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This Week In White Sox Minor League Baseball

Addison Reed (courtesy of Diana Johnson)

This week:

  • Dayan Viciedo: .329/.369/.530. Recently named to the International League All-Star Team, I hope his appearance at that game on July 13 is his last act as a minor league player.  Because if he isn't called up by the end of the All-Star break (preferably sooner), this team is doing it wrong.
  • Some notable promotions this week. Everyone's favorite undrafted free agent, RHP Dan Remenowsky, was promoted to Charlotte. RHP Jacob Petricka returned from his rehab assignment and was promoted to Winston-Salem. SS Yolmer "Carlos" Sanchez is following the path of other recent young White Sox shortstop prospects, like Eduardo Escobar and Sergio Miranda, and spent barely a week in rookie ball before being promoted to Kannapolis.  Let's hope he's more like the former.
  • Jared Mitchell: .216/.280/.377.
  • The White Sox reportedly signed their top pick, OF Keenyn Walker.  He will be assigned to Great Falls.  He celebrated by going to see Transformers 3.  His review: "Transformers is probably the best movie I’ve seen this summer!"
  • 6th round pick SS Marcus Semien signed and was assigned to Kannapolis.  The remaining unsigned top ten picks are: 2nd rounder RHP Erik Johnson, 3rd rounder RHP Jeffrey Soptic, 8th rounder RHP Ian Gardeck and 10th rounder LHP Ben O'Shea.

Star-divide

  • SS Tyler Saladino was a favorite sleeper this offseason.  He broke his hand in a spring training game while appearing with the big club, so his season debut was delayed until mid-May.  He got off to a predictably slow start, batting .192/.286/.384 in May, but picked things up significantly in June: .306/.368/.588.  Saladino elicits a wide range of opinion from scouts, with some seeing a player who can't stick at SS and who doesn't have enough of a bat; others say there's little doubt he's a SS and like the bat quite a bit.  Kevin Goldstein is firmly in the latter camp: "having well above-average power for a middle infielder, he’s also a legitimate shortstop who makes up for average range with instincts and fundamentals."
  • RHP Addison Reed: 45.2 IP, 32 H, 8 BB, 63 K (over three levels).
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    Thank you.

    I could see him joining the Sox on July 15 in DET, break him in on the road from there to KC and CLE.
    Ties in with my guess that he’s (JP) “earned” the home stand.
    The rope gets shorter…

    Beware the cure isn't worse than the disease

    by Chiburb on Jul 1, 2011 5:57 PM CDT reply actions  

    i don't know man.. the media and players are in full juan pierre support mode.

    we have to come up with a new plan.

    Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.

    by KenWo4LiFe on Jul 1, 2011 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

    also: a boat with lake access.

    "You go up there, against a dog-ass line up AND pitcher, and you don’t do a fucking thing with it. They whip your silly, sorry, saggy ass AGAIN, and you look like fucking bottom-ass, bitch-ass chumps doing it." - 2HA

    by Shoeless In SC on Jul 1, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

    sell high!

    "We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10

    by Ahillock on Jul 1, 2011 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

    sell high!

    "We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10

    by Ahillock on Jul 1, 2011 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

    crap. internet fail.

    "We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10

    by Ahillock on Jul 1, 2011 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

    SSS

    Beware the cure isn't worse than the disease

    by Chiburb on Jul 1, 2011 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

    Hindsight, but too bad we didn't pick Mike Trout instead of Mitchell

    "We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10

    by Ahillock on Jul 1, 2011 6:06 PM CDT reply actions  

    like 20 other teams are saying that.

    i’m sure there’s an 8th rounder out there that everyone will be saying the same thing about, too. welcome to the major league draft.

    by larry on Jul 1, 2011 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

    yep, part of the whole hindsight thing. but I still liked what the scouts said of the kid leading up to the draft.

    "We saw death and I don't think we fear it anymore. Not unlike 2005, when we finally clinched and then we took off in the playoffs." Coop 7/29/10

    by Ahillock on Jul 1, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

    that's good. kind of a waste of time to look through the draft picks and think about what every single team could have drafted if they knew exactly how the future would turn out.

    every single team – even the one that got the “best” player – has numerous picks they “fucked up”.

    you know what else other teams are saying? why didn’t we offer viciedo $12 million. and why the fuck didn’t we spend our 50th round pick on remenowsky.

    by larry on Jul 1, 2011 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

    I rather doubt too many GM's are wringing their hands over Viciedo.

    As of right now, the sox have overpaid. He may end up being a great signing but the sox have paid a lot of money to find out.

    by 25or6to4 on Jul 1, 2011 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

    other than the $4MM signing bonus

    he’s only cost about $1MM a year. not exactly a lot seeing as guys like pedro alvarez and dutin ackley have similar deals

    "Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"

    by U-God on Jul 1, 2011 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

    he is essentially a first rounf draft pick

    he got paid accordingly. he is not overpaid.

    "Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"

    by U-God on Jul 1, 2011 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

    Gordon Beckham, 2.6M

    Justin Smoak, 3.5M. He is not underpaid.

    by 25or6to4 on Jul 1, 2011 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

    i must be missing the part where i argued that he was

    "Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"

    by U-God on Jul 1, 2011 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

    mick?

    "Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"

    by U-God on Jul 1, 2011 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

    this little tête à tête was a joy to read

    "You go up there, against a dog-ass line up AND pitcher, and you don’t do a fucking thing with it. They whip your silly, sorry, saggy ass AGAIN, and you look like fucking bottom-ass, bitch-ass chumps doing it." - 2HA

    by Shoeless In SC on Jul 1, 2011 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

    its hilarious.

    Think what Alvarez, Strasburg or any of them would get for sign on bonuses in an open market. 4 million is peanuts.

    "Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun

    by Tdogg on Jul 1, 2011 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

    you're talking out your ass

    If Smoak or any of the top draftees were free agents from the beginning and any team could bid on them what do you think they would have gotten? There are a lot of GMs who wish they would have paid that amount for Viciedo. Its cheap.

    "Rooting for the Twins is just a roundabout way of rooting for a first-round playoff bye for the Yankees." by big_fun

    by Tdogg on Jul 1, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

    Buehrle

    Beware the cure isn't worse than the disease

    by Chiburb on Jul 1, 2011 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

    hmmm

    Completely irrelevant

    His review: “Transformers is probably the best movie I’ve seen this summer!”

    This guy needs to see more movies….

    If you chase two rabbits both will escape!

    by JofpGallagher on Jul 1, 2011 10:23 PM CDT reply actions  

    I don't see how Shia LaBeouf keeps getting work

    "You go up there, against a dog-ass line up AND pitcher, and you don’t do a fucking thing with it. They whip your silly, sorry, saggy ass AGAIN, and you look like fucking bottom-ass, bitch-ass chumps doing it." - 2HA

    by Shoeless In SC on Jul 1, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

    I'm glad baseball performance is not based on taste in movies.

    Otherwise we’d be screwed with Walker.

    Anyway, for his sake, I hope it’s the ONLY movie he’s seen this summer.

    by ObsidianXIII on Jul 2, 2011 12:39 AM CDT reply actions  

    Scouting report:

    Smith has a great arm. He has three above average pitches with good movement. He has durability concerns but he makes up for it with his appreciation of French New Wave cinema and early Coen brothers movies.

    by joewho112 on Jul 2, 2011 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

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