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White Sox Come to Terms with 21 of Their Picks

By Jason Gage

June 12, 2004

FutureSox.com

 

The Chicago White Sox have been very busy in the days following the draft. The hard work culminated in the signing of 21 of their draft picks. Tyler Lumsden and Giovanny Gonzalez, both compensatory picks, were the highest choices to sign.

 

The White Sox are also reportedly closing in on a deal with their 1st round draft pick Josh Fields. Fields will likely be sent to Winston Salem, where he will join two of the Sox golden boys, Brian Anderson and Ryan Sweeney.

 

It is unclear where Lumsden and Gonzalez will be sent, but both could be possible additions to Kannapolis in the near future. However, both pitchers spent the day in Chicago with each throwing a bullpen session The rest of the picks will be sent to either Great Falls or Bristol, both advanced rookied league clubs. Their seasons begin on June 14th.

 

The following is a list of the picks that have been signed:

1A - Tyler Lumsden, 21 – LHP – Clemson University

1B – Giovanny Gonzalez, 18 - LHP – Monsignor Pace High School (Florida)

2C – Ray Liotta, 21 – LHP – Gulf Coast Community College

3 – Grant Hansen, 21 – RHP – Oklahoma City College

4 – Lucas Harrell, 19 – RHP – Ozark High School (Missouri)

5 – Brandon Allen, 18 – OF – Montgomery High School (Texas)

7 – Tim Murphy, 19 – LHP – Glascock County High School (Georgia)

12 – Daron Roberts, 21 – OF – Cal State San Bernadino

13 – John Egbert, 21 – RHP – Rutgers

14 – Michael Swain, 20 – 3B – Wabash Valley Community College

15 – Carlos Torres, 21 – RHP – Kansas State

16 – Fernando Alvarez, 23 – OF – Florida International

19 – Caleb Cooper, 21 – 3B – Cal State Hayward

23 – Derek McNeil, 22 – SS/2B – St. Leo (Florida)

24 – Joshua Hansen, 21 – C – University of California, San Diego

30 – Matthew Zaleski, 22 – RHP – Indiana State

34 – Mario Suarez, 21 – 3B/OF - Florida International

35 – Evan Tartaglia, 24 – CF – Elon

40 – Justin Roelle, 23 – LHP – Iowa Western Community College

48 – Peter Vukovich, 23 – C – Clarion

49 – Garret Guest, 21 – 2B/SS – St. Joseph College

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The college guys should be reasonably easy to sign ... sounds like they're close on Fields. I don't know a guy like Whisler could improve his draft status much so I'm sure he'll sign too ... same with Lucey.

 

I was most pleased to see them come to terms with the H.S. guys ... Harrell, Allen, Murphy. Those guys have a little more leverage. Especially Allen, who had a college football scholarship waiting for him.

 

Good for the Sox. Looks like they did their homework. I'd suspect we'll see more signings within the next 10 days or so.

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I look for the Sox to make a major push this coming week June 14-20 to sign a few more, especially our two college kids at the top of the draft.

Jim, agree. I think they want to get these deals done and get these young players placed with a team - and getting experience.

 

The 6th round pick is a college guy, in addition to Whisler and Lucey.

So are the guys in rounds 8-11 so it's plausible they sign all of them.

 

Then, you drop down to rounds 20-22 where you've got high school guys who may have dropped due to signability issues, don't know for sure, just speculating. Guys like that either sign quickly or it goes down to the deadline.

 

I'm sure there are a few draft and follow candidates, so after another handful of signings, we may not see many more get done.

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I expect the Sox to sign the rest of our Top 10 picks since they're all college guys, and I think that Garry Bakker (11) and Jacob Wild (17) will also sign. After that, I have no idea, but I expect a couple of those later picks to be draft and follows.

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