FWST: TCU-teammates-turned-White Sox follow different paths to majors
The lockers were right next to each other in Glendale, Ariz., and, for the past month or so, Jason Coats and Matt Purke were teammates again, just as they were at TCU.
The pair are in the Chicago White Sox organization — only the sure thing has become the long shot while the long shot is closer to the sure thing.
Purke, the former first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2009 who initially passed on pro ball and led TCU to its first appearance in the College World Series in 2010, has struggled to live up to the expectations his talented left arm bestowed on him.
Coats, the outfielder and former walk-on at TCU who was a teammate of Purke’s on that CWS team, was drafted in the 29th round by the White Sox in the 2012 draft. …
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