I'll open with this... the Sox released Mitch Mustain, per BA.

 

Add him to the growing list of failed white sox prospects who were ex college quarterbacks.

Eh, Mustain was never really a prospect, so I'm not going to add him to that list.

 

EDIT: Their strategy should be to draft more tight ends.

Edited January 24, 201313 yr by witesoxfan

Add him to the growing list of failed white sox prospects who were ex college quarterbacks.

 

He wasn't even a draft pick, or a real prospect. More of a powerball ticket.

Add him to the growing list of failed white sox prospects who were ex college quarterbacks.

 

Add him to the growing list of failed white sox prospects who were ex college quarterbacks.

Clayton Richard has done pretty well.

 

Sox sign Andrew Brackman

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brackan01.shtml

Nice signing

Sox sign Andrew Brackman

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brackan01.shtml

 

 

Nice addition. He has big time control issues. I wonder if they see something in his delivery. Does anyone know if he has had a problem repeating his delivery? The White Sox are good at fixing that particular issue.

Matt Eddy Matt Eddy ‏@eddymk

 

#WhiteSox sign RHP Andrew Brackman to minor lge deal. He joins LHPs Trevor Reckling, Daniel Moskos & David Purcey as reclamation projects.

 

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisBA

 

Don Cooper excels at reclamation. @eddymk: #WhiteSox sign Brackman to minor lg deal. Joins Reckling, Moskos & Purcey as reclamation projects

 

Certainly a no risk move, but a real longshot. Odds are the only way you will see Brackman in uniform at USCF is if he takes up a career selling red ropes.

Edited January 30, 201313 yr by Dick Allen

larry southsidesox ‏@SouthSidelarry

 

Regarding Brackman, he attended Archbishop Moeller in OH. Among others, White Sox VP Buddy Bell's HS (and his sons).

larry southsidesox ‏@SouthSidelarry

 

Regarding Brackman, he attended Archbishop Moeller in OH. Among others, White Sox VP Buddy Bell's HS (and his sons).

 

 

As did HOF'er Barry Larkin, future HOF'er Ken Griffey Jr., and Bears receiver and ESPN-Chicago radio host Tom Waddle (who played baseball in high school as well) -- Larkin and Waddle were senior leaders of the team when young pup KGJ entered the scene as a freshman.

 

I know Waddle a bit personally and heard him tell the following story:

Waddle evidently held (and I believe still holds) the stolen base record at Moeller High. During Griff's later days as a pro, Waddle visited the field at Wrigley and trashed-talked jokingly in Griff's presence about holding this record. Apparently, Griff looked at Waddle with disdain and said, "Pretty tough to steal bases when you're too busy trotting around them." Zing. Score. Gotta love ribbing between teammates. And by all accounts, KGJ is a great guy.

 

As for Brackman ...

why the heck not see if Coop (and the Sox minor league instructors) can get something out of this reclamation project. An arm like that, with a ball delivered from a 6'10" frame, is an extreme rarity. You don't want signings like this to be the focal point of your development program, but I'm all for 3-4 of these signings each and every year (particularly with pitchers). Many newly humbled big-time former prospects will go out and do everything once given a new chance. They might never get past the "issues" that made them fail the first time around, but, you might truly have something if you can harness all of that potential.

Baseball America ‏@BaseballAmerica

 

The #Rays became the 1st team to face significant penalties after they exceeded their 2012 bonus pool. http://ht.ly/hC6l2

For all you fans who like to keep track of Sox and other prospects, make sure you follow @FutureSox on Twitter as we start the season.

 

Meghan Montemurro ‏@M_Montemurro

 

Hahn said at this point, OF Jared Mitchell will start season at Triple-A Charlotte. Sox want him to play everyday and get more at-bats.

Meghan Montemurro ‏@M_Montemurro

 

Hahn said at this point, OF Jared Mitchell will start season at Triple-A Charlotte. Sox want him to play everyday and get more at-bats.

 

Is that indicating like there was someone thinking he was going to make the MLB team out of camp? That was never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to happen.

Is that indicating like there was someone thinking he was going to make the MLB team out of camp? That was never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to happen.

*barring injuries to, say, two outfielders ahead of him (out of the starting 3 plus Wise and Danks).

 

*barring injuries to, say, two outfielders ahead of him (out of the starting 3 plus Wise and Danks).

 

If that were to happen they should pull up Gartrell to take those 6 ABs per week

2013 top draft prospects

 

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2013/2/22/4...draft-prospects

@SFGiants

 

#SFGiants acquire RHP Jeff Soptic from #WhiteSox in exchange for IF Conor Gillaspie. Giants now have 39 players on their 40-man roster.

Did anyone hear Nick Capra on White Sox Weekly over the weekend? He mentioned a pitcher that would have been in the rotation at Winston-Salem, and he retired on Saturday. I wasn't paying attention, so I missed the name. I went back to listen on the podcast, and it sounds like they purposely edited out that part of the interview.

Did anyone hear Nick Capra on White Sox Weekly over the weekend? He mentioned a pitcher that would have been in the rotation at Winston-Salem, and he retired on Saturday. I wasn't paying attention, so I missed the name. I went back to listen on the podcast, and it sounds like they purposely edited out that part of the interview.

Not sure, could be a number of people. Here are the guys I'd say could at least MAYBE have been in W-S rotation this year (leaving out the guys who are known to be in camp therefore not retiring, i.e. Johnson and Snodgress,or guys I've seen tweeting from camp)...

 

Justin Collop

Stephen McCray

Spencer Arroyo (but again, doubt it)

Jake Petricka (but he's more likely in AA)

Ryan Buch

Jarrett Casey

Myles Jaye (I highly doubt this one as well)

Chris Hanna

 

Among those names, only Petricka, Arroyo, Buch and Jaye are guys I'd consider prospects. The others are org guys.

 

Did anyone hear Nick Capra on White Sox Weekly over the weekend? He mentioned a pitcher that would have been in the rotation at Winston-Salem, and he retired on Saturday. I wasn't paying attention, so I missed the name. I went back to listen on the podcast, and it sounds like they purposely edited out that part of the interview.

 

I'm fairly certain he said Thomas Royse. He didn't play at Winston-Salem, but he does have an extensive injury history, so I could be wrong.

I'm fairly certain he said Thomas Royse. He didn't play at Winston-Salem, but he does have an extensive injury history, so I could be wrong.

 

That would make sense.