South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 8: Erick Hernández

Complementing the January signing of “veteran” prospect Oscar Colás was the inking of very raw prospectErick Hernández

Left Fielder

6´0´´

175 pounds

Age: 17

SSS rank among all left fielders in the system: 1

The truth is, there’s not much to know yet about Erick Hernández. He is incredibly young (17 in January), with no professional experience.

Why is he our No. 8 prospect? Well, let’s review:

Delicious tools (Juan Soto comps, for crying out loud!)

A heaping helping of prospect hype

A system that is wafer-thin

So, sorry, we don’t have much on him for you. He will make his professional debut later this summer, with the DSL White Sox. But here is an excerpt from the White Sox release, back in January:

Hern…