to AA. We'll join us in a moment.

1:10.6

But first, Guff, I've never been more excited about two getting called up to AA. We'll join us in a moment. But first,

1:11.7

Guff, I've never been more excited about two players called up to AA in my life. It's funny because

1:16.9

we've been so focused on, we talked last week about really being like the magnetic force of

1:22.7

being pulled to that Winston-Salem box score. And for the first time all season, with the exception

1:27.3

of when Kopec starts, now I'm going to feel like that forces led us to Birmingham. Yes. But it's a big day in terms of the rebuild because there's been so much that's been going on in high and low A this year that it's time, it's going to be fun to see how Eloy Jim is adjust or, you know, goes to the next level and

1:45.9

see if he can continue this insane start that he's going on. And then, you know, Dan did a few

1:52.2

great stories yesterday and one of which talked about Collins hitching the swing and how he wants

1:56.9

to put it all on hold. And he's been great great in August and it's a well-deserved promotion

2:01.3

for how well he's been behind the plate so I'm curious to see how he's going to do now with

2:06.6

maybe some more familiarity yeah I think he obviously knows Kopeck well he knows Tanner Banks well

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