Jim Callis on Yoelkis Cespedes and the White Sox farm system

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Chuck Garfien catches up with Jim Callis, senior writer for MLB Pipeline to get his thoughts on the White Sox farm system. They talk about White Sox #2 prospect Yoelkis Cespedes who completed his first minor league season and is playing right now in the Arizona Fall League. How close is he to the majors? They also discuss Cuban prospect Oscar Colas, Yolbert Sanchez, Colson Montgomery, Micker Adolfo and the White Sox prospect you should be following who is flying under the radar.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Garfine and welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast. It's brought to you,
0:11.0	as always, by Win Trust. So with the White Sox in contention, though, the last couple of years,
0:19.5	and thank goodness for that. We haven't focused
0:23.0	much on what is going on in the minor leagues. And with the Arizona Fall League underway,
0:29.1	it's a great time to catch up with our minor league guru, the one and only Jim Callis from
0:36.1	MLB.com. To get his thoughts on the White Sox farm system,
0:40.0	where is it right now? Especially since all the White Sox best players from the rebuild have reached
0:46.0	the majors. So what's left down there? Not only for the near future, like 2022, but the distant
0:53.8	future, 2023 and beyond.
0:57.4	We're going to talk a lot about two Cuban signies.
1:00.6	One is Yoelke Cespitus, who is playing right now in the Arizona Fall League.
1:05.0	Jim's covering it.
1:06.7	How did Cestepidus do in his first year in the White Sox-Mire League system?
1:11.1	We'll talk about that.
1:12.0	And then the other player is not on the White Sox just yet.
1:15.9	Ask her Colas, a lefty power hitter who is expected to sign with the White Sox in January.
1:21.4	It's got a huge upside.
1:23.2	How close is Cespitus to the majors and what would be the timetable for Coloss?
1:27.8	We talk about two interesting infielders playing in the AFL right now,
1:32.2	Gilbert Sanchez and Jose Rodriguez.
1:34.9	We cover this year's first round draft pick, Colton Montgomery.
1:38.1	Is he going to stick a shortstop?
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