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White Sox 1B Jacob Gonzalez (24) got promoted this week to replace the injured Munetaka Murakami. He earned the chance by going nuclear in Triple-A, launching 19 home runs in 52 games while slashing .317/.419/.688 with eight stolen bases and a 20.6 percent strikeout rate. In each of his last two seasons, he’s topped out at eight homers in 134 and 130 games, respectively. The main change is his contact point, as he’s taking his A swing (max effort) more frequently and trying to attack pitches he can pull out in front of the plate. Essentially, he was a contact hitter who’s no longer worried about striking out. It feels on the ground like this breakout is being dismissed as a quad-A type thing where an older guy beats up on pitchers who don’t have big league caliber command. I’m not so sure. Gonzalez was a high-floor first-round pick at 15th overall out of Ole Miss in 2023, and he’s a relatively big dude at 6’2” 205 pounds from the left side. I don’t have him on any dynasty teams, but I do feel a little Fox Mulderish about this one: I want to believe. It’s fun to see the White Sox playing competitive baseball again. 

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We’ve reached the NCAA Super Regional round in college baseball, as just 16 of the nation’s best teams are left standing. All the others are either sitting patiently for next season or lying down quietly for a millenial power nap. The 16 remaining teams all face off this upcoming weekend in a best-of-three series to determine which eight programs are headed to the 2023 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, the land where hopes, dreams, and corn all come to fruition. The juggernauts that are Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Miami, Oklahaoma State and Coastal Carolina have all been eliminated, meaning countless MLB Draft prospects are now focusing their attention on the events of July. That or they’re one of several thousand players in the transfer portal. That being said, a group of highly talented players remains in the field, including LSU’s Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, Florida’s Wyatt Langford and Hurston Waldrep, Tennessee’s Chase Dollander, Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder, Virginia’s Kyle Teel and Stanford’s Tommy Troy, among numerous others. For today’s exercise, we won’t be focusing on those premier names, rather we will be taking a deep dive into five Super Regional prospects you may not yet know — but should.

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