I – along with two other White Sox bloggers – had the exciting opportunity to speak with Nick Capra (White Sox Director of Player Development) and Kirk Champion (White Sox Field Coordinator). While the Q&A was mainly centered around AAA Charlotte, the topics ranged from Carlos Rodon’s promotion, to breakout White Sox prospects in the […]
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As part of our in-person visits to the White Sox affiliates, we’ve been interviewing players and managers along the way. I was at CMC-Northeast Stadium in Kannapolis with the Intimidators on May 3rd, and you can read our in-depth game and scouting report here. I had the opportunity to chat with seven prospects, and got some
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As part of our in-person visits to the White Sox affiliates, we’ve been interviewing players and managers along the way. I was at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte with the Knights on May 2nd, and you can read our in-depth game and scouting report here. I had the opportunity to chat with four prospects and the
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FutureSox recently had the opportunity to chat with one of the newest White Sox prospects, Nolan Sanburn. Sanburn, a Kokomo, Indiana native, was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in exchange from slugger Adam Dunn on August 31st last year. Sanburn debuted at 18th on the FutureSox 2015 preseason prospect rankings and at the time of this publication,
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Two infielders and a reliever, ages 25 to 26, playing in Class A ball. One drafted in the 25th round who struggled in rookie league, another taken in the 42nd round, and a third who wasn’t drafted at all. None with even a full season of pro ball under their belts. Minor league filler, right? Too
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General Manager Rick Hahn and Assistant General Manager Buddy Bell were kind enough to host a conference call with several White Sox blog sites, including FutureSox. Here are some highlights from the call. Rick Hahn On the improvement of the farm system: Hahn said that he made the farm system a priority because he wanted
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Daniel Shapiro introduces you to FutureSox TV, a weekly broadcast on FutureSox. This week, Daniel covers SoxFest, which includes FS exclusive interviews with Rick Hahn, Carlos Rodon and Micah Johnson.
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The White Sox front office trusts their starting pitching depth At SoxFest 2014 Robin Ventura made it clear that Erik Johnson and Felipe Paulino would likely round out the White Sox rotation. Those two pitchers, along with John Danks, did not have the years they anticipated having and the White Sox on the field product
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As part of our coverage of Sox Fest 2015, our own Brian Bilek had the opportunity to chat with White Sox prospects Carlos Rodon and Micah Johnson during the media session on Friday. The room was crowded and cacophonous – not ideal for doing interviews, so we apologize for the audio being a little off in places –
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Following the press conference with the Chicago media, Rick Hahn took five minutes out of his day to speak with us. Hahn touched on the aftermath of the Jeff Samardzija trade, stressed on the importance of Marco Paddy and even admitted that it was enjoyable to receive all of the praise he has gotten this
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