Our third live look of the season had us in Kannapolis to catch the Intimidators square up against the Lexington Legends (Royals affiliate). Both starters – Yency Almonte for the Intimidators and Niklas Stephenson for the Legends – had shaky first innings. Each offense started the game with three base hits, resulting in a 2-1 […]
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Now why on earth would one want to compare Courtney Hawkins and Jason Coats, other than the fact that both are outfielders? Their tool kits are vastly different, as are their age & level. Their draft pedigrees aren’t in the same zip code, let alone ballpark. Where one is a top 10 or even top
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Positional Overview: Last year, White Sox relievers combined to provide -0.3 WAR in value, in other words, they were awful. Rick Hahn made it one of his top priorities to improve the relief corps, and he did so in spectacular fashion with the signings of David Robertson (let’s all take a quick second to appreciate
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Positional Overview: At the Major League level, Chris Sale is a stud, and Jose Quintana is not too far behind once you factor in his team friendly contract. Rick Hahn made a splash to try and solidify the rotation behind those two by trading for Jeff Samardzija. That move doesn’t look great at this moment,
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Positional Overview: Adam Eaton’s debut season on the south side was a great success. He showed himself to be an ideal leadoff hitter, batting .300 with a .362 BABIP, and his 2.9 WAR ranked 3rd amongst White Sox hitters, behind only Jose Abreu and Alexei Ramirez. Rick Hahn acted quickly to lock Eaton up long-term,
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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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Our second live look of the regular season had us in Kannapolis to catch the Intimidators take on the Rome Braves. A four-run 9th inning rally fell short with the tying and winning runs on base, as the home team fell 6-5. This article will cover the performance of some specific White Sox prospects in that game,
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Positional Overview: Alexei Ramirez is entering his 8th straight season as the starting shortstop for the Sox, and over that timeframe he has amassed the 8th highest WAR total (19.1 fWAR), the most plate appearances and the 3rd highest UZR amongst MLB shortstops, making Alexei a consistent and reliable contributor to the team. He’s joined
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A few times a year, writers from Future Sox catch affiliates playing live. We interview players, take video of batting practice and the game, and most importantly get to see the players in live game action. By doing all that, we get a feel for the prospects that goes far beyond what you see 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, and still be a prospect (not reached MLB rookie status) to qualify. But as you will see, in the
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