How the White Sox found Yermín Mercedes, plus Jake Burger’s comeback

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Yermín Mercedes has been one of the best stories in baseball in the early stages of the 2021 season as he's completed his journey from unknown prospect to the American League Rookie of the Month. So how did the White Sox find him? Chuck Garfien speaks with White Sox assistant general manager Chris Getz, who explains how the team came upon Mercedes in 2017, the path Mercedes took to the majors, how Mercedes forced his way on the Opening Day roster and if he believes Mercedes can stick in the majors.(4:10) - How did a talent like Yermín Mercedes go under the radar for so long?(9:05) - Scouting Mercedes in the minors(14:00) - How other teams are reacting to his success(17:50) - Now a beer is named after him!(20:00) - Jake Burger's growth in the minors this year

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0:00.0	Two and one to Mercedes.
0:05.0	And your meat tattoos this ball.
0:09.0	Oh, where is it gonna land?
0:11.0	Bring him home.
0:14.0	Welcome to Chicago, 73.
0:19.0	His second home run of the year year an introduction to the home folks everybody it's
0:29.6	Chuck Arfine welcome to the White Sox talk podcast coming to you as always by our
0:36.3	friends at WinTrust.
0:39.1	So at this point, you all know who your mean Mercedes is and what he's been doing so far in
0:47.0	his incredible rookie season.
0:49.7	But today I thought we'd look into the how.
0:52.6	How did the White Sox find him? How did he go from White Sox
0:58.8	low-level prospect to American League rookie of the month in April? So here on the podcast, I speak with
1:07.3	White Sox director of Claire development, Chris Gets, was the one who got the ball rolling back in 2017 that brought Mercedes into the White Sox organization.
1:20.4	He's going to tell some inside stories behind how it all happened. The journey Mercedes took to get to the majors, what it's been like to see him,
1:29.9	flourish like he has with the White Sox, and Gets will explain if he thinks Mercedes can stick and stay
1:37.2	in the major leagues. Chris was in Charlotte when we spoke, and he had just seen Jake Berger hit his second home run for the Charlotte
1:46.7	Knights in AAA. So we talk about Jake as well in his incredible comeback story. And you know,
1:53.5	both Berger and Mercedes are incredible stories. And here on the podcast, you're going to hear
1:59.6	the inside story of how the White Sox found your main Mercedes.
2:05.5	It's coming your way.
2:07.8	At WinTrust, we know true fans show their team pride every chance they get.
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