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White Sox's newly signed top draft pick Nick Madrigal: 'I play to win'

This is the way winners talk.

“In 10 years, I don’t think anyone is going to know how many hits I got the last two days of the season but they’re going to remember I’m a national champion,’’ Nick Madrigal said Thursday during a teleconference.

Madrigal, the fourth overall pick of last month’s amateur draft, signed a minor-league contract with the White Sox that included a $6.4 million bonus. Just one week after winning the College World Series with Oregon State, Madrigal will begin his professional career in the Arizona Fall League before heading to Class A Kannapolis.