Scouting, development shaping Hansen’s dominance

CHICAGO — Alec Hansen debuted for Class A Kannapolis at home against Columbia Friday night after dominating Pioneer League competition.

Actually, dominating might be too weak of a word in this case involving the White Sox second-round pick from the 2016 Draft — 49th overall. The 21-year-old right-hander, Chicago’s No. 8 prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, fanned 59 and walked 12 over 36 2/3 innings for Great Falls, while holding the opposition to a .102 average.

In three of his last four starts, Hansen allowed one or no hits while reaching double-digits in strikeouts. Hansen had three years of Division I pitching experience at Oklahoma, so he probably was a step ahead of the competition in the Arizona Rookie League or the Pioneer League, but that fact shouldn’t take away from the White Sox drafting a potential high-impact hurler.

“The main thing for us is a culmination of what we’ve seen over the past four years with him,” said White Sox director of amateur scouting Nick Hostetler of Hansen. “We knew it was in …

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