Here are the White Sox's draft picks in Rounds 1 to 10

I'm not much of a draft guru, so I won't pretend to know a lot about the guys the White Sox selected in the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft.

But, of note, the Sox selected high school position players in each of the first two rounds, followed by eight consecutive pitchers -- seven from the college ranks.

I agree with the philosophy of taking a couple of prep guys early. The Sox's farm system, frankly, is barren. It was ranked dead last among the 30 MLB teams by FanGraphs. Nearly all of the top prospects have graduated to the majors now. There isn't much coming in the next couple of years, which might be OK, given that the current core is locked up long term.

However, you'd like to see a second wave of prospects that become ready for the majors in, say, 2024 or 2025, so you don't have to undergo another long, painful rebuilding process. If these prep guys pan out, maybe they help form that second wave when it's time for the current group to be phased out.

Without further nonsense from me, here's the list of the guys the Sox have selected:

Round 1: Colson Montgomery, SS, Southridge HS, Huntingburg, Ind.

Round 2: Wes Kath, 3B, Desert Mountain HS, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Round 3: Sean Burke, RHP, Maryland

Round 4: Brooks Gosswein, LHP, Bradley

Round 5: Tanner McDougal, RHP, Silverado HS, Nevada

Round 6: Taylor Broadway, RHP, Mississippi

Round 7: Theo Denlinger, RHP, Bradley

Round 8: Fraser Ellard, LHP, Liberty

Round 9: Gil Luna Jr., LHP, Arizona

Round 10: Tommy Sommer, LHP, Indiana