Historically,Historically, like “Pops” (Gold 5) from Star Wars: A New Hope, we keep admonishing White Sox prospects to stay on target, and like “Dutch” (Gold Leader) they keep getting blown up before getting to the end of the trench. Thankfully, 2022 saw a bit of a shift towards the positive that should make all thermal exhaust ports wary moving forward, even if they are smaller than a typical womprat.
Several important prospects took huge steps forward last season, and there were even a few unexpected surprises along the way. Though some of the secondary prospects continued to scuffle, it was probably the most promising overall development we’ve seen from the White Sox system since the early stages of the rebuild, and arguably the best coming from entirely homegrown talents this millennium.