The Great Falls Voyagers kicked off their season yesterday, and today is the turn of the Bristol White Sox. The BriSox start their run at the Appalachian League title tonight against the Elizabethton Twins. 2009 in review: The Bristol White Sox are coming off of a disappointing 2009 season in which they finished with a […]
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With most of the draft signings official, it’s time to turn our attention to rookie ball. The Great Falls Voyagers, the more advanced rookie ball affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, start their Pioneer League season tonight. Let’s take a look at the talent on their roster. 2009 in review: The Voyagers went 21-17 in
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Baseball America reports that the Chicago White Sox and Chris Sale have agreed to a deal, worth an estimated $1,656,000 in bonus money. Chris Sale Chris Sale, the 13th pick in the 2010 draft by the White Sox is a big athletic left-hander, with a plus fastball, plus changeup, average slider and pinpoint command. The
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I apologize for the lateness of this week’s edition. The Barons had been out of town for ten games, so there really wasn’t anything to talk about. Plus, due to the stifling heat and humidity and the heavy rain, I haven’t seen much baseball so far this homestand. And no, I chose not to apologize
The White Sox took their first high school positional player in the 6th round of the MLB draft, that player is third baseman Rangel Ravelo out of Hialeah HS (FL). Rangel Ravelo A former teammate of the #3 pick in the draft Manny Machado, Rangel Ravelo has made a lot of improvement over the last
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The Winston-Salem Dash were the only team who managed to finish with a weekly record at or above .500, and a new name graces the Hot and Cold list in the form of Brazilian ace Andre Rienzo.
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Baseball America reports that three of the White Sox’ early round draftees, second round pick Jacob Petricka, third round pick Addison Reed and sixth round pick Rangel Ravel have all signed. Jacob Petricka signs for a reported $540,000 signing bonus. Slot bonus for the 63rd pick is estimated at $576,000-$585,000 (the slot bonuses have not
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In the 18th round of the MLB Draft the White Sox selected a familiar name; Randall Thorpe. OK, so maybe Thorpe isn’t a familiar name to most, but you may remember that he was selected by the Sox out of high school in the 29th round of the 2008 draft. He didn’t sign with the
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It was just a matter of when, not if. We all knew the Chicago White Sox would select Ozney Guillen, the youngest son of Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, but while I was expecting his name to be called in a single digit round, it didn’t happen until quite a while later, which caused a fair
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After a fairly conservative second day to the 2010 MLB draft, the White Sox starting swinging from their heels with several of their latter round picks. Typically, high school players drafted in the later rounds do not sign, but there’s always a chance that the Sox will dangle significant amounts of money their way in
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