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Jim Callis explains why White Sox were fortunate to draft Garrett Crochet

The White Sox may have gotten the steal of the draft when they picked Garrett Crochet in the first-round. According to Jim Callis, senior writer at MLB Pipeline, the Sox were fortunate that Crochet fell all the way to No. 11 where Rick Hahn was picking.

“To be honest, in a normal season they wouldn’t have gotten him at 11,” Callis said on SportsTalk Live on Friday evening. “Before we knew coronavirus was going to shut things down, he had very mild shoulder soreness so Tennessee said, ‘We’re going to play this cautious and keep him ready for the SEC season.