Kenny Williams gives Gordon Beckham batting advice

Levine:

“I spoke to him and I asked him to do one thing for me,” Williams said. “Go back to being the Gordon Beckham of last year. I asked him to go back to his setup of last year, free his hands up, take his hacks and not worry about contact as much as taking a good swing and driving the ball. He’s looked a lot better.”

Beckham got an eXtra Base Hit (2B) tonight after 112 ABs without an XBH.

UPDATE: Here’s Gordon:

“It’s reassuring,” said Beckham, who received an encouraging talk from Williams on Sunday. “I had a talk with him, and it made a lot of sense. I moved my hands back in a more powerful position. And I got to see the ball and hit the ball and make good decisions on good pitches to hit. And it was good to hear from him and see the double.

“I hit that ball well, but I didn’t hit it great. It almost got out of there. It’s a step in the right direction.”

Time to hire a hitting coach?

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Kenny Williams says changes need to take place on the White Sox

Gonzales:

“I don’t know what, and I don’t know when but changes need to take place,” Williams said. “Things aren’t happening that we envisioned and when they don’t happen the way you envisioned, you got to make an adjustment or two.”

“We’re not talking about tearing something down,” Williams said. “If we do something, it will still be along the lines of shuffling the deck with the expectation that we’re going to add impact guys that can help us win.”

When asked to be specific about the Sox’s woes, Williams replied: “pick your poison on a given night.” …

I’m a bit surprised by the following quote from Kenny:

“It’s still the early part of June and a lot of clubs are trying to figure their situations out and determine whether they’re in it or not in it or what kind of money they have to spend,” the GM said. “There are a lot of variables that go into the mix so even if I want to do something, it’s not always in my control. And even if something does arise, you always run the risk of, particularly in our case where there’s a lot of desirable players that people seem to want … why we can’t put it together is a mystery to me.

“But other teams seem to want our players so I have to gauge whether something that comes along sooner is better off for our mix and chance to get in it or wait and be a little patient until July when kind of all the information is in and people are bidding against one another for our players.”

I don’t remember Kenny being so blunt and say ‘I’m in selling mode.’ Usually Kenny won’t say if he’s selling or buying. Also, is the ‘I don’t know why we can’t win but our players are wanted by other teams” a dig at Ozzie?

Chris Sale will start at Kannapolis (A) or Winston-Salem (A+)

Merkin:

Upon signing with the White Sox, Sale is projected as a starter and will begin at either Class A Kannapolis or Class A[+] Winston-Salem. The White Sox obviously will monitor his innings, while Sale plans to continue his conditioning in the interim, although taking some time off from throwing.

Day 3 White Sox Draft picks (rounds 31-50)

From the MLB DraftTracker

Pick	Round	Player	School	Pos	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB	Class
938	31	Young, Robert	Dartmouth Col	LHP	L/L	6’03″	230	1988-06-20	SR
968	32	Casey, Jarrett	Northern Kentucky	LHP	R/L	6’00″	190	1987-10-27	SR
998	33	Hollis, Jamaal	Miami University	RHP	R/R	6’02″	215	1987-12-03	SR
1028	34	Harvard, Dusty	Oklahoma State	CF	L/R	6’02″		1987-10-28	SR
1058	35	Spatola, John	Boston Col	OF	L/L	6’00″	190	1987-04-02	SR
1088	36	Griset, Benjamin	Gustine HS (CA)	LHP	L/L	6’01″	175	1992-03-12	HS
1118	37	Lee, Christopher	Robinson HS (FL)	LHP	L/L	6’03″	175	1992-08-17	HS
1148	38	Salgado, Bradley	Great Oak HS (CA)	SS	R/R	6’01″	185	1991-07-15	HS	Video
1178	39	Schlick, Levi	Barton County CC	LHP	L/L	6’06″	230	1990-10-16	J1
1208	40	Gregor, Conrad	Carmel HS (IN)	RF	L/R	6’02″	220	1992-02-27	HS	Video
Comments: In 2009, Gregor was selected to play in the AFLAC All-American High School Classic. He comitted to play at Vanderbilt University.
1238	41	Phippen, Samuel	UC Santa Barbara	RHP	R/R	6’09”	210	1987-09-15	JR
1268	42	Bruening, Brett	Texas Tech	RHP	R/R	6’06”	210	1988-12-30	JR	Video
1298	43	Irvine, Lucas	Northwestern St U	RHP	R/R	6’01”	200	1988-12-01	JR
1328	44	Chavez, Matthew	U San Francisco	RHP	R/R	6’02”	195	1989-03-06	SO
1358	45	Cotton, Ronald	Boone County HS (KY)	OF	R/R	6’02”	175	1991-10-29	HS
1388	46	Fort, Ronzelle	Harlan HS (IL)	LHP	L/L	6’07”	260	1991-09-25	HS
1418	47	Reida, Matt	Western HS (IN)	2B	L/R	5’10”	160	1991-11-24	HS
1448	48	Santana, Audry	Mariner HS (FL)	2B	R/R	5’11”	170	1992-02-22	HS
1478	49	Schatz, Pat	U Iowa	RHP	R/R	6’00”	185	1987-08-16	JR
1508	50	Vazquez, David	Archbishop McCarthy HS (FL)	2B	R/R	5’11”	185	1991-12-11	HS

There are videos for High School picks Bradley Salgado and Conrad Gregor, and Texas Tech Junior Brett Bruening.

CSN’s Kevin Czerwinski looks at the Day 3 picks. UPDATE: FutureSox’ Draft Tracker has reports on all the picks too.

BTW, here are the picks from Day 2 (rounds 2-30).

UPDATE: Linked names have been signed.