If there was ever a chance for some serious offensive fireworks, it was Wednesday’s doubleheader in Charlotte against the Norfolk Tides, an affiliate of the Orioles and the weakest opponent on the Knights’ schedule. Add to that a lineup with Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Yasmani Grandal and Yermin Mercedes, and the opportunity to score runs […]
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While his teammates were heading out the door for a rare night off after Tuesday’s game was cancelled due to weather, Gavin Sheets was kind enough to take a little time to chat. I know you were confident when you went up, but were you surprised by the success? “You make your major-league debut, you
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Reinforcements arrived from Chicago and Birmingham, along with a free agent veteran reliever, and the result was much more competitive baseball last week on the road in Jacksonville. The Knights won three, including Sunday’s 14-7 blowout, and lost three other very winnable games. The reinforcements included Gavin Sheets and Danny Mendick, who the White Sox
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With the Knights on the road for two weeks, our beat reporter in Charlotte, Jeff Cohen, has had a chance to step back and look at the season to date. Here’s his analysis, in a three-part series. Part I examined the call-ups to date and Part II looked at the rest of the roster. Today,
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It was a mostly quiet week for the Knights — on and off the field. On the field, the team lost five of six in Gwinnett, including both ends of Sunday’s doubleheader. Luis Robert played in four of the six games against the Stripers, with three hits, including a home run, two walks, and five
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With the Knights on the road for two weeks, our beat reporter in Charlotte, Jeff Cohen, has had a chance to step back and look at the season to date. Here’s his analysis, in a three-part series. Part I examined the call-ups to date. Today, he looks at the rest of the roster. The Knights’
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With the Knights on the road for two weeks, our beat reporter in Charlotte, Jeff Cohen, has had a chance to step back and look at the season up to this point. Here’s his analysis, in a three-part series. Today, he looks at the call-ups to date. The Charlotte Knights are more than 20 games under
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There was little on-the-field prospect news of note this past week except perhaps a nice start by Jonathan Stiever and a spot start in Chicago by Jimmy Lambert. But it was far from a quiet week, with trade-deadline intrigue, roster moves and injuries, capped off Sunday by an exciting 4-3 walk-off win over the Jacksonville
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It was unclear if highly-regarded White Sox pitching prospect Jonathan Stiever would still be a Knight today. But he was not moved at Friday’s MLB trade deadline, and took the mound tonight in Charlotte, with the possibility of a late-season call-up still alive. Stiever responded with an encouraging effort, generating a stat line of five
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For the second time in three days, Jake Burger was removed from a game because of an injury scare during Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Charlotte. Burger was pulled in the top of the third after experiencing wrist discomfort. Manager Wes Helms said the move was precautionary and the issue
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