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Ryan Cordell6 205 poundsBats: RightAge: 27SSS rank in 2018: 19SSS rank among all center fielders in the system: 6Ryan Cordell spent his three collegiate seasons with the Liberty Flames. He was selected in the 11th round of the 2013 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers after slashing .261/.310/.391 in his junior season Adam Frazier Jersey , with six homers, 40 RBIs, 28 stolen bases, 19 walks and 40 strikeouts in 261 at-bats. Cordell remained in the Rangers organization until Sept. 5, 2016, when he was part of the Texas-Milwaukee Brewers trade involving Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress.Cordell was doing well in the high altitude of (Brewers Triple-A) Colorado Springs until he suffered a lower back injury and was placed on the IL on June 30, 2017. Cordell would remain sidelined the rest of the season. For the year, he ended up at .284/.349/.506 with 18 doubles, five triples, 10 homers, 45 RBIs, nine stolen bases, 25 walks and 65 strikeouts in 261 at-bats.The White Sox, impressed by Cordell’s talent, versatility (he’s played all positions except pitcher, catcher and second base) and history of success, traded reliever Anthony Swarzak for Cordell — despite his back injury — on July 26, 2017.After a solid spring training in 2018 (slashing .317/.417/.512, with six extra-base hits, seven walks http://www.piratesfanproshop.c…..ell-jersey , eight RBIs and eight runs scored in 17 games) that nearly earned him a promotion to Chicago, Cordell was assigned to Charlotte to begin the season and was struggling horrifically (5-for-38) when he suffered a broken clavicle after crashing into an outfield wall. Cordell missed two months of valuable development time, not returning to the field for a rehab assignment until July 18. From that date through the end of August, Cordell was able to improve his minor league totals to a more respectable .246/.286/.374 in 203 at-bats, with a 10 doubles, two triples, four homers, 26 RBIs, eight stolen bases, 12 walks (5.45%) and 52 strikeouts (23.64%).When Charlotte’s season ended, Cordell earned a promotion to Chicago, but struggled miserably: 4-for-37, with one double, one homer (his first career hit), no walks and 15 strikeouts. Cordell may have deserved to break camp with the White Sox after an impressive spring training in 2018 but didn’t; this season, his spring was pedestrian, but he made the White Sox as their 25th man when Jon Jay was placed on the injured list on Opening Day. True to his dramatic form, he clubbed a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning at Cleveland on April Fools’ Day for his first hit of the season.If and when Jay returns from injury, expect Cordell to see daily starts in center field and right field with the Knights.Take a look!2019 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospects 62. Tate Blackman, 2B68. John Parke Ivan Nova Jersey , LHSP69. Mike Morrison, RHRP70. Zach Remillard, 3B71. Luis Martinez, RHSP72. Zach Lewis, RHSP73. Jos茅 Nin, RHRP74. Colton Turner, LHSP75. Jhoandro Alfonso, C76. Ramon Beltre, 2B77. Charlie Tilson, CF78. Hunter Kiel, RHRP79. Jason Bilous, RHSP80. Nick Johnson, RHRP81. Danny Dopico, RHRP82. Harvin Mendoza, 1B83. Logan Sowers, RF84. Maiker Feliz, 3B85. Brayan Herrera, RHSP86. Craig Dedelow, LF87. Wilber P茅rez, RHSP88. Kyle Kubat http://www.piratesfanproshop.c…..ell-jersey , LHRP89. Johan Dominguez, RHRP90. Mitch Roman, 2B91. Ty Greene, C92. Tanner Banks, LHSP93. Jake Elliott, RHRP94. Kevin Escorcia, LHRP95. Luis Rodriguez, RHSP96. Ian Dawkins, LF97. Victor Diaz, RHRP98. Travis Moniot, LF99. Will Kincanon, RHRP100. Brian Clark, LHRPMore information on South Side Top Prospects. The Giants might have taken their failures on Stanton and Ohtani as the ultimate cue to rebuild. If they had, they might have cleared quite a bit of money and acquired prospects through trades of Posey, Bumgarner, Belt and/or Crawford, and possibly Cueto and/or Samardzija as well.Instead, they made the baffling choice to pivot from getting younger to getting older. Out went a handful of prospects, and in came a 31-year-old Andrew McCutchen and a32-year-old Evan Longoria. Thus did the Giants saddle themselves with MLB's oldest lineup. Sure enough, neither surpassed expectations. The former is gone now Brad Hand Jersey , and the latter is owed $67.5 million through 2022.It's notall bad in San Francisco. Dereck Rodriguez,Alen Hanson, Andrew Suarez and Reyes Moronta look like young keepers. Shaw and Aramis Garcia are teasing that they might be, too.And as bad as the team's finances look, some good could come from their getting under the luxury-tax threshold.And yet, this amounts to a thin coating of sugar.According toBaseball America, the Giants had a top-five farm system in 2009 and 2010. Their system hasn't ranked any higher than No. 19 since then, and itcurrently sitsat No. 23.It would take a massive fire sale to accelerate the renovation of the Giants' farm system, but such a thing may now be impossible.Posey is recovering fromhip surgery, while Cueto is recovering from Tommy John and Samardzija from a ruined shoulder. Albeit to a lesser degree, Bumgarner, Belt and Crawford also have depreciated trade values compared to a year ago.There's little doubt that the Giants will try to save themselves with yet another active winter, but there's also little doubt that they are beyond saving.Through a mix of natural causes, negligence and stubbornness, their time as World Series contenders has expired.Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs.