On a day where the baseball world was watching, two Birmingham Barons made it known their prospect status is more than justified. Birmingham OF Luis Alexander Basabe and RHP Dylan Cease played in the annual Futures Game. Basabe for Team World and Cease for Team USA. Basabe clobbered a two-run homer in his second at bat […]
White Sox Minor League News and Notes, 7/9 to 7/15 Read More »
The reign of Nick Madrigal, Chicago White Sox, started July 5. Starting the season with the AZL White Sox, he is expected to end up in Kannapolis after playing a few games in Glendale, Ariz. His debut started with a bang. Or maybe it was a thud, as he was hit by two pitches before his
White Sox Minor League News and Notes, 7/2 to 7/8 Read More »
In our 16 years providing coverage of the White Sox minor leagues, we have been striving to fill every nook and cranny of our niche. Those efforts have never ceased, as evidenced by new types of coverage and fresh viewpoints being rolled out every year. As a result, our readership has grown by an order
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Through 95 innings, Charlotte RHP Donn Roach, 28, is in the midst of the second best year of his career. His 2.65 ERA, 61 strikeouts and 21 walks earned him All-Star honors, and should be the beginning of a case to make the main roster this September (if not earlier). At 28, Roach shouldn’t be
White Sox Minor League News and Notes, 6/25 to 7/1 Read More »
After each month of the minor league season, we name one position player and one pitcher as players of the month on the White Sox farm. Generally, players have to see full-time innings or plate appearances (~50 PA or 10 IP minimum), and still be a prospect (not reached MLB rookie status) to qualify. This is
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It was April 12, when then Winston-Salem OF Joel Booker was on third base in the bottom of the 10th. One thing was going through his head, “Don’t trip.” Winston-Salem manager Omar Vizquel told the 22nd round 2016 draft pick, he was going home. He did: “Honestly, I was just thinking don’t trip. Normally when
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There’s a lot of transition going on in the White Sox system, with 30+ new draftees either having just joined the system and starting play on Friday (Great Falls) or Monday (AZL). Then there are the A, A+ and AA All Star Games today, and the wave of promotions that will be coming within a
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Cheers to Winston-Salem, the Carolina League First Half Champs. The team with too many outfielders secured a postseason berth June 14th. The title is notably the organization’s first since 2012. The Dash have been phenomenal with manager Omar Vizquel at the helm. As the draft roster churn begins to happen, the team will change. Players
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NOTE: This article was written by Dan Victor, as a guest of FutureSox. Dan is a regular at games in North Carolina, especially Kannapolis, where he can often be seen with a radar gun in the scout seats. He also writes for the site Scouting the Sally. His teammates call him “Deeds”. But unlike the
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The Great Falls Voyagers open their campaign Friday, June 15th (that’s tonight!), at home against Helena. The Pioneer League affiliate is one of two rookie-level clubs in the White Sox organization. The team in Montana typically is populated with the more polished rookie leaguers, often recent college draft picks (the younger, prep and less polished prospects
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