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White Sox first-rounder Garrett Crochet keeping MLB in mind while developing

The Chris Sale comps came within seconds.

The White Sox spent the No. 11 pick in last month’s draft on Garrett Crochet, a fireballing lefty out of the University of Tennessee, and immediately after the pick was announced, there was talk on MLB Network about Crochet looking like the former South Side ace — and potentially taking a similar path to the major leagues.

Sale was drafted in June 2010. And he was pitching out of the White Sox bullpen by August.

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