In case you missed it, yesterday was Opening Day and I’m not talking about the White Sox home opener. The minor league season started yesterday, with Charlotte, Birmingham and Kannapolis kicking things off. We’ll have team previews coming next week, but for now let’s hit on the first impressions. Some of the biggest storylines early […]
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It’s no secret the White Sox had a rough stretch of first round draft picks in the early part of this decade. Recently, Gordon Beckham and Chris Sale have gone a long way to turn that around, but the flops are still fresh in the minds of a lot of Sox fans. This spring Kyle
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The conclusion of this series is about the lifeblood of any minor league system, starting pitching. You can never have enough pitching as the saying goes. The White Sox don’t have to worry about having too much starting pitching in the minors though. Most of the top pitching prospects in the system either profile as
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Chris Sale created a lot of buzz by shooting through the minors in basically no time at all and fooling numerous Major League hitters. Sale was the highlight of the White Sox minor league season in 2010, but there are a few other relief names to watch for in 2011. Check out our preview for
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Outfield has long been an area of strength in the minors for the White Sox. Joe Borchard, Jeremy Reed, Ryan Sweeney and Brian Anderson were all at one time highly touted prospects. Of course, Sweeney is only one of the group to have a sustained Major League career and it wasn’t with the Sox. Still,
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Gordon Beckham was a gem for the White Sox infield. He rushed through the minors and made an impact with the big league team not long after being drafted. Once Beckham graduated to the bigs the minor league system has lacked depth around the horn. Brent Morel and Dayan Viciedo (if the outfield experiment doesn’t
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Entering 2010, the backstops were a position of great strength and depth in the White Sox minor league system. A year later, it’s iffy at best. The trio of Tyler Flowers, Miguel Gonzalez and Josh Phegley were all ranked in the top 11 of our 2010 preseason rankings and they all dropped after disappointing seasons
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It’s been a long offseason and we’ve been dormant for various reasons. The White Sox are playing their first spring training game so that’s a good enough excuse to being our 2011 coverage. First, let’s get it started by recapping some bits and pieces of the offseason in the White Sox minor leagues. The offseason
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As I’m sure you’ve noticed (or haven’t at all and just realized) we haven’t been very active for the past month. That’s going to change in the coming weeks as we will have updates on the Winter Leagues (including the Arizona Fall League) and have some season in review coverage. Our Twitter is still being
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The minor league season, playoffs included, is over. The White Sox are officially eliminated. It’s time FutureSox closes the book on in-season coverage for 2010 to make way for postseason prospects rankings, awards and other fun season-in-review features we’ll come up with. The Great Falls Voyagers lost in the first round of the Pioneer League
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