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Happy Kopech Day! https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/21/2018 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=145&ymd=20180821 Flores for AA, Kubat A+

Pump the breaks people. k rate around 30% slugging .392. He has improved but its okay to let him start at AA next year. Hopefully, he moves up as Robert moves up.

Mercedes 3-3 2HR 5 RBI

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180819 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/19/2018

Great outing for Medieros 8ip 5h 1er 3w 3k 105 pitches

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180818 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/18/2018 Stephens AAA, Medieros AA, hopefully Medieros shows something today.

Let's remember Castillo was signed on a two year deal to be a bridge catcher and a veteran steadying influence for young pitchers which granted he can't do while suspended. the veteran role will still exist next year as even more young pitchers come up. He was suspended for erythropoietin which boosts your red blood cell count, which is to me about as minor a thing as you could do as a catcher/baseball player. Not saying it wasn't dumb, just likely to not help. He wasn't paid while suspended. He and Omar make a pretty competent batting catching tandem and he will be the primary as Omar needs to work on his defense. His trade value is fine as he probably wouldn't be moved until next years deadline. Even if you try and move this winter, he has one year remaining so I don't think it impacts him at all. He will have Sept to prove health and value.

This year a few calls to make but in 2019 there are another ten pretty easy adds 2019 Currently pretty easy guys you want to keep: Hamilton, Burdi, Collins, Booker, Call, Hansen, Dunning, Flores, Lambert, Rutherford. So opening another ten spots in a year will require some creativity. 3 for 2 trades or trade borderline guys for guys who are a year or two from 40 man issues. We also will be out of international bonus penalty limit of 300k so we could even add some cap room.

Yes, think it allows him to work more between starts but looks like it is helping 50 pitches, 33 strikes. No walks, 6 ks in 3ip. 4 hits 2 runs only downside but runs all in first. Would expect 3-5 innings or 60 or so pitches next time.

For the purposes of the Rule 5 draft(Dec), there are usually not a lot of signings by then. May be why in his article Fegan went to 37.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/17/2018 Perez another solid start in DSL. Castillo 1-1, Adams keeps getting outs with few strikeouts.

Bumping up. Fegan has an article up at the Athletic. Think subscription may be required but it is a bit updated and all of us who responded above are pretty much right on the money. He has a lot of the obvious and pretty much the same bubble types.

Loved Fisk for that. I am old school and don't mind pitching inside at all. In fact, I believe you have to to be effective. I understand moving a guy off the plate and yea even intentionally hitting a guy. However, you should hit him where Kopech did (ass by accounts) but I don't believe in 99mph. 90 mph , (for Kopech might be a change up LOL) is plenty and you actually have to throw it hard enough to control it. Forever it has been part of the game up until the last 25 years or so. If you homered, you expected/prepared to get buzzed the next time. Some guys would buzz you twice so you knew the first wasn't a mistake. Look at this quote in a story from Callum Hughson of Dusty Baker being warned about Bob Gibson by Hank Aaron “(Hank Aaron told me) ‘Don’t dig in against Bob Gibson, he’ll knock you down. He’d knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don’t stare at him, don’t smile at him, don’t talk to him. He doesn’t like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don’t run too slow, don’t run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don’t charge the mound, because he’s a Gold Glove boxer.’ I’m like, ‘Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?’ That was the night it ended.” —Dusty Baker

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180815 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/15/2018 Charlotte no starter announced yet, got excited thinking about Kopech but his turn would be tomorrow.

Basabe with a HR. #5 at AA #14 overall. Fulmer got shelled

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/14/2018 for some reason milb won't show on my iPad but the MLB link does.

Nice job on the write up. I agree he will be interesting to watch. Rule 5 eligible if I am correct and I would protect at this point.

I am an optimist. I know it is only one statistic, but right now Adam Engel has a higher batting average than Yoan Moncada .227 to .221 If you told me that preseason, with out knowing the numbers, I would be advocating to extend Engel. lol

got both in thread below. can merge or delete mine

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180813 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/13/2018 Stephens for AAA. DSL won.

Barring injury---Rodon, Giolito, Lopez seem to be givens. Service time may be only Kopech question. I expect Covey to be a long man and reasonably successful. So, I expect one or two reclamation projects and/or minor league deals as a last gasp for deadline flip candidates. We should see Kopech from the start/early, then the beginning waves of youngsters.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180812 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/12/2018 Some early games Robert 2-2 with a triple

Notice Henzman came in after Hansen. Earlier, we heard they were limiting innings on Henzman. I bet we might see them piggybacked for awhile as they work with Hansen.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180811 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/11/2018 Kopech AAA, Medieros AA, Hansen A+, Pilkington GF

Burdi in in AZL 1 ip 2h 1er 1k