The Chicago White Sox focused heavily on college players in the 2023 MLB Draft. Thanks to D1Baseball, we can pull advanced metrics and batted ball data for the White Sox draftees. Below are tables for the new hitters and pitchers who fared during 2023. The below data does not capture prep or community college players.
Hitters
Standard Metrics and Advanced Metrics
Player
Round
Slashline
XBH
HR
RBI
SB/SBA
K%
BB%
ISO
BABIP
Jacob Gonzalez
1
.327/.435/.564
28
10
51
0/2
11.1
13.8
0.238
0.327
Calvin Harris
4
.321/.398/.579
28
12
46
2/2
16.4
11.9
0.258
0.340
Eddie Park
8
.333/.413/.475
26
6
47
7/11
7.8
11.6
0.141
0.345
Rikuu Nishida
11
.312/.394/.443
22
5
37
25/33
8.7
9.1
0.130
0.332
Ryan Galanie
13
.383/.491/.670
32
17
66
19/24
14.0
14.3
0.287
0.408
Edrick Felix
14
.366/.449/.774
48
25
83
1/1
18.7
10.5
0.407
0.374
Weston Eberly
16
.309/.435/.552
21
9
41
3/5
19.7
14.4
0.242
0.356
Mikey Kane
17
.281/.396/.475
24
9
38
6/6
13.0
12.3
0.195
0.298
Caden Connor
19
.329/.415/.502
27
5
45
2/3
13.1
11.6
0.173
0.359
Batted Ball Data
Player
GB%
LD%
FB%
PU%
HR/FB%
Jacob Gonzalez
38.1
18.2
43.6
7.2
12.7
Calvin Harris
47.7
14.9
37.4
2.9
18.5
Eddie Park
50.2
22.0
27.8
2.0
8.5
Rikuu Nishida
58.1
14.7
27.2
1.8
8.5
Ryan Galanie
46.3
16.8
36.8
4.7
24.3
Edrick Felix
30.2
21.4
48.4
8.9
26.9
Weston Eberly
34.1
20.6
45.2
7.1
15.8
Mikey Kane
34.6
15.9
49.5
11.5
10.0
Caden Connor
41.1
14.1
44.8
6.3
5.8
Pitchers
Note: Missing data for Grant Taylor due to injury.
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