Chris Sale comes in at #11 in Baseball-Intellect's 2011 Top-100 prospect list

Eisenberg @ B-I:

11. Chris Sale | Chicago White Sox (1) | LHP | Grade – A-/B+

I completely disagreed with Chicago’s decision to keep Sale in the Major League bullpen at a time when he needed to build up innings and experience as a starter in the Minor Leagues. Not surprisingly, he’s struggled (though not as bad as his ERA suggests), and they continue to use him out of the bullpen in one inning stints. I think they are hurting his development.
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These rankings I try to base solely on how I would rank each prospect coming into 2011. This means whatever a prospect has done in 2011 doesn’t count in the context of the list below.

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