This is the second in a series of articles looking back on the Knights’ season by Charlotte beat writer Jeff Cohen. This installment looks at the handful of prospects with the Knights who have yet to get call-ups to Chicago. The Knights carried only a handful of prospects this year, focusing instead on MLB veterans […]
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There were highs, there were lows, there were some more lows, and then the season was over: let’s take a look at the Winston-Salem Dash season in review. After battling to and from .500 all May long and ending the month 12-12, the Dash went 11-15 in June (including a season-high three games over after
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The rosters for the Arizona Fall League have been determined and the Chicago White Sox will send seven representatives to play for the Glendale Desert Dogs. The Arizona Fall League is an annual prospect showcase that typically ran from mid-September through late-October. This year however, the event will begin on October 13th and conclude with
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This is the first in a series of articles looking back on the Knights’ season by Charlotte beat writer Jeff Cohen. This installment looks at the players who received call-ups to Chicago, how much help they offered the White Sox this year and what the future may hold for them. The White Sox endured a
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Many teams stopped playing instructional league games, opting for mini-camp environments instead before the world was halted by a global pandemic. Most organizations changed course last year and the majority of them brought older prospects to participate due to the lack of instruction throughout 2020. Things appear to be more traditional in 2021 and Baseball
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This series will contain weekly recaps of the performances of each minor league affiliate. Here is the final installment of the season after the twenty first week of the minor league season. CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS Regular Season (45-75), Final Stretch (2-6) WEEKLY RECORD: 0-3 Wrapping up their final stretch schedule, the Knights traveled to Memphis for
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After the lost season of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers returned to the diamond in 2021 with many firsts. The season marked the team’s first campaign with the Cannon Baller nickname. This came in their brand-new stadium of Atrium Health Ballpark, right in heart of downtown Kannapolis. With the new
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This series will contain weekly recaps of the performances of each minor league affiliate. Here is the latest installment after the twentieth week of the minor league season. CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS Regular Season (45-75), Final Stretch (2-3) WEEKLY RECORD: 2-3 As the regular season concluded, Charlotte kicked off their final stretch schedule by hosting the Norfolk
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Despite the season-long struggles of its upper-tier pitching, the White Sox farm system produced a number of important developments throughout the 2021 campaign. Romy Gonzalez’s meteoric rise through the ranks, along with impactful seasons from Gavin Sheets, Jake Burger and Yoelqui Céspedes, among others, highlighted a largely successful year for the pipeline. Let’s take a
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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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