Alternate title: How many times can we say “Basabe” in one post? It’s a good time to be Luis Basabe. Now 21 years old, Basabe was signed for $450,000 as an international free agent at age 16 by the Boston Red Sox. Since then, Luis has steadily risen through the minor leagues. The switch-hitter’s statistical […]
A Tale of Two Basabes Read More »
It’s an exciting time to be into White Sox prospects, much more than it is to be into White Sox major league baseball play. Everyone knows about the Micker Adolfos and Michael Kopechs of the system and what they’ve been doing so far. But the four stateside teams are awash with talent, and a few performances may
Players of Clandestiny – Lesser-Recognized Performances of 2018 Read More »
It’s been a Dash-heavy week, and this is a Dash-heavy post, with two already in the first sentence and a third to follow almost immediately. Winston-Salem has been the talk of the White Sox minor league system, with impressive offensive showings and pitching performances to back it up. Our Chuck Garfien has the breakdown of
Dashing Through the Accumulated Weight of History, Laughing All the Way (ha ha ha!) Read More »
I think it says a lot about the mental composition of a person when they manage to avoid looking at fighter jets in a pyramid formation streaming across the Arizona mid-day sky just beyond center field. There’s a military base not far from Camelback Ranch in Glendale, and in mid-March, the Blue Angels spent a
Scouting Reports From Someone Who Is Not a Scout Read More »
The American southwest is a bizarre place. You may already know this; I first figured it out eight years ago, during my first spring training foray into Arizona. It’s a land with a Jack-in-the-Box on every corner, a traveling carnival in every parking lot, and so much baseball it can sometimes feel like you’ve descended
Go West, Future Sox Read More »
Everything comes to an end. It’s reassuring to think about when it comes to bad things – eventually, this will all be over and we can look back on it – and depressing when it comes to the good. Time grinds it all down to a stop. Sometimes it’s a blessing, sometimes it’s a tragedy.
The Heat Death of the Minor League Season Read More »
We’re putting the final knife in the back of August, which means that today is the postseason-eligible waiver trade deadline. After the normal trade deadline on July 31st, teams can place players on waivers; if they aren’t claimed by any team, the player can then be traded. After today, though, any players acquired in a
Waiver Trades: Mostly, nothing exciting happens Read More »
It’s Nicky Delmonico’s world, we’re all just living in it. He has blessed us with his very presence; all we do, we do for Lil Nicky. Delmonico is, at the time of this writing, batting .329 with a .434 OBP. He’s been on base in all but one of his 21 games played so far.
The Once and FutureSox: What do hot starts lead to? Read More »
I’ve spent a sizable proportion of my adult life at minor league baseball stadiums, mostly working (read: pulling tarp, getting clobbered by foul balls, corralling mascots, etc). So when the Winston-Salem Dash came to play Local Minor League Team (box score here), it was the opportunity to not just see a team full of exciting
The 19th Dong of Seby Zavala Read More »
Rick Hahn has spent the last several months doing his best Ash Ketchum impression, trading for and, uh, we’ll go with “signing” rather than “catching” all the top prospects he can get his grimy little hands on. Since last December, he has made 10 trades, with minor league prospects almost exclusively the returns (hey, Tyler
The Point of Increasing Returns, or, just got some new Sox Read More »
