The
White Sox over the weekend traded relief pitcher Zach Duke to the Cardinals for
minor-league outfielder Charlie Tilson.
“We have liked him as a player since the Cardinals selected him out of
New Trier [High School] in the second round in 2011,” said Sox general manager
Rick Hahn in announcing the trade. So,
if you guys liked him so much, why didn’t you draft him in the first
place? I mean, Tilson’s high school is
located in Cook County, same as the Cell.
Maybe
the Sox would have, but I doubt it. The
Cardinals drafted one ahead of them that June.
They picked Tilson, and we went for the recently departed Erik
Johnson. I just don’t think it would’ve
mattered, though. Up until this year’s
draft, the Sox couldn’t be bothered with area talent—Jim Thome, Kirby Puckett,
Curtis Granderson and on and on. The
nice thing about Tilson is he was developed in a system where the ghost of Branch
Rickey can still be felt. That means Tilson
should know how to lay down a bunt and hit the cutoff man.
We’ll
find out soon. The Sox just called up
their latest acquisition, who should get a start in the upcoming series in
Detroit.
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