Oscar Cols wasn’t the only international free agent the White Sox signed Tuesday, with teenage outfielder Erick Hernndez now part of the team’s long-term plans for success.
Tuesday, the team also inking teenage outfielder Erick Hernández to a contract, one that came with a $1 million signing bonus.Well, he's not the advanced former member of the Cuban national team that Colás is, and it'll probably be much longer before we're talking about a potential spot for Hernández, just 17 years old, on the major league roster. But that doesn't make the Dominican outfielder any less exciting to the White Sox.
"He's a great kid, hard worker, hard nosed, high energy type of player. Left-handed bat, very advanced bat for a 17-year-old kid. ... He's displayed the ability to hit that most kids don't show at that age. And to play in the outfield, be able to play center field at this age, this young, is very impressive. And the power he has, the power he projects, also gave us the confirmation that he has the chance to be a special player.
More importantly, though, Hernández represents the White Sox' continued efforts to replenish a farm system that saw its top talent graduate to the major league level in recent seasons, fueling the team's ascent to a World Series contender. Hence the need for a restock, which is happening. In the last year alone, the White Sox added a pair of young Cubans on the international free-agent market, outfielder Yoelqui Céspedes and pitcher Norge Vera, and added a potential future left side of the infield via the draft with a couple high schoolers, shortstop Colson Montgomery and third baseman Wes Kath. Both Montgomery and Kath already rank in the top four players in the farm system.
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