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This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Promotions have begun in earnest. RHP Gregory Infante and INF Drew Garcia are now with Charlotte. RHP Terry Doyle, RHP Charlie Shirek and LHP Hector Santiago are now with Birmingham. RHP Ryan Buch is now with Winston-Salem. Long-time minor league outfielder (and twice a drug cheat)...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Brent Morel continues his adjustment to AAA. After a not unexpected poor couple weeks after his promotion, he's up to .304/.344/.453. And, also not surprisingly, he's now being talked about as perhaps the most likely trade candidate in the system. The scouting reports have been very...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Chris Sale made his professional debut last night for WInston-Salem. He pitched one inning and retired three of the four batters he faced, walking one. He didn't strike anyone out but his fastball reportedly reached 94 MPH. While obviously consistent with the White Sox' apparent...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: The topic of last week's poll was when Tyler Flowers would be called up. Not surprisingly, the result was June, garnering 50% of the vote. Depending upon which conspiracy theory you prefer - either suppressing Flowers' service time or A.J. Pierzynski's vesting of ten and five no trade...
White Sox Minor League Affiliates Preview
Games start Thursday. Preview starts now. Charlotte Knights (AAA, International League) In last year's preview I wrote "The Castle has long been barren of legitimate star power." Last season provided a bit of star power with top prospects Daniel Hudson and Tyler Flowers making their...
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, 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: 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...
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