White Sox Round 3 selection: righthander Adisyn Coffey
With the 83rd pick in the #MLBDraft, the White Sox select RHP Adisyn Coffey from Wabash Valley College (IL). pic.twitter.com/65PscZr9RU
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 11, 2020
It's weird to say that the draft is halfway through with this pick, but it's the COVID truth. After the Sox selected Garrett Crochet yesterday and Jared Kelley in the second round, it was Adisyn Coffey's turn in the third round.
Rick Hahn and Co. used $2 million of the draft pool in 2019 for third-round pick Andrew Dalquist, in order to get him to sign. In 2020 with drastically reduced draft, this year's third selection is more about helping sign the first two picks, but, you never know.
Listening even briefly to Kelley, I don't think signability is as big an issue as we all might think. This could be a total Christmas in June scenario for the White Sox.
— Sox Populi (@sox_populi) June 11, 2020
What we do know about Coffey, or at least experts think they know, is this:
Fangraphs: Unranked
ESPN: Unranked
MLB.com: Unranked
Baseball America: Unranked
The White Sox drafted a right-hander named Adisyn Coffey with the 83rd pick. We do not have a ready-loaded profile on this one
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) June 11, 2020
Can we take that answer as well? Coffey is unranked among the draft experts and is currently attending Wabash Valley College. He is a two-way player (middle infielder and pitcher); however, Teddy Cahill from Baseball America says that "his future is on the mound." where he has a mid- to high-90s fastball.
He did not play much anywhere during the pandemic-shortened season. He only pitched 3 ⅓ innings and had just 17 plate appearances. If I were a betting man, I would guess he goes to Louisville to up his stock further, but it seems at the very least the majority of this pick's slotted money is heading down to Texas in a Brinks truck, destined to secure Kelley in White Sox pinstripes.
"The athleticism and fastball velocity are what really stand out with Adisyn Coffey." - @jimcallisMLB on our third-round #MLBDraft pick pic.twitter.com/X0t55HAqIl
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 11, 2020
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