January 16, 20188 yr Could be interesting to note who is, and who is not on the list. Scott MerkinVerified account @scottmerkin Jan 15 Non 40-man, expected to attend: Joel Booker Burger Call Collins Curbelo Fisher Forbes Gonzalez Danny Hayes Patrick Leonard Polo Luis Robert Rutherford Matt Skole Sheets Yrrizarri Zavala From the 40-man, expected to attend: Adolfo Basabe Cordell Davidson Delmonico Engel Gillaspie Jimenez Moncada Narvaez Palka Smith Tilson
January 16, 20188 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 09:56 AM) Could be interesting to note who is, and who is not on the list. Scott MerkinVerified account @scottmerkin Jan 15 Non 40-man, expected to attend: Joel Booker Burger Call Collins Curbelo Fisher Forbes Gonzalez Danny Hayes Patrick Leonard Polo Luis Robert Rutherford Matt Skole Sheets Yrrizarri Zavala From the 40-man, expected to attend: Adolfo Basabe Cordell Davidson Delmonico Engel Gillaspie Jimenez Moncada Narvaez Palka Smith Tilson Headline an after hour the camp opens: "Tilson side-lined by injury." Nice collection of hitters though.
January 16, 20188 yr Looks like a good turnout but I don't really recall what this looks like year to year. Mostly just remember collins and Moncada last year.
January 16, 20188 yr Gavin sheets is huuuuge https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/953323853031333890 (is he 2nd from left?)
January 16, 20188 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 11:59 AM) Gavin sheets is huuuuge https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/953323853031333890 (is he 2nd from left?) Yes he is. (on a side note, Not sure I see the weight loss with Burger)
January 16, 20188 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 10:55 AM) Looks like a good turnout but I don't really recall what this looks like year to year. Mostly just remember collins and Moncada last year. This seems like a massive crowd compared to years past. Didn't this just start a few years ago with like 4-5 of the young guys on their own and maybe Konerko?
January 16, 20188 yr Author Scott MerkinVerified account @scottmerkin 39m39 minutes ago Getz on @Burgatron13: "He looks strong. The ball is loud coming off of his bat. I think he’s going to open some eyes this season. I know he’s excited for Spring Training to begin."
January 17, 20188 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 12:20 PM) This seems like a massive crowd compared to years past. Didn't this just start a few years ago with like 4-5 of the young guys on their own and maybe Konerko? I don't know that I remember Konerko, but I want to say the first time they did this it was like 5 or 6 guys, and I want to say it was like Viciedo and Josh Fields from the major league team.
January 17, 20188 yr QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 01:27 AM) I don't know that I remember Konerko, but I want to say the first time they did this it was like 5 or 6 guys, and I want to say it was like Viciedo and Josh Fields from the major league team. Think Pualie was there last year or two years ago.
January 17, 20188 yr Really excited for this mini-camp. I love seeing all the pictures and videos on Twitter. Should be a really fun group to follow for years to come. You can tell these guys are hungry.
January 17, 20188 yr First set of short videos of the camp are up on the FutureSox YT channel, which is free. You can subscribe to the channel, by the way, and get an email whenever we post new videos. Kim Contreras is our correspondant who took these videos. She and James Fegan are the only Sox-specific media there at the camp.
January 17, 20188 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 09:56 AM) Could be interesting to note who is, and who is not on the list. Scott MerkinVerified account @scottmerkin Jan 15 Non 40-man, expected to attend: Joel Booker Burger Call Collins Curbelo Fisher Forbes Gonzalez Danny Hayes Patrick Leonard Polo Luis Robert Rutherford Matt Skole Sheets Yrrizarri Zavala From the 40-man, expected to attend: Adolfo Basabe Cordell Davidson Delmonico Engel Gillaspie Jimenez Moncada Narvaez Palka Smith Tilson The White Sox have successfully combined the DNA of two players to create an ultra player
January 17, 20188 yr I have to say I think this has been a great turnout and idea. Seems like a great way to get on same page with the younger players to allow them to get excited and focused for spring training, and break up what's probably the doldrums of the offseason for them.
January 17, 20188 yr Hmm, our Burger best shape of his life measurement appears to be off Mike 1:29 So did Jake Burger's body look totally different? He looks transformed in some recent pics. Eric A Longenhagen 1:30 Not to me. Voluntarily took grounders at third yesterday during BP and looked okay.
January 17, 20188 yr Are they letting fans wander around back there on the practice fields? Wouldn't mind taking the morning off and checkin' it out....
January 17, 20188 yr Micker Adolfo wants to be more selectively aggressive. He touted that he had more walks than strikeouts during instructional league in the DR— James Fegan (@JRFegan) January 17, 2018
January 17, 20188 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 02:29 PM) Micker Adolfo wants to be more selectively aggressive. He touted that he had more walks than strikeouts during instructional league in the DR— James Fegan (@JRFegan) January 17, 2018 Very interested in seeing how he responds to high A ball pitching at Winston Salem. a 31% K rate in low A is concerning, but I hope he can make adjustments.
January 18, 20188 yr Author For those who are interested, I put up links to Robert, Sheets, and Burger BP sessions during the hitters camp on their AAP pages in the FutureSox section of Soxtalk.
January 18, 20188 yr QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 02:17 PM) Are they letting fans wander around back there on the practice fields? Wouldn't mind taking the morning off and checkin' it out.... aaaaaand the answer was a big fat....NO. I tried....
January 18, 20188 yr https://theathletic.com/214952/2018/01/18/w...backs-and-more/ There's so much in here I don't know where to start. But Blake Rutherford grew an inch and a half at 21?
January 18, 20188 yr I also loved this Seby Zevala tidbit, laughed out loud: "“Z, last year when we had him in camp, it's kinda funny,” Renteria said. “We were going to pinch run him, and I said 'Can you run?' and he said 'I'm the best baserunner in the organization' and I said 'That's pretty good, so I think we'll use you as a pinch runner.'”"
January 19, 20188 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 12:52 PM) https://theathletic.com/214952/2018/01/18/w...backs-and-more/ There's so much in here I don't know where to start. But Blake Rutherford grew an inch and a half at 21? Huh?
January 19, 20188 yr If you are on Twitter, we just RT'd from the FS account a whole slew of videos from Kim (@Cu_As) from the camp, including some guys I haven't seen others put out there yet. QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 12:53 PM) I also loved this Seby Zevala tidbit, laughed out loud: "“Z, last year when we had him in camp, it's kinda funny,” Renteria said. “We were going to pinch run him, and I said 'Can you run?' and he said 'I'm the best baserunner in the organization' and I said 'That's pretty good, so I think we'll use you as a pinch runner.'”" haha, that's awesome. Love the confidence and sense of humor combo.
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