June 22, 20241 yr https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/22/2024 https://www.milb.com/scores/all/all/whitesox Schultz and Keener listed. Birmingham up against a ranked Rays prospect so should be good matchup.
June 22, 20241 yr Neither Montgomery or Ramos is in the line up tonight for Charlotte. I assume a scheduled day off for both.
June 22, 20241 yr Birmingham holding just a 1/2 game lead over Tennessee with two to go…TN at home, facing sub .500 MS. Schultz on the road makes tonight pretty close to a must win for advancing to the Sept playoffs.
June 22, 20241 yr Birmingham holding just a 1/2 game lead over Tennessee with two to go…TN at home, facing sub .500 MS. Schultz on the road makes tonight pretty close to a must win for advancing to the Sept playoffs.
June 22, 20241 yr Schultz working on adding a two seamer to go with 4 seamer. CH SL. Sweeping Slider second best pitch...some would argue best. Montgomery can also clinch with a win tonight. 96 on gun. Lead off double to lcf gap. Runner slow as heck not to get to 3rd with that weird cutout in the fence there. Baldwin at SS. Gonzalez 2B. First throw from SS 75-80% effort. CF let a sinking liner awkwardly fall in front of him. Too indecisive. Nearly bounced away for an error. 1-0 Biscuits Another single grounded through 3B SS gap. 1st and 2nd Ely out to visit Schultz. Edited June 22, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 22, 20241 yr Last Sox prep first rounders for Sox were Stumm or Honel 21 years ago before Schultz 2022. Birmingham looking for 9th consecutive playoff season. Wild pitch on sweeper to inside. Baldwin almost threw a ball past first base in the dirt, would have been 3-0. Weak arm for mlb SS. Don't love his mechanics/long arm delivery from short. Needs to be faster. Birmingham collapsing on offense this final week except for Veras homers. Only one win. Burke's swing is way too long. Blown away. No hits for Birmingham through 2. Edited June 22, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 22, 20241 yr Walk on 4 pitches to lead off second inning. Only 4th walk, but in 16 2/3 in AA. Schultz more like Andrew Miller than Big Unit. Stolen base...time to plate for Schultz is going to be a huge issue IMO. Out of the inning. Seymour through 3...no base runners from Barons. Sox have an Australian or NZ third baseman in Matthews. Yay for Intl scouting? Another bad throw from Baldwin. Sailed way high but runner not fast enough to get there. Schultz struggles to field comebacker but leaks through to Baldwin. At least Baldwin has athleticism to be a super utility guy ... comes in and makes running throw. Schultz hits a batter with two out on the heel. Burke can of corn to LCF. Edited June 22, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 22, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Walk on 4 pitches to lead off second inning. Only 4th walk, but in 16 2/3 in AA. Schultz more like Andrew Miller than Big Unit. Stolen base...time to plate for Schultz is going to be a huge issue IMO. Out of the inning. A walk every 4+ innings is a perfectly fine rate.
June 22, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: A walk every 4+ innings is a perfectly fine rate. 2.25ish is fine. But he's going to get run on a ton with how long that delivery is...and fieldIng seems to be an issue with how he's falling off to the side so far. Great play from RF Schnell in foul territory...excellent range. 10 consecutive outs. Baldwin reaches out and pokes a single through 2B. Great bat control. 16/20 SB. Btw Elko has been on fire...7 hits so far in series. He singles on a soft liner to CF. 1st 2nd one out. Quero deep to RCF fence. 2 outs. Baldwin to 3rd for Veras. Veras in big slump except for two homers...soft grounder to second. ends threat. Edited June 22, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 23, 20241 yr Schultz is almost a powerful finesse guy. Not a dominating FB tonight. Another single. Hogan almost a disaster in RF barely kept footing but caught ball. 1 out 55 pitches. Hasn't gone past 4 innings yet/still. Second K. Gonzalez with terrible range to his left...was trying to spin to first before he had the ball. Ruled a single. Tried smoke screen steal of second to draw the throw...Gonzo threw him out to Quero to get runner from third by a mile. Oops Michael Turner bat catcher Quero DH, announcer was wrong. Likely done around 60ish pitches. Schultz from this ONE game looked more like a 2/3 guy IMO. At least compared to Crochet. Edited June 23, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 23, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Feel like I'm reading a manifesto. Have you met Caulfield?
June 23, 20241 yr I actually don't think that. I'm just making fun of Caulfield's depressing observations.
June 23, 20241 yr 26 minutes ago, PolishPrince34 said: I think the Sox are bottom five farm system after reading that. I'm still high on Quero. Elko has a shot at 1B/DH. Indifferent on Gonzalez and Baldwin as 2-3 fWAR mlb regulars. Haven't watched rest of starting rotation closely via live video. Some are higher on Baldwin as he's leading the Southern League in hitting. Still don't think we have a plus MLB SS on the defensive side in the system.
June 23, 20241 yr David Fletcher's knuckleball leads to a 4-4 tie in key Tennessee MS game. Unlikely but Matthews and Turner Hogan key 3 run rally, Barons lead 4-1 going to Bot 10 in Montgomery. Edited June 23, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 23, 20241 yr BIRMINGHAM up 1/2 game 41-27 versus 40-27 heading into Sun (final day of first half) over Tennessee. No makeup game Mon listed on Smokies' website. Edited June 23, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 23, 20241 yr 43 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: I'm still high on Quero. Elko has a shot at 1B/DH. Indifferent on Gonzalez and Baldwin as 2-3 fWAR mlb regulars. Haven't watched rest of starting rotation closely via live video. Some are higher on Baldwin as he's leading the Southern League in hitting. Still don't think we have a plus MLB SS on the defensive side in the system. Wilbur Sanchez and Sprinkle are both plus defensive shortstops. Up until now they have not been plus hitters.
June 23, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Timmy U said: Wilbur Sanchez and Sprinkle are both plus defensive shortstops. Up until now they have not been plus hitters. Please tell me no relationship to Yogurt lol? Same problem, not even a marginal glove first hitter. Compare to Ortiz with Brewers. Edited June 23, 20241 yr by caulfield12
June 23, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Please tell me no relationship to Yogurt lol? Same problem, not even a martial glove first hitter. Compare to Ortiz with Brewers. Wilbur is no relation to either Yolbert or Yolmer.
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