State of the Farm

[Mingo]

Jesus Christ...He certainly looks the part in that batting practice video...How do we keep beating everyone to all these foreign beasts?

The White Sox know a guy - who knows some guys:

White Sox int'l scouting adapts in pandemic

CHICAGO -- The White Sox have signed nearly 100 international free agents during the more than eight-year tenure of Marco Paddy, a special assistant to general manager Rick Hahn, according to their 2020 media guide. But the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic changed things slightly for Paddy, who directs...

www.mlb.com

One of the top international baseball scouts if not the best..

 

[idseer]

ya'll do know that minoso was originally signed by cleveland, right? not the sox!
also that he was a part of one of the worse sox trades ever when he was reaquired AFTER the '59 season by the sox when he had almost nothing left for norm cash and john romano who were just starting their all-star careers.

 

[Mingo]

ya'll do know that minoso was originally signed by cleveland, right? not the sox!
also that he was a part of one of the worse sox trades ever when he was reaquired AFTER the '59 season by the sox when he had almost nothing left for norm cash and john romano who were just starting their all-star careers.

I didn't know that, but it reminds me that I copied my little league batting stance off of Norm Cash.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I didn't know that, but it reminds me that I copied my little league batting stance off of Norm Cash.

Same here, I had no idea that Minoso wasn't an original signing. Learn something new every day!