Not every website has their official prospect rankings for this year’s draft seeing as it’s still going on. But that didn’t stop FanGraphs from releasing the rankings for a few of the more well known players that have already been selected. For instance, Casey Mize, the number 1 overall pick, is sitting at 33 overall. And just behind him at No. 35 overall is Chicago’s very own Nick Madrigal.
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Landing in the Top 100 for any player is a special accomplishment. To do it just days after being drafted? That really makes a player jump off the page. Now, every website is different in how they rank their prospects. For example, Baseball America just recently came out with another update that had 5 future White Sox on the list:Eloy Jimenez, Michael Kopech, Alec Hansen, Luis Robert, and Dane Dunning. MLB Pipeline on the other hand, has 7 White Sox prospects in the Top 100, adding both Dylan Cease and Blake Rutherford to the mix, respectively.
So even though other websites don’t have any updated rankings due to players drafted earlier this week, it is still something to think about moving forward. Last year Jake Burger didn’t (and still has not) crack the Top 100 on any website. Zack Collins entered in the 90’s after he was drafted, but a poor season in Low-A last year saw him drop out of the rankings. For Madrigal to shoot all the way up to 35 right out of the gate shows just how much respect from the scouts he is really getting. And just think about this: he hasn’t even swung a wooden bat yet. If other websites agree on Madrigal’s talent, the White Sox could have a superstar waiting in the wings.
