Author name: Jeff Cohen

Montgomery, Cannon among several prospects on Knights’ opening day roster

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There are two surprises among the White Sox prospects who’ll be opening the season on the Charlotte Knights — Colson Montgomery and starting pitcher Jonathan Cannon.  Other notable players joining the Knights in Memphis on Friday for opening day include four recent trade acquisitions — Nick Nastrini, Zach DeLoach, Prelander Berroa and Jared Shuster. But […]

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A look at the numbers following a 53-win season for the Triple-A Charlotte Knights

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By just about any measurement, the Knights’ team stats for 2023 were disappointing.  Overall, the team won just 53 of 149 games. Does it matter? The top objective, by far, of the Knights is to have players ready in an emergency when the White Sox call.  This season, 25 different Knights were summoned to Chicago. 

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Veteran-fueled Charlotte Knights close up shop for 2023

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What do all these MLB veterans have in common: Billy Hamilton, Clint Frazier, Jake Marisnick, Stephen Piscotty, Erik Gonzalez, Tyler Naquin, Hanser Alberto and Kean Wong on the hitters’ side and Luke Farrell, Jordan Holloway, Bryan Shaw, Alex Colome, Mike Mayers, Jose Urena, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Deivi Garcia, Franklin German, Luis Patino, Yohan Ramirez

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Next wave of White Sox Minor Leaguers are being taught how to win

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Not only am I excited about the many talented ballplayers in single-A Kannapolis and Winston-Salem, I am equally enthused that managers Pat Leyland and Guillermo Quiróz are teaching their teams how to play winning baseball. There’s no coincidence that the White Sox big-league club runs into outs on the bases, doesn’t seem to know how

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Talking White Sox pitching prospects with Charlotte Knights coach Donnie Veal

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Before settling in as the Charlotte Knights’ pitching coach, Donnie Veal spent the first half of the season as a part-time roving instructor, working with pitchers in Kannapolis and Winston-Salem.  Now that I’ve had a chance to see most of these young pitchers in action myself, I wanted to get Veal’s take.  Here are the

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Knights struggle in Charlotte, a record ends in Winston-Salem and an ace gets hit hard

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You know it was a rough week for the Charlotte Knights when the highlight was an appearance by rehabbing major league umpire Angel Hernandez.  The Knights fell to 3-18 in the second half after getting pummelled at home by the Memphis Redbirds this past week and the only matter up for debate — if anyone

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White Sox hitting coordinator Andy Barkett speaks on a new wave of players in the farm system

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White Sox hitting coordinator Andy Barkett was in Charlotte last week and he was gracious enough to take some time and tell me a bit about the next wave of players headed to White Sox affiliates. Here’s what he had to say: I watched Elko and Burke last night. Very impressive. “Those guys are exceeding

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