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White Sox top pick Zack Collins enjoys down time after long first season

He’ll spend Thanksgiving week in Georgia with his family and soon, Zack Collins embarks on a cruise, the reward for an exhausting, informative baseball season that included an eye-opening trip to the Arizona Fall League.

Though he’d already endured much when the regular season ended Sept. 5, the White Sox believed their 2016 first-round pick would benefit from an additional month spent catching mostly bullpens for some of the top arms in the minors.

Not only could he hone his defensive and game-calling skills, the White Sox felt it would be of use for Collins, 21, to endure a full season.