White Sox affiliates went 3-2 on Thursday with Thad Lowry’s pitching performance arguably the most notable performance of the day. Knights 9, Gwinnett 4 Nicky Delmonico (4), Jerry Sands (4) and Slade Heathcott (2) each hit home runs in the win. Sands’ blast was a grand slam. Jason Coats had two hits and a walk […]
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The White Sox made it two Zacks in the first round on Thursday when they took Louisville closer Zack Burdi with the No. 26 pick. Burdi is a hard-throwing right-hander, like his older brother Nick. Nick, also a former closer at Louisville, was drafted by the Twins in the second round in 2014 and is
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It’s been a few months since our last podcast and we fixed that last night. Rob Young (podcast first-timer!) and Daniel Shapiro joined me to talk about our fresh prospect rankings. The 2016 Preseason Top 30 prospects came out last week and we break it down. Who we think is overrated and who is underrated,
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The first major moves of the Major League Baseball offseason have taken place with the White Sox a part of that mix. However, a couple smaller moves that took place Thursday morning had more impact on the minor league side of the organization. First, the Rule V Draft took place with the White Sox losing
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The White Sox have had a terrible reputation for developing hitters for several years now. The biggest reason for that reputation is that the last significant hitting prospect to come through the White Sox system and succeed with the big league club is probably Joe Crede. Major League regulars Chris Carter and Chris Young were
Are the White Sox actually developing raw hitters? Read More »
We’re back with another podcast! Typically we record our FutureSox podcasts with three or four people, but this time Matt Cassidy and I recorded a two-man show. Due to conflicts with some of our other contributors and a desire for Matt to actually get something out of a free weeknight out, we recorded with just
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It took us a few months to produce our second podcast of the season, which went up earlier this month, but we didn’t take as long to come out with another podcast. Will Siskel, Daniel Shapiro and podcast debutant Brian Bilek joined me to talk about a few different topics relating to White Sox minor
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It’s been too long since we’ve had a Future Sox podcast, but that changed last night. We’ve had trouble coordinating a crew together to talk White Sox minor leagues, but our recent top 30 prospect rankings was the perfect excuse to end our drought. We also had a different crew this time. Regulars Matt Cassidy
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As the big league ballclub heated up, it seems so did the minor league teams and some of the organization’s top prospects. Only one White Sox affiliate (Great Falls) posted a losing record in July while Birmingham (20-8), Winston-Salem (19-11), Kannapolis (16-12) and the Arizona White Sox (14-9) had winning marks. The Barons won 13
White Sox Prospects of the Month – July 2015 Read More »
Around draft time in baseball, there’s a lot written about how fast a pitcher’s fastball is or how many tools a position player has, but not often do we hear about the off the field stories after the players are drafted. In other American professional sports leagues that have drafts, the players are selected in
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