The White Sox have worked with Alec Hansen on mechanical adjustments and the development of a changeup since selecting him No. 49 overall in the 2016 draft. But the 6-foot-7 right-hander can think of another reason he has started well in his first 10 months in the organization.
He finally can relax.
Once projected as a possible No. 1 overall draft pick, Hansen slipped to the Sox in the second round after a junior season at Oklahoma that Hansen recently called "kind of a failure."
Under the pressure of keeping up his draft stock, Hansen battled control issues and posted a 5.