Gavin Sheets lost 15-20 pounds over the winter as he transitions to the outfield, Bernardo Flores had to fight back tears in the dugout after his first MLB appearance, and Danny Mendick used to rollerblade to the ballpark pulled behind another player’s scooter. These are among the highlights from the Winston-Salem Dash’s 2021 Virtual Hot […]
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Will most minor league baseball franchises survive if there are no games in 2020? The short answer is, yes — probably. “Will some teams go under?” asks Andrew Zimbalist, the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., and the author of several books on the economics of baseball. “It is
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Assessing Luis Robert’s big-league impact is far from cut and dried. To be sure, the 22-year-old Cuban oozes five-tool talent, with a ceiling few other rookies can boast. But with every ceiling comes a floor, and that’s where things get dicey. Some baseball insiders question how quickly and easily Robert can overcome the holes in
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There are a number of intriguing storylines when (dare I say) baseball returns to Charlotte this season, with the Knights’ bullpen at the top of the list for me. A handful of high-octane arms will be seeking to demonstrate the consistency — and health —needed to write their tickets to Chicago, led by Matt Foster,
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Entering his fifth season as a White Sox minor league coach, Matt Zaleski prepares to take on his highest profile challenge yet — as pitching coach for the Charlotte Knights. Zaleski sat down with Jeff Cohen of FutureSox just two days before heading out to the White Sox training complex in Arizona to share his
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Charlotte, NC — New Charlotte Knights manager Wes Helms expects a break-out year for Gavin Sheets in 2020. “His make-up is top-notch,” Helms said. “He is one guy to really keep an eye on.” Helms should know better than anyone. He managed Sheets last year in Birmingham, where the 23-year-old first baseman hit .267, with
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