BamaDoc

Great interview! Coop gets fired up and you can tell/feel his passion. He's not planning on going anywhere for awhile sounds like.

I would think with where he was mentally and mechanically , they might do a couple side sessions first. Would think he should pitch soon. Not sure if as a starter or reliever. I don't mean reliever long term just that it might give time to work on side more between appearances for awhile.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/09/2018 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180809

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180808 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates

Love the pitch counts from the DSL. Wonder how a guy even comes up with them. Perez 7ip on 34 pitches. LOL, its that way all the time. Don't know how accurate other stats are as well.

If inside he goes left field, if outside he goes right field, already I like and it was a bp session lol!

I wonder if next year, with the prep time, if we will see Madrigal at short somewhere. Doubt they abandon it after just a couple games.

Credit to Flash for mentioning this guy in the game thread. Doing well enough to split out I think. He was a tenth round pick, senior sign for 10k. Another reliever in college that we seem to be picking up. Was supposed to be breaking ball heavy and his senior numbers aside from k's didn't impress. Future Sox noted" This spring as a senior Sousa had a 5.23 ERA with 61 strikeouts against 22 walks in 43 innings. " Not sure if the White Sox saw something fixable but current line is impressive: Stats from MILB.com LG LEVEL W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO AVG WHIP GO/AO Minors 2018 [-] - Minors 2 0 0.42 13 0 0 0 5 5 21.1 9 1 1 0 0 4 0 29 .123 0.61 1.92 Great Falls PIO ROK 1 0 0.00 9 0 0 0 4 4 13.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .089 0.31 1.88 Kannapolis SAL A(Full) 1 0 1.08 4 0 0 0 1 1 8.1 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 11 .179 1.08 2.00 Minors Career - Minors 2 0 0.42 13 0 0 0 5 5 21.1 9 1 1 0 0 4 0 29 .123 0.61 1.92 Greatly improved walk rate. Most promising to me is he is left handed. Worth watching. 23yo. It is a testament to the depth of the system that guys like this are hardly getting noticed anymore.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates Medieros listed for AA.

Just went back and looked at yesterday and every single reliever in our minor league games pitched at least an inning! You apparently can finish games without using 5-7 relievers for the final 6 outs!!!!! Seriously, when you are trying to do it by committee you end up using a lot more guys. One benefit of the upcoming waves of bullpen talent may be relievers being able to go a full inning or even more thus putting less strain on the bullpen overall.

I am intrigued but there is a long way to go from high A to MLB. I certainly would rather guys perform well than not!

Burdi started but only went 2/3 of an inning and ten pitches. Hope nothing wrong, any word???

Laz Rivera three run hr for the Dash. .309. Thanks for the bumps!

I am in no way affiliated with southsidesox but they put out a story on Melendez today if anyone is interested. Also, I know it shouldn't matter but please get my votes off of 13, it creeps me out. Tristadecaphobia! https://www.southsidesox.com/2018/8/4/17649910/under-the-radar-cristofer-melendez-dsl-former-astros

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180804 Good slate with Rodon, Guerrero, Cease, and Henzman DSL wins 1-0! Check out the line Name IP H R ER BB SO HRA Outs BF NP ERA Cristofer Melendez 6.0 4 0 0 0 11 0 18 20 43 1.65 He is 20 so kinda old but looks to have really turned a corner this year. To late to bring stateside?

Robert 1-4 have to admit, I cringed when I saw he stole a base.

Not sure I see them protecting Danish, yet constantly leaving Lopez and Giolitto go to long and spoil good efforts.

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Pull him. Let outing be positive and give reliever opportunity to have no one on base.

Robert playing his second game in AZL.

Did he get hurt?

Hi y'all. Been away with the wife for her birthday. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180803

Perhaps pitch framing metrics differ from dwar which show up as positives for him.

WAR of 2.4, 2.6 , 3.6, and 3.8 so far this year! 27 years old. this to me is exactly the kind of guy you target. .311/ .361/ .531 and positive metrics on defense. I believe not a free agent till after 2021 or am I wrong. if after 2020, I would reconsider unless extension agreed upon.

Thats why I was doing a quantity over single (preferred by Nats) high ender.