KANSAS CITY -- Zack Collins has plenty of catching experience to gain and the White Sox want him to get a head start to learn as much as he can as quickly as possible.

White Sox director of player development Nick Capra said Friday that’s what the club has in mind for Collins, who will play a part-time role in the Arizona Fall League when games being on Oct. 11.

Collins has been designated as a taxi squad player, which limits his AFL action to games on Wednesdays and Saturdays. But the White Sox think the experience itself can be extremely valuable for Collins, who in June was selected with the 10th overall pick out of the University of Miami.

“It’s going to put him in an environment where he’s around guys that have played a little more, experienced older guys,” Capra said. “That’s going to be a factor for him just to be around the group of kids he’s going to be around because they’re all obviously talented.

“Interacting with those guys is going to help.”

Winner of the Johnny Bench Award, which is given to the nation’s top catcher, Collins is expected to arrive in Glendale, Ariz. later this month to participate in the team’s instructional camp for 10 days. Instructional camp starts Monday and runs until Oct. 15 with 50 players in attendance, Capra said.

Collins will then head to the AFL in early October and will have a chance to work closely with catching coordinator John Orton.

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Collins’ advanced plate approach is one reason several draft analysts said he is expected to be the first position player selected in June to reach the majors. But being major league ready as a catcher is far more complex and includes a number of facets in which Collins needs experience -- hence the head start to the 2017 season.

Collins had an .831 OPS with six home runs and 18 RBIs in 164 plate appearances at two levels for the White Sox this season, including 36 games at Single-A Winston-Salem.

“I think it’s going to help him on the days he’s not playing, catching bullpen,” Capra said. “He’s going to be benefit a lot from this.”

“He’s got a way to go defensively, behind the plate. He’s got to learn -- a big part of catching is obviously learning the pitchers, learning their strengths and weaknesses, learn how to call games. That’s all experience he’s going to need to gain and gather. Offensively it looks like his bat is going to play. He’s got a couple of things to work on offensively.”