This is the second half of a split feature, covering a pair of prospects who played in the Arizona Fall League representing the White Sox. For an introduction, team-level highlights and a deep dive on shortstop Danny Mendick, you should read the first chapter. This article focuses on catcher Seby Zavala. I’m the one who named […]
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“Sox fans: the future is bright and hot like the Arizona sun in the middle of June. Just be patient a little longer. #KillerZs #AZL” Before you start with the “Captain Obvious” remarks, I sent that bold, 130-character statement into the Twitterverse in the summer of 2015 when I was midway through a fun season
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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
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As part of my recent visit to Birmingham, I spent some time chatting with a number of players and coaches (along with scouts and other people around the team). We also wrote up some of what we saw from these pitchers in-depth with video. If you missed those, you can read about Michael Kopech here,
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These are reports from my look at five Birmingham Barons pitchers on June 29th and 30th. This includes a deep look at Spencer Adams, who has made some strides since last season, and briefs on the four relievers I saw in those two games. Included are videos for all of them, as well as quotes
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Late last week, I sat among the scouts to take in a Michael Kopech start. It ended up being his shortest outing of the year, lasting just three full innings, allowing four earned runs. He walked as many batters as he struck out (3), and threw a wild pitch. He also had some of his
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While we were visiting Kannapolis earlier this month for four games, we conducted a number of interviews. We already published our Q&A with the pitchers and their coaches. This article has highlights from interviews with five hitters and their Hitting Coach. This was a two-writer effort. Matt Cassidy interviewed Dismuke and Booker, while I interviewed
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***This article is really a two-writer effort. Rob Young wrote up Bernardo Flores, Jimmy Lambert and Mike Morrison, while I wrote on Chris Comito, Danny Dopico and Kevin Escorcia. Having covered four games in Kannapolis, we saw every pitcher on the Intimidators roster throw in-game at least once, except Yosmer Solorzano. We already wrote in-depth
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***Rob Young contributed to this report The Intimidators have been playing good baseball, since their 1-7 start. Coming into the season they appeared to be an intriguing group, and their lineup has been a pleasant surprise. We caught four of their games in early May in person, where we took a lot of video and
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While visiting the three North Carolina affiliates of the White Sox, in addition to getting video and analyzing the prospects, we conducted interviews with players and coaches. Lots of them, in fact. Below are some highlights from the conversations we had in Charlotte with the Knights, where we spoke with the team’s pitching coach and five
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