The Chris Sale comps came within seconds.
The White Sox spent the No. 11 pick in last month’s draft on Garrett Crochet, a fireballing lefty out of the University of Tennessee, and immediately after the pick was announced, there was talk on MLB Network about Crochet looking like the former South Side ace — and potentially taking a similar path to the major leagues.
Sale was drafted in June 2010. And he was pitching out of the White Sox bullpen by August.
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