Carlos Pérez strikes out just 8 percent of the time, making him the toughest player with 200 plate appearances to fan in the International League. But what gives him such a nice upside is that he is also really good at connecting with pitches in the strike zone, with his team-leading 57 percent in-zone hit rate. […]
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This series will recap the performances of each White Sox minor league affiliate throughout the previous week. Here is the 18th installment of the 2022 season. Charlotte Knights (40-65) Weekly Record: 4-2 Last week the Knights welcomed the Gwinnett Stripers to Truist Field. Charlotte went on a bit of a heater, winning four games in
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Mike Rankin and James Fox opened the show by reacting to the Chicago White Sox trade deadline, which featured general manager Rick Hahn trading for left-handed reliever Jake Diekman. Then, James welcomed on amateur scout Brian Sakowski of Perfect Game baseball to discuss the best players from the 2022 White Sox draft class.
The Knights’ 8-1 rain-shortened loss at home on Sunday was typical of most of the team’s games this season: The pitching staff puts the club in such a huge deficit so early that the offense finds itself in too big a hole to battle back. Coming into Sunday’s contest, however, the team had by far
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The Knights don’t win a lot of games, but they seem to have a penchant for walk-off double header sweeps. It was almost one year ago (Aug. 18, 2021) that the Knights swept the Norfolk Tides in Charlotte, including a game in which former outfielder Mikie Mahtook hit a walk-off grand slam. In the
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From the ashes, the Dash have risen anew, rebounding from their horrendous 1-8 stretch immediately following the All-Star Break to go 4-2 over the last week. It’s not enough to break even, their season record at 48-50, but we will take what we can get. In the second half, they are 15-17, 5½ games back
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A lackluster deadline left the White Sox farm system intact, and as the calendar flips to August, it’s time to take a look back. The FutureSox Team of the Month for July 2022 features a star-studded cast, including five of the organization’s Top 10 prospects. Let’s get into the full lineup: Catcher — Ronny Hernandez
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Now that the trade deadline has passed — with a whimper, in Chicago, at least — the only help that the White Sox can get is in Charlotte or possibly Birmingham. So it is a good time to check in on the status of the guys on the Knights’ squad who are on the 40-man
After a quiet trade deadline, White Sox only have Charlotte for help now Read More »
This series will recap the performances of each White Sox minor league affiliate throughout the previous week. Here is the 17th installment of the 2022 season. Charlotte Knights (36-63) Weekly Record: 2-4 The Knights wrapped up their road trip with a stop in Nashville. The Sounds were able to get the better of Charlotte four
Tending to the Farm: Jared Kelley stymies Columbia Read More »
Mike Rankin and James Fox praised the top prospects of the Chicago White Sox farm system as FutureSox prepares its 2022 midseason top 30 list. Keith Law of The Athletic included shortstop Colson Montgomery in his top 60 prospect list in Major League Baseball, while Bryan Ramos just missed. What does that mean for Oscar
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