For one week, the residents of Winston-Salem, N.C. were transported to Disneyland and found themselves right smack in the middle of Winston-Salem’s Wild Ride. The Dash rattled off six consecutive victories, and through 11 games are putting on an old fashioned hit parade. The section immediately following this is littered with notable Winston-Salem performances, but […]
White Sox Minor League News and Notes, 4/9 to 4/15 Read More »
Our weekly spotlight on the best performances on the White Sox farm is back for another season. Each Tuesday, we will take a look at which prospects had the strongest previous week’s worth of games, regardless of ranking. Rob Young will reprise his role in writing these normally, but I’m filling in for a couple
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If you look up the word logjam in the dictionary, the definition will read, “See: Winston-Salem Dash.” The outfield is overloaded with Luis Alexander Basabe, Blake Rutherford, Joel Booker, Alex Call and Micker Adolfo all vying for time. That’s not mention the return of OF Luis Robert, once he’s finished rehabilitating from his injury. Dash Manager
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The Class A Kannapolis Intimidators opened South Atlantic League play on Thursday, April 5th at home against Lakewood, and as of this writing are 1-1. The team is managed by Justin Jirschele, who even in his second year as the team’s leader is only 27 years old. Last year he was the youngest manager in all
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To quote Europe, “It’s the final countdown, the final countdown. Oh…” The minor league season is but days away, set to open this Thursday. The rosters are taking final shape and should be finalized Wednesday, and before you know it, the White Sox affiliates will charge the field for the 2018 season. There will be
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Coming off a 14-0 walloping by the bats of the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, the White Sox made a series of transactions as the opening day roster comes closer to fruition. Among the cuts was fledging right-handed pitcher Michael Ynoa, the once top-100-rated Baseball Prospectus prospect, who saw his time as Southside organization filler come to
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Back by popular demand, we have resurrected the FutureSox podcast! The shiny new 2018 version will be hosted by Clint Cole, one of our newest contributors. Brian Bilek and a variety of other of our writers will be part of this season’s programs, as well as a number of informative guests. This week’s episode features
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Welcome to the Spring Training edition of the FutureSox MailBox, where we answer reader questions about White Sox prospects. In this case we took questions from both Twitter and the White Sox Reddit. Let’s get right to your queries… Besides Jimenez and Kopech do you see any other top prospect being called up this year?
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As the major league roster stands today, the White Sox have 99 problems and first base isn’t one. Jose Abreu has been putting up All Star numbers and even getting some down-ballot MVP votes in his four seasons on the South Side. He’s also provided and will provide captain-like leadership to a young roster only
First and foremost – who replaces Abreu after 2019 if he leaves? Read More »
Spring Training is well underway in (usually) sunny Arizona. We gave you a guide for what to look for at Camelback in regards to prospects in our preview around mid-February. Cactus League games are underway and the auditions for major league jobs are as well, though a cloud of injury concerns has hung over the
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