Sox Draft Poreda

With the Sox playing poorly, we turn our attention to the future. With the twenty-fifth pick in the 2007 MLB amateur player draft, the White Sox selected...LHP Aaron Poreda from the University of San Francisco. Poreda did not focus on baseball until his freshmen year at San Francisco, but he excelled once he did. According to various internet scouting reports, Poreda throws 95-96, but he needs some secondary pitches.

This is an interesting pick for the Sox. In the past few years, the Sox have favored mature players with lower upsides, such as Kyle McCulloch last year. However, Poreda is more of a longer term, higher upside type pick. What makes this interesting is that Kenny Williams revamped the White Sox player development and scouting departments this past off-season, and Peroda marks a potential change in organizational philosophy. Perhaps he will be the first of many power arms in a future White Sox rotation.