There are many talented Cuban baseball players currently plying their trade in the Major Leagues, but the latest star to defect, 19-year-old Yoan Moncada, may be the most talented of the bunch. Scouting Reports: From Jonathan Mayo at MLB.com: In the 60-yard dash, he ran somewhere in the 6.56 to 6.6 second range. That gives […]
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The deadline to set the 40-man roster in preparation of December’s Rule V Draft was Thursday and the White Sox made a number of moves as a result. The White Sox began the day with 37 on the 40-man roster, meaning they had some room to play with. That’s all gone now. Francellis Montas, Rangel
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Early Wednesday morning, a fire broke out at Estadio Cibao in Santiago, Dominican Republic – the home of the Aguilas Cibaenas, a Dominican Winter League team where a number of minor leaguers from multiple clubs (including the White Sox) are playing offseason baseball. At around 7am, stadium employees and residents fled the stadium and the surrounding areas
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***The following post was written by our newest writer, Will Siskel. Look for Will to provide some offseason content, and join our Recap team in April*** The White Sox sent seven prospects to the 2014 Arizona Fall League, and we previewed the reasoning behind the choices back in October. Three of them (Tim Anderson, Francellis
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UPDATED 11/5 to reflect change in status for Adam Lopez This is the last in our series of winter league previews. You can see our pieces covering White Sox prospects playing in Venezuela, Australia and the Dominican Republic as well. The Sox have not sent a lot of players to the Liga de Beisbol Profesional
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***Updated Nov 5 2014: status change for Terance Marin*** In this latest chapter in our series of winter league previews, we’ll take a look at the four prospects and one manager from the White Sox system playing in Australia. We’ve already previewed the south side contingents going to Venezuela and the Dominican Republic (both well underway), and Puerto Rico
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Each year, the White Sox organization has a couple dozen or so minor and major leagers playing in winter leagues around the Caribbean and/or in Australia. The leagues start at various times and not all of them have their rosters up yet, so we’re breaking up the previews into multiple editions this year. We published the Venezuelan League preview on the
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Find any discussion among White Sox fans about the 2015 pitching rotation, whether online or over a beer. The guys firmly planted for next season will come up: Sale, Quintana, Danks. Other arms who got starts will be mentioned: Hector Noesi, Scott Carroll, Chris Bassitt. Suggestions to trade for a pitcher outside the organization will
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Each year, about a couple dozen players from the White Sox organization play in winter leagues around the Caribbean (Venezuela, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) and sometimes in Australia. The leagues start at various times and not all of them have their rosters up yet, so we’re breaking up the previews into multiple editions this year. First up are
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The White Sox will have seven prospects in the Arizona Fall League, which opens play today. They are SS Tim Anderson, RHP’s Frank Montas and Chris Bassitt, LHP’s Scott Snodgress and Jefferson Olacio, C Kevan Smith and 3B/OF Nick Basto. The AFL is a prospect showcase made up of mostly advanced-level players from every MLB farm, played
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