Nick Madrigal is expected to sign with the Chicago White Sox any day now and will then go off to Winston-Salem to start his professional baseball career.
The Oregon State shortstop has to be feeling like he's on top of the world, as he prepares to embark on his journey to the big leagues right after winning the college world series.
The White Sox felt absolutely blessed that Madrigal fell to them with the fourth pick in the 2018 MLB draft, but it doesn't mean the pick has been praised by all. The biggest knock against Madrigal, and really there's nothing he can do about it, is his size. He's 5-foot-8 and not going to get any bigger. Yes, baseball is a sport that doesn't require a player to be the biggest or strongest athlete in the world, but the 162-game season is a grind for even the fittest players. That's one of the red flags a college coach raised when doing a quick break down of Madrigal. It's not necessarily a knock against Madrigal, who had an amazing college career, but with the fourth overall pick, this unnamed coach believes Madrigal just doesn't fit the hype.
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