Antsy

This is the time of year baseball fans start getting antsy, big time. Clare just texted that ex-White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson has a spring-training invite from the Angels. Comeback player of the year has to start somewhere, I suppose. And now I see Keith Law at The Athletic is weighing in on MLB rookies and the organizations that have produced them. Yeah, whatever, I guess. Still, I read through Law’s rankings of minor league systems. It’s a tossup as to the bigger surprise, that the Mariners are ranked first or that the Red Sox and Dodgers are second and third, respectively. I hope he’s right about Boston, considering we just received two of their top prospects—catcher Kyle Teel and outfielder Braden Montgomery—as part of the trade for Garrett Crochet. That, or we got taken to the cleaners, again. Law also ranked players, with Sox lefty Noah Schultz coming in at number 20. He included another four Sox in the top 100—catchers Teel and Edgar Quero; Montgomery; and starter Hagen Smith. My guess is that Schultz and Smith will have their innings capped in the minors. The other three, though, might find their way to 35th and Shields at some point if they show the slightest pulse in the minors. Or, better yet, spring training. Did I mention I’m antsy? I just checked, and Lindy’s baseball preview still exists in paper. I’ll have to track down a copy to see if they have the Sox winning 60 games.