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Ian Eskridge and James Fox of FutureSox took some time with White Sox 2023 13th round selection Ryan Galanie. He goes into his storied high school and talks about the insane alumni from Moeller High School, including Ken Griffey Jr and Barry Larkin among many others. Galanie also went into detail about his college career with the Wofford Terriers, and his eventual draft day.

Ryan was asked to tell Ian and James what is making Kannapolis the place to be in the Carolina league in 2024, what the differences are to last year, and what he is focusing on this year and for the future.

Galanie is slashing an insane .352/.436/.592 in 2024, and has been putting on a show. The masses need to take a look and see what he is doing with the Cannon Ballers.

(0:00): Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen welcome FutureSox contributor Dylan Barnas on this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp. They first discuss Nick Nastrini's return to MLB baseball and a few impressive performances from the games early last week. Then, they each bring five players that are poised to rise in our mid-season prospect rankings due to strong starts to the year and impressive adjustments. They go through all 15 players and consider how much they could rise in our rankings.
(49:23): Elijah and Jeff welcome on Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Manager Pat Leyland to talk all about the White Sox Single-A affiliate. They start by talking about Pat's career journey and his dad, Jim Leyland, being elected to the Hall of the Fame. Then, they talk almost every prospect on the Cannon Ballers roster and get exclusive information on each player and the upside they possess.

On this episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller lament on the state of the White Sox. Is this REALLY what we expected from the White Sox this year?! We all knew it would be bad. Will it get better? Nick and Danny discuss the "flat" criticism and the woes that have been going on since the onset of the season. Check Nick and Danny out every Tuesday at 9PM on our YouTube and Twitch.

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.