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Collins among White Sox prospects to watch
- Updated: December 19, 2016
CHICAGO — Recent conversations about the fast-rising White Sox Minor League system have centered on the elite players acquired in the Chris Sale and Adam Eaton deals, marking the start of the franchise’s rebuilding process.
That attention becomes understandable when talking about Yoan Moncada, the top prospect in all of baseball per MLBPipeline.com, and Lucas Giolito, No. 3 in those same rankings and tops among pitchers, as two examples. But while the White Sox system wasn’t even ranked in the Top 20 before these deals came together with the Red Sox and Nationals, it certainly wasn’t barren in regard to Major League help in the near future.
Take Zack Collins, as an example.
While the White Sox continue searching for their catcher of the present, they believe their backstop of the future was selected 10th overall in the 2016 Draft. Collins, the club’s No. 6 prospect, batted .258 with six home runs, seven doubles and 18 RBIs over 120 at-bats for Class A Advanced Winston-Salem last season. He also hit .227 with two home runs during limited Arizona Fall League action for Glendale, where Collins caught more bullpen sessions than he worked in games.
If it was only about offense, Collins is …
