Team: Winston-Salem Dash League: Carolina League (A+) Overall record: 72-61 (First half: 38-26, 2nd place; Second half: 34-35, 4th place) Final placement: 2nd place Carolina League Southern Division, missed playoffs Final Team Stats Far removed are we from the days of Luis Robert terrorizing Carolina League play with his .920 slugging percentage and 1.432 OPS […]
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Team: Charlotte Knights League: International League (AAA) Final record: 75-64 Final placement: 2nd place in International League South Division; missed playoffs. Final Team Stats The Charlotte Knights led the International League in attendance and provided the locals with much excitement in the Queen City. A playoff berth was on the line until the very end
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The rosters for the Arizona Fall League were released this week. Seven White Sox minor leaguers will be participating, along with hitting coach Cole Armstrong as members of the Glendale Desert Dogs. The Arizona Fall League is an annual prospect showcase that runs from mid-September through late-October. Major league organizations generally send 5-7 players as
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Following his first full professional season in 2018, Tyler Johnson established himself as a major player in the White Sox system. The right-handed relief pitcher dominated in a combined stint with low-A Kannapolis and advanced-A Winston-Salem, accumulating a 0.88 WHIP in 58 innings with 89 strikeouts and only 16 walks. His innings total increased by
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Twitter can be a divisive place but our readers are the best! They were asked to come up with mailbag questions that correspond with rankings week. They didn’t take that opportunity for granted. Below are the questions that we were submitted and our responses to the best of our knowledge. As always, thanks for reading
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During the 2017 NBA Draft the Chicago Bulls traded the 38th overall selection in the 2nd round to the Golden State Warriors for $3.5 million. It was a puzzling decision for an organization in need of young assets and was immediately panned by critics as the failure that it was. It was later presented as
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The Arizona Rookie League (AZL) started play on Monday and it is home to the White Sox younger or typically less-advanced rookie league affiliate. The Fire League is very interesting and our contributor Sean Williams is usually witnessing much of the action on the ground level. Back in 2014, the White Sox left their rookie league affiliate
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The Great Falls Voyagers opened their season Friday, June 14th at home against Missoula. The Pioneer League affiliate is one of two rookie-level clubs in the White Sox organization. The team in Montana typically is populated with the more polished rookie leaguers, often recent college draft choices (the younger, prep and less polished prospects usually go to
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The Chicago White Sox have broken away from a recent trend of theirs by selecting RHP Matthew Thompson out of Cypress Ranch High School in Texas. The club has taken college performers in Hostetler’s three previous drafts at the helm and this is a big deviation from that strategy. Adding more prep talent in this
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There’s an old theory in baseball that says for every ten pitching prospects, two become major leaguers, making being confronted with a career crossroads inevitable for the vast majority of players. This year three prominent pitching prospects within the White Sox organization including a couple of former first-rounders could be on the wrong side of
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