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This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: RHP Steven Upchurch has progressed slowly through the minor leagues so far. A 12th round pick in 2008 out of Alabama high school, he spent his first three pro seasons in short-season rookie ball. As a 21 year old, the White Sox finally gave him a taste of full season ball with...
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...
Disappointing White Sox Prospects of 2009
The progression of a minor league player is rarely an uninterrupted straight line to the majors. Instead, players plateau at some level along the way. Even those few who make the majors usually experience a plateau or even a regression along their way. This week, I'm looking at some players who...
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: There was a lot but let's start with a late-breaking one: Jordan Danks was in Chicago on Friday for tests on his wrist. Jordan had missed some games a couple weeks back when the issue apparently began on a check swing but was placed on the DL Thursday. The results of the tests are...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Gordon Beckham returned to game action after his brief stint on the DL for an abdominal injury. After a slow start, he returned to savior form. Season line: .299/.366/.488. Carlos Torres continues to plug away in his effort to be the standby sixth starter. Season line now 46 IP, 32...
This Week in White Sox Minor League Baseball
This week: Jeffrey Marquez has been less than awesome so far for the Knights. In two starts, he's lasted just 1.2 and 3.2 IP, while giving up 14 hits, walking 5, and striking out just 2. His GO/AO has been a pedestrian 1.00. Shoeless in SC covered the Knights game on Friday night. Scott...
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