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2021 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 25: Yolbert Sánchez

Yolbert Sánchez
Shortstop
5´11´´
176 pounds
Age: 24
SSS rank among all shortstops in the system: 3
2021 SSS Top Prospect Vote: 29
2020 SSHP Top Prospect Ranking: 21

After playing three years in the Cuban professional league, including the final two seasons with the Industriales de La Habana, the White Sox paid Yolbert Sánchez a $2.5 million signing bonus on 2019’s International Signing Day, designating him as one of the top international prospects of 2018 and 2019.

Sánchez has a reputation as an excellent fielder, with a plus throwing arm and speed; the only concerns are with the bat.