The White Sox selected a pair of college closers on Day 2 of the baseball draft and immediately announced their plans to start them.
The White Sox selected four more position players in between the third and 10th rounds and four right-handed pitchers. All but one of the eight players selected spent the 2017 season at the collegiate level. The one who didn’t, eighth-rounder Samuel Abbott, is an elite water polo player who is considered a long-term project and reportedly was stunned by the team’s decision to draft him.
Some were equally surprised the White Sox would draft college relievers and make them starters.