Yesterday, Baseball America released its annual Top 100 Prospects List and the White Sox certainly have to be happy with the results. Four prospects landed on the list, and yes, I know that's not that impressive, but three were all acquired within the past calendar year, so after years of cleaning house, the Sox's plans to restock their farm system are coming right along.
The players named are Gordon Beckham (#20), Dayan Viciedo (61), Aaron Poreda (63), and Tyler Flowers (99). Also of note, there are four former Sox farmhands on the list. Three are in Oakland; Aaron Cunningham (55), Chris Carter (75), and Gio Gonzalez (97) and Kansas City's Daniel Cortes (90).
I'm hoping to pick up copies of Baseball Prospectus 2009 and Baseball America's Prospect Handbook over the weekend, but I've read that the White Sox farm system has jumped 12 places and is now ranked #16 overall. Obviously that doesn't help the Major League team in the short-term, but the perception that the Sox do not have a bottom-feeding minor league system any more is certainly nice.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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