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TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 2010                                                                   PAGE C1
SOX SNAG AROD, STRASBURG
TEAM SURPRISED PITCHER THERE IN THIRD ROUND

ARLINGTON, Texas - THE WHITE SOX NOT ONLY PICKED UP THE LEFT SIDE OF THE YANKEES' INFIELD, BUT THEY ALSO SNARED BASEBALL'S BEST YOUNG PITCHING PROSPECT IN STEPHEN STRASBURG.

"AROD (ALEX RODRIGUEZ) LASTED TO THE 15TH PICK OVERALL, WE GOT (DEREK) JETER IN THE FOURTH ROUND," SAID CHICAGO MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN. "THOSE GUYS ARE HALL OF FAMERS. (STEPHEN) STRASBURG COULD BE, TOO."

RODRIGUEZ MAY HAVE GONE UNDRAFTED (EARLIER) BECAUSE OF HIS PRICEY - BUT LONG - CONTRACT, AND RUMORS OF HIS RETIRING IN TWO YEARS," AN AL SCOUT SAID.

CHICAGO'S TOP 10 PICKS:
1-ALEX RODRIGUEZ, 3B
2-MATT HOLLIDAY, OF
3-STEPHEN STRASBURG, P
4-DEREK JETER, SS
5-ARNOLDIS CHAPMAN, P
6-ADAM KIND, 1B
7-MICHAEL STANTON, OF
8-MIGUEL MONTERO, C
9-DALLAS BRADEN, P
10-RANDY WOLF, P