This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball

by larry on May 16, 2009 11:32 AM CDT in Minors Comment 16 comments

Brandon Allen

Truncated edition due to travel.

This week:

Jordan Danks was promoted to Birmingham. He continues to leadoff with the Barons and displaced John Shelby from centerfield. Danks had no trouble with the initial adjustment to AA pitching, putting up a line of .412/.444./.529 in four games.
As covered last week, Gordon Beckham suffered an abdominal injury. He was placed on the 7-day DL and thus missed all of this week. He's expected to return to game action this weekend.
Charlie Leesman had a perfect game bid broken up on Friday night. The Kannapolis hurler, who was drafted in the 11th round last year, took the perfect game into the 7th before it was broken up with two outs. The lefty finished with 7.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, and 9 K. He has good velocity on his fastball for a lefty.
Brandon Allen: .290/.356/.481
C.J. Retherford garnered Southern League Player of the Week honors and continues to make the strange bedfellows of larry and Hawk Harrelson look good with their White Sox minor league sleeper pick. .333/.362/.606(!).
Daniel Hudson made his (complete) High A debut, after last week's rain-shortened affair. He went five innings, giving up two hits and three walks while striking out six.
Jose Contreras made his first start after his demotion to Charlotte. His control was still lacking - only 57 of his 108 pitches were for strikes. Six innings, three hits, five walks, one HBP, and five strikeouts.
Carlos Torres rebounded from a poor outing in rough conditions last Saturday (coverage of game and Torres from Sox Machine) to get back on track Friday night with a gem: 6 IP, 2 hits, 2 BB, 10 K.

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Is it just me,

or does Brandon Allen kinda look like Bo Jackson?

THANK YOU NATE SILVER, TECHNOLOGY IS THE TOPS

by Hazymania on May 16, 2009 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good stuff mate - ta

I grew up in total ignorance, poverty and bigotry, and this has been a burden for me throughout my life. There is still some poison that won't go away, as much as I try to drive it out

by hoodlight on May 16, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Possible Callup?

Does anyone think A Phillips could get a callup to the Sox? He has bounced around a few teams but seems to play all over the field.

http://thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Andy-Phillips.shtml

by metasox on May 16, 2009 12:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Forgot to list this top prospect

0 -4 14.18era 13.1innings pitched 26hits 22runs 21earned runs 10bb 7K’s .406BAA

Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce the great Jeff Marquez!

by jfbrens on May 16, 2009 12:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He hasnt been pitching for a bit so theres no need to list him.

It's like he's a cyborg sent from the future to draw 22 walks a season or something.

by omnipotent grab on May 16, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

doesn't matter omni

He’s a fuckin’ top prospect.

top failure that is

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 16, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ps. finished 'the children of hurin'

sad but good, very good!

it’s on to the ‘unfinished tales’ now. well, some time in the future.

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on May 16, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i did not like that book

it was well written and such, but i didn’t see any connection to the lord of rings, besides the fact the setting was the same, and so was dissapointed.

by blackoutsox on May 16, 2009 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs