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White Sox Talk Podcast: Everything about the draft class with scouting director Nick Hostetler

With the 2018 MLB draft completed, White Sox scouting director Nick Hostetler came back on the podcast to discuss the 2018 draft class.

Hostetler describes the moment he realized that they had to draft No. 1 pick Nick Madrigal. He tells the story of a White Sox scout who demanded they draft Steele Walker in the second round. He talks about some of the sleeper picks the White Sox took in the later rounds. Plus, the story of Matthew Klug, their 38th round pick, who recently lost both his mother and father to illness.

Listen to the full episode at this link or in the embedded player below:

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