When an athlete who believes he’s earned the chance to be selected in a professional sports draft discovers at the end that nobody was interested in services, it has to be disappointing, frustrating and heartbreaking. This is most evident in baseball, when three days, 40 rounds and 1,217 selections transpired earlier this month.
Last year, however, three undrafted free agents (UDFAs) were signed to contracts by the Chicago White Sox: Sean Thompson from Virginia Commonwealth, Carter Love from the College of Charleston and North Dakota State’s Kevin Folman. The fact that all three are still pitching in the Sox organization — and all three pitching rather well, thank you — is a testament not only to their skills but also to the White Sox’s neverending search for pitching talent.