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Analyzing the White Sox’s return from the Yankees mega trade

Related Topics: mega, Blake Rutherford

Do you like Blake Rutherford? Well, that's a good start, but you need to love him.

There have been plenty of times when the overlooked third or fourth piece of a trade package shocked everyone by becoming a key contributor. But the return for Tommy Kahnle, David Robertson and Todd Frazier will be judged based on what the ceiling really is for the 20-year-old left-handed outfielder that the White Sox once considered a possibility at No. 10 overall in the 2016 draft.

Rutherford is rated the 30th best prospect in baseball by MLBPipeline, which had him ranked as the best high school position prospect entering the draft.