FutureSox Podcast Michael Rankin

On this week's FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox open with the Angel Hernandez retirement news and then move into the Adisyn Coffey promotion. Noah Schultz and Jacob Gonzalez were fantastic in their debuts with the Birmingham Barons, and Ian and James discuss how this will effect the promotions and call ups. They move into James' recent first round mock draft and his upcoming White Sox 5 round mock draft that releases Tuesday morning. They closed with the Pedro Grifol quotes on the team being flat.

Elijah Evans checks in with 2022 draft pick Eric Adler on this interview edition of the podcast. Adler talks about his experience at Wake Forest and throughout his first year with the White Sox organization before diving in to role as a relief pitcher, adjustments on his pitch locations, the talent in the farm system, and his first few weeks in Birmingham.
Adler has a 1.17 ERA with 24 strikeouts across 15.1 innings pitched this season between High-A and Double-A. He is well-regarded as one of the top relief pitchers in the farm system.

On this episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller take stock of what has happened since their last stream. Danny drove in big circles for 24 hours and Nick went to the Nats vs. White Sox with his family. The Yankees put it to the Sox over the weekend and the Blue Jays opened the series in Toronto yesterday by punching the Sox in the mouth. But in glorious normal fashion, the White Sox put up a victory on Hot Takes and Heaters Tuesday. 
Andrew Vaughn started to seem to figure it out, but then regressed. Corey Julks came and gave a little spark while Tommy Pham keeps it real. Garrett Crochet is still awesome.

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen analyze all of the promotions from this week within the White Sox organization while considering what other moves could be on the horizon. They discuss Noah Schultz and Jacob Gonzalez joining an already loaded Birmingham roster and that could mean for Drew Thorpe and other pitchers that are ready for a promotion as well. Then, they talk about Eddie Park joining Winston-Salem as well as Grant Taylor and Ryan Burrowes making their professional debuts in Kannapolis. They continue by discussing how the White Sox rotation could shake out in 2025 with all of this pitching depth and then run through top performers from the week including hitter of the week, Ryan Galanie, and pitcher of the week, Riley Gowens.
Key prospects discussed: 
AAA: Nick Nastrini, Jonathan Cannon, Zach DeLoach
AA: Noah Schultz, Jacob Gonzalez, Drew Thorpe, Jairo Iriarte, Brooks Baldwin
A+: Eddie Park, Riley Gowens, Bryce Willits, Shawn Goosenberg
A: Grant Taylor, Ryan Burrowes, Ryan Galanie, Lucas Gordon, Aldrin Batista
ACL: George Wolkow, Javier Mogollon, Tristan Stivors

On this episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the Noah Schultz promotion, Grant Taylor's debut, and a bunch of great performances including Jairo Iriarte and Riley Gowens. Also they talk about who's going to get promoted, and who's going where. A lot of of moving pieces possible.  Where are they going to end up?

Our Elijah Evans had a conversation with current Kannapolis Cannon Baller, and former Cal State Fullerton Titan - Caden Connor. He goes through his baseball life pre-draft, and what the lead up to the draft was like for him. The White Sox drafted him in the 19th round in 2023, and he has taken the 2024 Kannapolis offense up a notch slashing .295/.375/.434.