The White Sox have eight players on the roster of the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League. The AFL serves as a showcase of sorts, where all 30 MLB teams send a handful of prospects to get in some fall reps against enhanced competition. This season, play begins on October 8th. The players […]
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Now that the 2013 season is in the books, I wanted to look at the performance of the 2013 MLB Draft picks. Here I have included stats for all draftees, plus some thoughts about the first 10 rounds plus any other notable picks. It must be noted that stats are fairly meaningless at this stage
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For the last, and best, season in review: the 2013 Birmingham Barons. The Southern League champions were the best team in the league throughout the year, capitalizing on some strong returning talent and an infusion of talent from the 2012 Winston-Salem Dash that made the Carolina League finals. The Barons went 44-26 to win the
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The White Sox minor league affiliates’ seasons have all completed. Two of the six went to the playoffs: Rookie level Great Falls was eliminated in the first round, but the AA Birmingham Barons won the Southern League Championship for the 11th time, and first time since 2002. As the big league club limps to the
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After a 19-19 first half Great Falls was on fire in the second half of the Pioneer League season, going 29-9. Of course, as playoff baseball often proves, the best or hottest team doesn’t always win. That momentum from the end of the regular season stopped very quickly as the Voyagers lost the best-of-three North
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Following the act of the 2012 Charlotte Knights wasn’t going to be easy. That year the Knights managed to make the playoffs despite having player after player join the big league club. The 2013 Knights didn’t have as much roster instability, or as much success. They went 65-78 to finish 21.5 games out of first
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The Winston-Salem Dash are traditionally contenders in the Carolina League, but this season they failed to make the playoffs. The Dash were 38-32 in the first half and 33-37 second half to complete a wholly mediocre season. It would be a mistake to not start by mentioning the league’s MVP, Chris Curley. He’s 26 so
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The Kannapolis Intimidators had a number of young, raw prospects on the roster at various points in 2013 and the team’s record reflected that. Kanny was 27-41 in the first half and 34-35 in the second half in the South Atlantic League. As the younger players started to adapt to Low-A baseball, the Intimidators enjoyed
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Another year, another last place finish for the Bristol White Sox. The BriSox are the unfortunate product of the youngest minor leaguers the White Sox have. Whether it be high schoolers, foreigners playing in the U.S. for the first time or raw college players, the BriSox are the proving grounds for the least experienced players
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We’ve been visiting some of the White Sox minor league affiliates this season, to get an up-close, in-person view of some of the prospects in the system. On August 24th we stopped in Winston-Salem, where we interviewed several players and coaches, watched the game, took some video and lots of notes. If you happened to
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