The 2023 Major League Baseball draft for the Chicago White Sox included players spanning the globe from Downers Grove to Pineuilh, France and Osaka, Japan. Here are three takeaways from the three-day draft.
Sox director of amateur scouting Mike Shirley mentioned the “security of some of the skills of some of the guys we drafted on the first day” as a highlight while talking with reporters in a conference call Tuesday.1. The Sox were thrilled to get Jacob Gonzalez at No. 15.Gonzalez said he’s visited Camelback Ranch — the spring training home in Glendale, Ariz., for both the Dodgers and Sox — “my whole life.”Mississippi infielder Jacob Gonzalez during a game on March 17, 2022, in Auburn, Ala.
“He’s a left-handed hitter who walks more than he strikes out,” Shirley said. “He gets the power, he’s got plus instincts. I’m excited about what Jacob brings to the table.”Downers Grove North High School’s George Wolkow is 6-foot-7. That’s not all that stood out to the Sox.The Sox selected the outfielder in the seventh round on Monday.
California, Texas, Florida and North Carolina are a few of the states where some of the Sox picks have their hometowns.
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