White Sox Hot Stove spotlight: 2016 first-round draft pick Zack Collins

Zack Collins was the first player drafted in Nick Hostetler’s first draft as White Sox Director of Amateur Scouting. The first pick of what seems like a change in White Sox draft philosophy. For years the Sox drafted heavy on tools; many of those top draft picks lacked the approach necessary to make it in the Majors. But then came Zack Collins, whose calling card is power and patience.

I can’t help but point out a few notes of trivia surrounding Collins. First, he was born Feb. 6, 1995 – which is 100 years to the day after Babe Ruth was born. It’s something Collins is well aware of (I brought it up to him). What he wasn’t aware of was that it wasn’t the first time the White Sox drafted a…