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White Sox Organizational Depth Chart
I'm sure some of you are familiar with these. Moneyball, co-authored by Billy Beane and Billy's IBM Laptop, introduced the concept to a wider audience. It's exactly what it purports to be: a player depth chart for an organization from the majors all the way down the minors. They're an excellent...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: The material for TWIWSMiLB is becoming more threadbare. September call-ups have taken the likes of Daniel Hudson, Tyler Flowers and Carlos Torres. Minor league rehab assignments appear to be over for the season. And, just to further deplete things, Jared Mitchell and Christian...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Daniel Hudson looks like he won't be making the majors this season, which is the correct move. He certainly does not look out of place in AAA, though: 4 GS, 21 IP, 21 H, 8 BB, 19 K. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more meteoric single season rise, particularly from a non-highly-touted...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week, we check in with some of the White Sox' draft picks: Jared Mitchell OF (1st Rd), Kannapolis: .400/.478/.600. He signed a bit late and then was placed on the DL to ease his way into pro ball so that line is only from six games. Historically, the Sox have pushed their highly drafted...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: I was going to lead off with the revitalization of Jack Egbert, who has been impressive since his return to a starting role. However, last night, after another impressive beginning, he took a line drive to his pitching hand and left the game. Charlotte is notoriously tight-lipped...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Daniel Hudson made his AA debut. LIstening to his first start, I was surprised to hear that, on the Birmingham gun, his fastball was frequently registering in the upper 90s. Now, I know the gun there is fast; however, because of Aaron Poreda, I know roughly how much faster it is than...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: The big news, of course, was the amateur draft, the primary vehicle by which teams replenish their minor league systems. With a plethora of early picks on day one, the White Sox made good on their rumored preference for a toolsy outfielder by picking Jared Mitchell out of LSU with their...
The 2009 MLB Draft's College Hitters Crop
It's a prospect-nik's favorite time of year, as the draft is upon us. Just one more day and there will be no more mock drafts and no more rumors. Just the draft and a bunch of knee-jerk reactions. We determined in our draft study that college hitters, on average as a group, are slightly more...
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