Three years after the Chicago White Sox drafted Gavin Sheets in the second round, his big league dream was running away from him.
With COVID-19 upending minor league baseball last summer, the White Sox had to pick 30 players who would be allowed to work out at the team’s alternate training site. Sheets was not on the list. In other words, the Lutherville native was nowhere near the club’s plans for its major league roster.
As he processed this shock to his system, Sheets did not have to look far for sound counsel. His father, Larry, had banged around the minor leagues for six years before making his debut with the Orioles in 1984.