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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome Baseball America's Ben Badler to discuss White Sox international prospects. This is a republishing of a previous episode recorded back in December of 2019. Ben shares his knowledge of the Sox involvement in the international scene, as well as highlights players such as RHP Christian Mena, who was the top signing in the organization's class this year. 

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome ESPN Baseball Insider Kiley McDaniel to the FutureSox podcast. The three discuss Kiley's background with Fangraphs and what led him to ESPN, before switching gears to prospects. They talk about newest Cuban White Sox prospect Norge Vera, and the White Sox' rumored interest in Yoelkis Cespedes and Oscar Colas. Other topics include the Sox' potential draft strategy, their interest in Texan pitcher Jared Kelley and Mount Carmel HS shortstop Ed Howard, Luis Robert, the development of Nick Madrigal and Andrew Vaughn, and much more.

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FutureSox' Mike Rankin and James Fox talk with MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis. The trio touches on (what else) the coronavirus and its influence on daily life and baseball work, before diving into the White Sox' draft strategy for the upcoming draft and the farm system as a whole. Jim discusses Thompson, Dalquist, Gladney, Robert, and more. 

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome White Sox twitter personality and host of Pinwheels and Ivy Podcast Matt Zawaski. The guys gather Matt's perspective on several topics, including his optimism surrounding Zack Burdi. 

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome The Athletic's Keith Law to the podcast to discuss White Sox baseball amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Keith touches on the 2020 MLB Draft and provides his evaluations on Luis Robert, Michael Kopech, Andrew Vaughn, Nick Madrigal, Jonathan Stiever, Bryce Bush and more.

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Mike Rankin welcomes MLB.com’s Scott Merkin to discuss the plans for Zack Collins, Yermin Mercedes, Andrew Vaughn and others. Scott also  talks his favorite White Sox prospects outside of Luis Robert, Michael Kopech, Nick Madrigal and Vaughn.

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Mike Rankin welcomes Sox in the Basement host Chris Lanuti to talk optimism on the South Side. The guys react to Yoan Moncada's recent extension and later explore the potential for Dylan Cease, Aaron Bummer and well as Andrew Vaughn in 2020.

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The Chicago White Sox finished 4th in the AL Central following a 67-95 record in 2017.

At the time of this interview, general manager Rick Hahn expounded upon his decision to trade Jose Quintana for Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease. Plenty of insight from the man in charge on this blast from the past. 

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome South Side Sox and South Side Hit Pen's @ballerlibrarian. 

Janice shares her interest in the White Sox farm, as well as personal experiences as a credentialed media member. 

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Mike Rankin and James Fox welcome Beef Loaf from the Section 108 network! The guys talk expectations for 2020, which includes some specifics on Beef's favorite/not-so-favorite prospects as we begin the year.

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