Chicago White Sox top 10 prospects for 2019
The Chicago White Sox are beginning to see their farm system reach the major leagues to hit the final stage of their rebuild. Which players could impact in 2019?
We are in our third offseason at Call to the Pen of putting together top 10 prospect lists for every organization in baseball. Today’s list is the Chicago White Sox.
The Process
Our team prospect lists are compiled by Benjamin Chase, who has spent time doing plenty of watching via MiLB.tv of every organization in baseball along with talking to a very wide array of scouts who have seen players in person to hone his own opinion on players. That allows for a wide coverage on players from the Dominican Summer League all the way to the major leagues.
These lists are the opinion of Ben, and his process is heavily weighted on his own view, but also on trusted views of others. Typically, each system’s list of 10 is peeled down from a consideration list of 50-75 players. There will be some weight given to a player who is closer to the major leagues, but often these opinions will be different than some of the “major” lists out there. Feel free to comment at the end of the list with any questions you may have!
With that out of the way, let’s dig into today’s list:
Chicago White Sox system review
White Sox list for 2017
White Sox list for 2018
White Sox 2018 minors all-stars
After the 2016 season, the Chicago White Sox made some big moves that brought in a number of top prospects to overhaul what was at best an average farm system. A very good 2017 draft and more acquisitions during the season added to the group of new prospects to give the White Sox one of the top farm systems in the league.
The system had a rough season of injuries and performance in 2018, and multiple players also worked their way to the major leagues. The system saw a number of players take a step back as well, and while they may not be in competition for the #1 overall system in the game, the Chicago White Sox still have one of the top farm systems in the game.
Let’s start with the countdown, starting with a player that fell outside of the top 10, but was picked up in 2018 via the draft or international signing and is worthy of extra attention going into 2019…