Last week, the White Sox cut their
losses by releasing Carson Fulmer, their first-round pick in the 2015
draft. Fulmer had more chances than a
cat does lives to make the team but couldn’t.
Something about first-round draft
picks doesn’t agree with the Sox, which is too bad given the draft is how an
organization gets most of its talent.
For every Tim Anderson (2013), there’s a whole bunch of Courtney Hawkins
(2012); Carlos Rodon (2014); Fulmer (2015); Zack Collins and Zack Burdi (2016);
Jake Burger (2017); and Nick Madrigal (2018).
Granted, Madrigal is recent enough
to still make it, and I hope he does.
But also realize the Sox could’ve had Lucas Giolito, taken after
Hawkins; Kyle Schwarber, Aaron Nola, Michael Conforto or Trea Turner, all taken
after Rodon; Gavin Lux, taken after Collins; and Dakota Hudson, taken after
Burdi. Wouldn’t the rebuild look
different then?
So, we do have Giolito and look to
be stopped-clock right (twice a day, don’t you know) about Luis Robert and Eloy
Jimenez. But sustained success depends
on a steady stream of talent. Carson
Fulmer and Reynaldo Lopez aren’t exactly proof of said stream.
Just a little over ten months to the next draft.
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