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QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 04:42 PM) Mitchell with a triple in his first AB. Signs of life? a HR, 2 2B, 1 3B, and 3 BB's since yesterday. the optimist in me is saying that he figured something out.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 05:57 PM) Saladino hit his 10th HR of the year. 5 in his last 7 games. Kid is surging. He has impressive pop, 1 HR per 16.5 AB's so far this year. On top of that I've heard that he plays a very capable SS, if he can cut his K's down just a bit he could become a big time prospect. There are so few shortstops out there who can excel on offense and defense. We happen to have one of the very few in MLB with Alexei but you can never have too much talent.

Make that 2 HR on the day for Viciedo.

Carlos Sanchez an 18yo SS from the DSL has been promoted to Kannapolis from Bristol. An interesting prospect to watch at least.

He got hit around in his first chance at AA but since this promotion has been lights out. Good to see him succeeding, he's one of the few pitchers we have in the upper minors who show some ability.

Saladino is really starting to come on after a slow start which is understandable since he broke his wrist. He's a prospect that I'm excited about, he just needs to cut down on his K's a little bit and he could be really intriguing.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...chraaa_lhvaaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...tenaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Wilkins has 2 HR and Blanke hit his first high-A HR Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...kanafx_crdafx_2 Great Falls v. Missoula @ 905 Bristol http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

Here's why we don't want him http://www.sportscasualties.com/2010/08/24...-sucks-but-why/

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Birmingham off Winston Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jun 11, 2011 -> 07:44 PM) What good is Andrew Garcia doing at AAA that the White Sox can't promote Kuhn to play 2b? Thats exactly what I thought when I saw his line tonight.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...chraaa_swbaaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...mobaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) Leighton had some off-field issues last year, hopefully his brother is a little more mature. Can you elaborate?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) This is silly. +1 Ill get back to you in about 5 years and let you know what I think about those team's draft classes.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) Law is a smarmy ass to anyone and everyone. Almost every fanbase thinks he is "anti-their team." You see it all over his Twitter. I don't see any reason to think he's biased. He's just an ass, but that's okay. He really is a piece of crap. I read an ESPN article of his once and in the comments someone went after his opinions. He ended up getting into a long argument with the poster and actually made several personal attacks on the guy just because he questioned his opinion. He was about as professional as a 6th grader and got flamed pretty unmercifully by the other commenters for being so immature to attack a reader for voicing his opinion. If you want to be a professional writer you better have a little bit thicker skin than that.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) The Sox could have gotten Gerrit Cole at 47th and Law would find a fault in the pick. We could have gotten Cole at 47 at this board would flame him and our front office.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...lhvaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...biraax_jaxaax_1 Winston Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

This is nothing we all haven't known for several years now but it's good to see him get some props from people outside Chicago. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/insider/new...mod_mlb_xxx_xxx Its insider only but in a quick paraphrase it says that Alexei is one of the top 3-4 SS in the entire league and nobody seems to notice. He has a higher UZR than even the defensive specialist shortstops like Andrus and can also hit the hell out of the ball.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 07:50 PM) Marrero is 4/4 with 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB. Now hitting .337. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 08:58 PM) Promote his ass. QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) Yeah, but where are you going to play him. Gallagher is having a damn fine season as well for the Knights. I've been keeping an eye on him for a while now, he's clearly deserving of a promotion to AAA, I say put Gallagher on the bench if need be. He's hitting well but has little power and is nowhere near the prospect Marrero is. Marrero has good pop in his bat and has some speed, he also has played RF and LF in the past. Its time to see if he's got the goods or not.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...lhvaaa_chraaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...cngaax_biraax_1 Winston Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 10:18 AM) but he was born in London! A limey pitcher, now I've heard it all!

IIRC we offered Maggs a multi-year deal that would pay him in the range of about 15 million per season. He just didn't want to come back to the Sox, plain and simple. I say f*** em.

Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Winston Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 27, 2011 -> 09:27 PM) Really? A player that has posted an OPS above .850 nine of his ten pro years and above .880 seven of those isn't worth the 23rd pick? This isn't football or basketball. These picks are less than 50% to make the Majors. thank you for the voice of reason.

Charlotte off Bham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...biraax_cmcaax_1 Former Sox farmhand David Cook is back from the dead and playing for Carolina now. W-S http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...ox&did=milb

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 22, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) That's what I've been saying all along. Jr. is the slowest runner on the team as well. Is he really that slow, I was operating under the presumption that he was a "special athlete" as we've been told about him and that's why he was playing, hoping that everything would click for him at some point. If he really isn't anything special in the athlete column then it's time to kick him to the curb or at least bottom of the lineup. On another note, why is Marrero still in AA, nothing left for him to prove there, maybe he could turn into a lefty off the bench for us if we have some injury issues later in the season, its time to see what he can do, watching him kill AA pitching does nothing for him or us in the long run.