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Alex Call just MURDERED his 2nd HR of the game. That was a no-doubter. He's got 6 HR now for BIR in 44 games. He hit 5 HR in 56 games for W-S to star the year. 11 combined.

I don't know where you are seeing a pitch count, but the way they do pitchcounts it seems based on your 34 numbers is..... Non-strikeout out = 1 pitch Strikeout = 2 more pitches Hit = 1 pitch Walk = 1 pitch So Perez pitched 7 innings (21 outs). So that's 21 pitches. 4 of those were strikeouts, so add 8 more. That gives you 29. He gave up 4 hits, so add 4 more. That gives you 33. Then a walk must equal 1 pitch for some reason, so that would give you 34 pitches. I feel like 37 pitches makes a lot more sense, but that's the best guess I can make based on his line.

I've got tickets for the 8th and the 11th. So....hopefully yeah.

I need a "Madrigal Elektromotoren" White Sox shirt made. ASAP.

I will literally know the person who will be greeting him when he comes to town. If I get a scoop, I'll be sending it along to WSD. So far no new info tonight.

I was thinking of this recently when we all got excited about Luis Gonzalez.

I 100% believed this.

But it doesn't make sense that he would be walking less now. You'd think without Eloy behind him, he would be getting less pitches to hit, because the risk of walking him coming back to hurt the pitcher are less.

I think you're in the wrong subforum.

Good call, Bryce Bush promoted to Great Falls today. ?

I went to a Cubs/Giants ST game that was cancelled in the 5th inning due to wind. It whips sand in to your eyes and was ripping signs off the OF wall. Wind out there is no joke.

Yoelvin Silven had a helluva start. 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K He now has an ERA of 2.98 with 57 K to only 10 BB in 45 IP. He just turned 19, and was just signed in May.

DSL - Won 7-1 GF - Bilious @ 8PM Kanny - Moran @ 6PM Winston-Salem - Battenfield @ 4PM, Henzman @ 10:30PM Birmingham - Banks @ 7PM Knights - TBD @ 6 PM https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates

I think we can catch KC, but catching Baltimore and that horrid roster would require one of those weird things where a team unloads talent and all the randoms who get playing time have chips on their shoulders and steal some games away.

He's only 18, but then again, he's sleepwalking through AZL so far. So yeah, do it. Obviously 13 games is a very small sample size, but so far he has 6 BB (12.7 BB%) and 4 K (8.5 K%). To me, that's more impressive than his .400+ batting average.

So yes. $6M buyout.

Trackman.

Got a response. Garrett Greene‏ @Garrett_Greene Probably closer to 90-93 and can touch 94-95 when he really reaches back.

Just to clarify, those are just the 2 names I've seen online, not names that are official. No one has posted the official return yet.

"You may remember me from such roles as, UPS guy, bodyguard, or Red Hat guard #2"

Rollie Lacy and DJ Wilson are the two names I've seen. Wilson is ranked as the Cubs 8th best prospect by Fangraphs. Lacy is not ranked at all.

Alex Call double. He's slowly but surely creeping up to .300. He's at .291 now. He's hitting .316 in July with an OPS of about .900. He's responded well to his surprise call up to AA. He had 1 strikeout over his last 8 games prior to tonight.

I mean, Hamels has been pretty bad this year, so the Rangers aren't losing anything, but I'm not sure why they are throwing in a ton of money if they aren't getting anything of value in return. Are they starving for money? I don't quite get it.

Speaking of Basabe, he just made a nice diving catch, diving in and to his right on a line drive.

You may not know the answer, but wRC+ is supposed to be league-adjusted, right? But is that adjusted to "If you had these stats in the majors" or is it adjusting those numbers to players in their current minor league level? Just wondering if Basabe has been 5% better than other AA players, or if his numbers would be 5% better than a major leaguer if he was producing those numbers in the majors. Because if it's the former, then good prospects SHOULD be well over 100 wRC+.