Guillens disappointed with Ozney's draft spot

As Ozzie Guillen often says, he's a baseball man. More important, Guillen is a family man, and that's why the White Sox' manager had decidedly mixed feelings on Tuesday.

After his youngest son Ozney was selected by the Sox on the 22nd round of the first-year player draft, Guillen agreed to talk about the situation but only to the four beat writers covering the White Sox, along with one veteran radio broadcaster.

"Obviously, it's a disappointment," Guillen said. "Twenty-second round? Anybody can go 22nd round. I think the White Sox did what I told them. I don't need any favors, or (Ozney) doesn't need any favors. In the meanwhile, it's kind of hard. His expectations, not mine, his expectations were a little higher. He thought he was a little better player than what other people think."

Ozzie said Ozney is not going to sign with the Sox, and he'll honor his commitment to attend South Florida on a baseball scholarship following a standout high school career at Monsignor Pace in Miami.

"He feels embarrassed," Ozzie said. "He feels like he let himself down. He thinks he's better than a few players that were picked before him. But that's part of life."

Quick comparisons were drawn between Ozzie Guillen and general manager Kenny Williams, who in 2008 drafted his son (Kenny Williams Jr.) on the sixth round out of Wichita State.

But Williams Jr. was initially drafted by the White Sox on the 36th round in 2004, after he graduated from Plainfield High School. He also decided to attend college.

One scout projected Ozney Guillen to be drafted between Rounds 8-12.

"Ozney's a good player," said Doug Laumann, the Sox' amateur scouting director. "We've watched Ozney for years. This draft was extremely unpredictable. We stacked the board the way we felt it should be stacked, and when he was available to be selected, we took him."

Making a pitch: After drafting Florida Gulf Coast left-hander Chris Sale with their first-round pick (No. 13 overall) Monday night, the White Sox continued loading up on college pitchers Tuesday.

In the second round, they selected Indiana State right-hander Jake Petricka, who had Tommy John surgery in 2007 and was throwing 98 mph this year.

On the third round, the Sox grabbed San Diego State's Addison Reed. With their supplemental pick in the third round, they drafted another right-hander, Louisville's Thomas Royse.

"We're real happy with it," Doug Laumann said. "We think we maybe put the word out early that that was something we were going to focus on. We felt that the draft was really strong in pitching."

Honoring Hawk: The White Sox honored Ken "Hawk" Harrelson before Tuesday's game against the Tigers. This is his 25th year in the TV booth.

"First of all, it means a quarter of a century of your life is gone," said the 68-year-old Harrelson. "I don't think there will be 25 more. To be with a great organization that long, and to be with an organization when I first came here in 1982, from what it was then to what it is today and see the transformation of it, it's really been nice."