Arizona Fall League Preview - White Sox prospects

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The AFL begins on Tuesday. Y2Jimmy0 previews the season from a White Sox perspective, looking at each of the seven South Siders on roster.

 

With the regular seasons over, this is the only White Sox game in town for a while!

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First game is underway. Tito Polo and Danny Mendick in the lineup.

 

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Thanks for the reminder.

 

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/desert-dogs-vs-...ab=,game=527272

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Thanks for the reminder.

 

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/desert-dogs-vs-...ab=,game=527272

Pitchers playing "Marco Polo" with the ball against Tito Polo. 3K in for ABs.

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Pitchers playing "Marco Polo" with the ball against Tito Polo. 3K in for ABs.

Yeah, Tito is wearing a sombrero today.

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Pitchers playing "Marco Polo" with the ball against Tito Polo. 3K in for ABs.

 

 

Yeah, Tito is wearing a sombrero today.

 

Gonna need a photoshop image of Tito Polo wearing Marco Polo clothing but with a sombrero.

 

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Pitchers playing "Marco Polo" with the ball against Tito Polo. 3K in for ABs.

 

Thread winner.

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https://www.mlb.com/gameday/javelinas-vs-de...ore,game=527275

 

Seby 1-1 R BB

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Gonna need a photoshop image of Tito Polo wearing Marco Polo clothing but with a sombrero.

Hi8is where you at? This is you dude!

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2-3 with a walk for seby. My guy! I'm excited about a future Zack Collins/Seby Zavala platoon at C. Not completely sold that Collins will be able to hit lefties. His stats against them are quite ugly.

Edited October 12, 2017 by ron883

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2-3 with a walk for seby. My guy! I'm excited about a future Zack Collins/Seby Zavala platoon at C. Not completely sold that Collins will be able to hit lefties. His stats against them are quite ugly.

Sent Zavala has bern very impressive offensively. He might be the dark horse or at least one of them in this rebuild.

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Covey starts today. No lineup yet but it should be up soon since the game starts in about 20 minutes.

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Polo 2-4 R SB

 

Covey 5IP 0R 2K

 

Fry had a rough inning.

 

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/saguaros-vs-des...box,game=527279

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https://www.mlb.com/gameday/desert-dogs-vs-...ab=,game=527281

 

Polo 1-1 R 2SB

 

Zavala and Mendick in the lineup as well.

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Polo 2-4 2R RBI 2SB CS

 

Zavala 2-4 R 2RBI 2 doubles

 

Mendick 1-3

 

Walsh wasn't very good, again.

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https://twitter.com/HayesNBCS/status/919335527056154624

 

Not AZ fall League, but Eloy highlights

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https://twitter.com/HayesNBCS/status/919335527056154624

 

Not AZ fall League, but Eloy highlights

Man that kid has light tower power

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https://twitter.com/HayesNBCS/status/919335527056154624

 

Not AZ fall League, but Eloy highlights

 

The bessss

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http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=...119&cid=454

 

For anyone interested in checking out stats for the Desert Dogs.

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Seby Zavala so far in his 4 AFL games: 6-for-12, 2 2B, 3:2 BB:K. As a catcher he's thrown out 3 of 6 attempting to steal.

 

Others:

Tito Polo (5 G): 4-for-20, 1:7 BB:K, 3 SB (2 CS)

Danny Mendick (5 G): 4-for-19, 0:6 BB:K, playing mostly shortstop

 

Dylan Covey (2 starts): 8 IP, 13 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Jace Fry (3 games): 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Connor Walsh (3 games): 3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HRA

Matt Foster (3 games): 3 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HRA

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Man, Mendick didn't take to his promotions that well.

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Seby Zavala so far in his 4 AFL games: 6-for-12, 2 2B, 3:2 BB:K. As a catcher he's thrown out 3 of 6 attempting to steal.

 

Others:

Tito Polo (5 G): 4-for-20, 1:7 BB:K, 3 SB (2 CS)

Danny Mendick (5 G): 4-for-19, 0:6 BB:K, playing mostly shortstop

 

Dylan Covey (2 starts): 8 IP, 13 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Jace Fry (3 games): 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Connor Walsh (3 games): 3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HRA

Matt Foster (3 games): 3 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HRA

I know Collins made good progress behind the plate but is Zavala still the better catcher between the two?

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Polo 3-3 with sb today.

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Saturday was the Bowman Hitting Challenge. Zavala came in tied for 3rd out of 27 participants.

 

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Seby Zavala should be moving up the org depth chart right now. The White Sox should give him a shot to make the roster out of camp and if for some reason he doesn't make the team, he should get full time catcher reps in Charlotte. This is the type of thing that really accelerates a rebuild, finding a guy like Seby Zavala who comes out of nowhere to be a 4+ WAR player at a premium position for you, which he will be if he continues to hit the way he has for the past year and just manages to be not terrible as a catcher defensively. If he can hit like that and play good defense, he could be a future MVP candidate.