Optimism was high for the Barons heading into the 2016 season, as the Opening Day roster seemed loaded with talent that included 11 of the White Sox top 30 prospects at the time. New manager Ryan Newman had to be excited about the possibilities with six top 30 prospects slated for his everyday lineup and […]
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The 2016 season looked to be a promising one for Charlotte, as the opening day roster included six of the organization’s top 30 prospects, including five on offense/defense led by pre-season top prospect Tim Anderson at short. Unfortunately, due to injuries within the team and at the major league level, team continuity never existed as
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***Updated at 9:45am to include references to Matt Foster*** After each month of the minor league season, we name one position player and one pitcher as players of the month on the White Sox farm. Generally, players have to see full-time innings or plate appearances (~50 PA or 10 IP minimum), and still be a prospect
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Team: AZL White Sox League: Arizona League (a.k.a. Fire League) Final record: 21-35 Final placement: 5th (last) place in the Central Division Complete team stats Last year around this time, the AZL White Sox were celebrating a league championship. Clearly this year’s squad did not perform at that level, but that’s not to say the talent level
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***UPDATE Oct 10: RHP Matt Cooper is no longer on the Glendale roster and won’t be pitching in the AFL. RHP Nolan Sanburn has taken his place. The rest of the players listed are still on the roster. Article text updated accordingly… On Wednesday, the rosters of the Arizona Fall League were released to the
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This time of year, people who follow prospects start to ask about the year’s draftees that are tearing up rookie leagues. This is especially true if the player wasn’t a high round pick. Is this guy a prospect? Why hasn’t such-and-such been promoted yet? How did this dude fall to such a low round? The
Are Pioneer League stats for first year pros predictive? Aaron Schnurbusch vs history Read More »
One of the most challenging and fun things a prospect analyst can do, is “find” a diamond in the rough. Those few players who don’t have the draft or signing pedigree, statistical performance or hype surrounding them, but whom have some real major league potential. It is a pursuit which, even for the best in
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After each month of the minor league season, we name one position player and one pitcher as players of the month on the White Sox farm. Generally, players have to see full-time innings or plate appearances (~50 PA or 10 IP minimum), and still be a prospect (not reached MLB rookie status) to qualify. This is
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White Sox top prospect Carson Fulmer is being called up to the majors according to FanGraph’s Jesse Burkhart and Barstool’s White Sox Dave. He’d be taking Chris Beck’s vacated spot on the 25-man roster and Scott Carroll’s spot on the 40-man roster. Actually he just texted me. Fulmer up, Carrol DFA #WhiteSox — whitesoxdave (@barstoolWSD)
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After each month of the minor league season, we name one position player and one pitcher as players of the month on the White Sox farm. Generally, players have to see full-time innings or plate appearances (~50 PA or 10 IP minimum), and still be a prospect (not reached MLB rookie status) to qualify. This is
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