The book now closed on the 2010s, the list of the White Sox first-round draft picks from that decade is a mixed bag.
That’s not to say it’s bad, of course. No list of first-round picks that includes one of the best pitchers in baseball and a batting champion could ever be considered bad. Rick Hahn has been fond of pointing out how much WAR (Wins Above Replacement) White Sox draftees produced during the 2010s to back up the idea that, in fact, it’s quite a good list.
That argument isn’t necessarily representative of the White Sox draftees on the whole, with much of that WAR coming from Chris Sale (45.