The most surprising deal of the deadline by the White Sox came late as they sent Eloy Jimenez to Baltimore in exchange for left-handed reliever Trey McGough. He didn’t have to move much as Triple-A Charlotte was hosting Norfolk, the Triple-A affiliate of the Orioles, which allowed McGough to simply switch dugouts in Charlotte and […]
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The White Sox decided at the beginning of the season to send their top prospect straight to Triple-A Charlotte following just 37 games in Double-A Birmingham. The 22-year-old was excellent last year but dealt with some minor injuries that prevented him from getting a full season of at-bats in his second full professional season. The
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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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While the Knights aren’t exactly finishing the season playing their best baseball, a handful of its young prospects certainly are. The Knights lost three of five to the Norfolk Tides on the week, including a 6-1 drubbing on Sunday. In those three losses, the Knights could only plate five runs as the offense has struggled for
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John Parke pitched a great game and the Knights broke out of an offensive slump with five extra-base hits on the way to a 6-5 walk-off in the bottom of the ninth against the Norfolk Tides in Charlotte Saturday night. Romy Gonzalez continued his torrid pace in Triple-A, with a double and two singles tonight.
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The Knights appear to be coming into the end of the season on fumes. Whether it is disinterest, fatigue or loss of focus, the team isn’t firing on all cylinders in these final few weeks. Tonight, they fell to the Norfolk Tides, 7-0, in Charlotte. It was a familiar pattern: the Knights fell behind early,
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The Charlotte Knights played uninspired baseball in losing game one of a doubleheader, and looked well on their way to dropping the nightcap before Jake Burger launched a three-run bomb in the bottom of the sixth to power an 8-7 comeback win over the Norfolk Tides in Charlotte Thursday. Despite laboring as a team for
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The Knights followed up their four-homer game on Saturday with three more today. But, like so many games against the Bulls this year, it wasn’t quite enough, as Durham rallied for a 9-4 win. Mikie Mahtook hit his 25th round tripper on the year in the bottom of first with one on. It was his
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This one had promise, with back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the first by Adam Engel, Mikie Mahtook and Micker Adolfo. But it went downhill quickly from there, and the Durham Bulls rolled to a 9-5 win in Charlotte Saturday night. Knights’ starter John Parke came into the game on the heels of three
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Fresh off his first major-league win, Jimmy Lambert took the mound tonight, hoping to help the Charlotte Knights finally get into the victory column against the Durham Bulls in game four of this home stand. Ten days ago, Lambert looked terrific beating the Oakland As with five innings of three-hit ball. It was more of
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