Jimmy White showed patience, saw 7 pro seasons, made AA

Astros farmhand Jimmy White assessed his progress in 1994 to his hometown Tampa Tribune . When he started four years earlier, he didn't know anything. He just went up and hit, he told The Tribune . "Now you look over how the pitcher pitched you last time. You go up there more prepared," he told The Tribune . "Things are a lot different. I'm more patient and confident." White made AA for the first time that season. In a career that spanned seven seasons , he didn't make it higher. White's career began in 1990, taken by the Astros in the sixth round of the draft out of Brandon High School in Florida. Ahead of the draft, The Tribune spoke to scouts to gauge his prospects. "He's an interesting project," one scout told The Tribune . "He reminds me of a young colt. He needs to grow and develop, but he has all the tools you like to see in a major-league prospect." White started with the Astros in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He...