Are You A White Sox Scout? Be Prepared To Get Physically Assaulted If You Compare a Draft Prospect To A Hall of Famer

Everybody who follows the MLB draft is guilty of adding superlatives to players they watch.

Billy Hamilton?  Next Deion Sanders
Carlos Correa? Next Alex Rodriguez
Bryce Harper?  Next Babe Ruth

And on, and on, and on….

Back when the Sox had the 4th pick in the 2014 draft I wrote about how I thought I would have liked to see the Sox draft Tyler Kolek with their pick should he slip to them:

Whoops!  Shows how much I really know about baseball.  I mean Kolek did end up going 2 overall to Miami, so I wasn’t the only one who felt the same way, but Kolek has done nothing but get TJS and suck ass since getting drafted.  Here are his numbers in pro ball:

Yeah, he’s been legitimately horrible.  Rodon, when healthy, has been good though not great, but thank Jesus the Sox he slid to them at 4, though rumor has it they would have taken Aaron Nola should Rodon have been drafted top 3.

Nevertheless, during his draft season, Kolek was still drawing comparisons to the most overpowering pitcher in baseball history:

Even the Ryan Express thought Kolek was the next Ryan Express.  But that shit does NOT fly in the White Sox draft room.

I love it.  Not two players are created equal.  Fuck outta here if you think Adley Rutschman is the next Buster Posey.  And to be honest, I love the White Sox scouting department more than anything.  Those guys do not leave a single stone unturned.  So long as you have held a baseball and throw harder than 68 MPH they’ll give you a look:

PS – if Adley Rutschman (catcher, Oregon St.) falls to the Sox at 3 this year, we JUMP FOR JOY as Sox fans.  He’s seriously the next Buster Posey except he’s also a switch hitter.  That dude is going to be a bona fide stud.  And should he someway, somehow fall to them, he’ll fly through their system and be a major part of their contending core sooner than later.

PPS – top 3 nerf guns, ranked:

3.  N-Strike Elite Rhino Fire Blaster

This was like a drone gun before drone guns were plucking off terrorists one by one in the middle east.  No it didn’t actually have motion controlled censors but if it did it would have been the perfect defense arm.  This was a must have for any 12 year old boy’s weapons arsenal
2. Elite Strong-arm Blaster

Power, power and more power.  Shit kicks like a mule.  Are you looking to fuck your little brother up or is your dog being an asshole and trying to jump on the counter to steal food?  Just put one of these bad boys in their ribs and they’ll learn really quickly not to mess with you
1.  Rival Nemesis.

This was like the James Bond RCP90 of Nerf Guns.  The GOAT Nerf Gun and nobody will tell me otherwise.  Perfect combo of speed, power and intimidation