White Sox land Giolito, 2 more prospects for Eaton

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Here’s a sentence White Sox fans have not heard in quite some time: Top 10 Minor League system.

But that is the new reality for the franchise, according to MLBPipeline.com’s Jonathan Mayo, after the White Sox acquired right-handed pitchers Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and Dane Dunning from the Nationals for right fielder Adam Eaton on Wednesday. The trio represented the Nos. 1 (Giolito), 3 (Lopez) and 6 (Dunning) prospects in the Nationals’ system.

• White Sox get Moncada, 3 others for Sale

Thanks in part to Tuesday’s acquisition of infielder Yoan Moncada and right-handed pitcher Michael Kopech from Boston for left-hander Chris Sale, the White Sox have, in a span of about 24 hours, added the Nos. 1, 3, 30 and 38 overall prospects in the game, according to MLBPipeline.

• White Sox Top 30 prospects

White Sox general manager Rick Hahn doesn’t get caught up in such rankings, especially considering the caliber of talent he had to trade to acquire this youthful group.

“It’s nice for our fans to see, so it’s a little more relatable in this day and age, when they’re able to pick up a scouting report or video of a prospect, and they’re a little more familiar names than they would be to, perhaps, the casual fan 15 years ago,” Hahn said. “The weird part for me is — [White Sox executive vice president] Kenny [Williams] and I were talking about this this morning — as we walk around here, you have a lot of people congratulating us.

“Kindly — well-intentioned congratulations from scouts or executives of other clubs, and it’s a little awkward for us because, yeah, we traded Chris Sale.

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