The draft is over and most White Sox picks have signed. That means rookie ball is here. Great Falls began its season Monday and has a number of 2014 draft picks on its roster. This is also the first year of the White Sox having an Arizona League affiliate instead of an Appalachian League team […]
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You can look at any position in the organization and attempt to determine who will be on the roster in that role in 2015. And given the apparent path taken by Hahn and Company starting late last year, which seemed to plot a road through .500 baseball this year with the goal of competing the
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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. There were some tough choices this month, with a couple hitters and a couple pitchers who could easily claim the awards. Let’s take a look at who we chose,
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The White Sox affiliate in the Dominican Summer League begins play on Saturday, May 31st, as the first of the short season leagues to get into game action. This team and league are notoriously the hardest to analyze for multiple reasons. For one thing, there is virtually no media coverage to follow or videos to
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Last week, the Birmingham Barons made one of their yearly trips to East Tennessee to play the Tennessee Smokies (AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) and since that ballpark is well within my driving distance, I made my yearly trip to catch a couple of games on May 6 (a 4-1 loss) and May 7
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Usually when I’m picking which games between the Barons and Tennessee Smokies I want to see I decide based on the pitching matchups, and this year worked out well. I’ve seen several guys in the Barons rotation before, but new arrivals Chris Beck and Myles Jaye were at the top of my list. Both are
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Better late than never – the FutureSox April Prospects of the Month are here. 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. On the position player side, there were three players who all could have made a
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I will admit, when I read that the Sox had acquired Cleuluis Rondon in the Jake Peavy trade last year, I brushed it aside as a non-event, and considered him merely a throw in due to his lack of offensive performance. I want to take this opportunity to analyze him in greater detail, however, to
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With the White Sox fielding a number of rookies to start the 2014 season, I thought it would be fun to track them all throughout the year. I will be breaking down their performances statistically, trying to identify trends, areas of weakness and strength, signs of progression and regression etc. I will be giving my
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While compiling my top 30 prospects list as part of the most recent FutureSox Top 25 Prospects list, I found Micah Johnson to be the most difficult prospect to place. The reason for this was because his 2013 season was so contrasting. Johnson excelled in the first half of the season with Kannapolis, hitting .342/.422/.530
Micah Johnson Making Positive Strides Read More »
