I forget which one is higher or considered better... is Great Falls or Bristol the higher level?

I forget which one is higher or considered better... is Great Falls or Bristol the higher level?

Great Falls is the higher level. It's usually where we'll send the college players, whereas the high schoolers and younger international guys go to Bristol.

A couple of weeks ago I made the case that it would be interesting to realign the divisions in the minor leagues to simulate the major league divisions, to help stimulate rivalry and competition between some of the younger kids. This is from a couple of months back, but when the Cubs and Sox AA teams hooked up, some guy had pretty much the same idea as me. http://whitesox.scout.com/a.z?s=261&p=2&c=867401

Edited June 18, 200916 yr by Thunderbolt

A couple of weeks ago I made the case that it would be interesting to realign the divisions in the minor leagues to simulate the major league divisions, to help stimulate rivalry and competition between some of the younger kids. This is from a couple of months back, but when the Cubs and Sox AA teams hooked up, some guy had pretty much the same idea as me. http://whitesox.scout.com/a.z?s=261&p=2&c=867401

Teams like to have all their affiliates close together. Realigning for divisional rivalries would require uprooting who knows how many organizations. It makes things harder for the players, coaches, scouts, front office, everybody, and for what? Most of these players are never going to sniff the majors anyway, and a lot of them that do will do so with other organizations. Things are fine just the way the are.

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The article talked about the manager and Upchurch, but there was an interesting quote from him: "Hopefully, I won’t stay down here long and get moved up to [Low-Class A] Kannapolis."

 

I like the cockiness. I wonder if it was something they told him if he did well. Maybe they were saving his arm and wanted to keep him away from the hitter's park (and league for the most part) in Great Falls.

I don't think it's cockiness at all. He's just a really nice prospect who will probably move quickly once he gets his shot at full season ball.

Not to mention that the divisions are set up regionally so that they don't have to spend a lot of time traveling. That's why they do the 5 game series. If they were to re-align the divisions they'd also have to move the teams.

Teams like to have all their affiliates close together. Realigning for divisional rivalries would require uprooting who knows how many organizations. It makes things harder for the players, coaches, scouts, front office, everybody, and for what? Most of these players are never going to sniff the majors anyway, and a lot of them that do will do so with other organizations. Things are fine just the way the are.

Another thing to take into consideration is that teams usually switch minor league affiliates every couple of years. The division thing certainly is not a realistic idea, but a cool idea in an ideal world

Todd Gossage, son of Goose Gossage, has been signed out of the independent leagues and will play for Great Falls. He's 25 and he played the past three seasons for the Chico Outlaws in the Golden Baseball League.

 

Congrats to Tyler Flowers and Dayan Viciedo on their Futures Game selections.

Well since soxtalk was down.. figured I post this here for the next Futuresox writeup.

 

Nevin Griffith pulling a Liriano. Will ditch that nasty slider for good.

Not good news, IMO... wasn't it because of his fastball-slider combo that made him so attractive in the first place?

Not good news, IMO... wasn't it because of his fastball-slider combo that made him so attractive in the first place?

At this point, anything we can get out of him is a bonus. He'd been pretty much written off the board.

 

So, Dan Remenowsky, after putting up some ridiculous peripherals as Kanny's closer and looked ready for promotion, has not pitched in a week. And he has apparently lost his closing job during that time to Tyson Corley.

 

Anyone have any news on what might be going on there?

 

Per JPN and FutureSox, Dan Black promoted to Kanny:

 

http://futuresox.com/frontpage/?p=519

 

Daniel Black, after only three games in Bristol, has been promoted to Kannapolis. He’s the first member of the White Sox 2009 draft class to make it out of rookie ball.

 

In his three games with the BriSox, Black hit third in the lineup. The former Purdue Boilermaker played first base twice and played third base once. He was 4-12 with an RBI, a run and two strikeouts.

At this point, anything we can get out of him is a bonus. He'd been pretty much written off the board.

Isn't he only like 19 still? Maybe just turned 20? I don't see how he can be written off already. He's not going to make any top prospect lists, but give him a couple years to work his way back. This whole thing for all we know could turn into a blessing in disguise. It's better he got hurt and ditched the slider early rather than advancing a few levels and then having to start from scratch again.

 

And I still like the pick BTW. Give me power armed high schoolers with injury concerns over soft-tossing college hurlers any and every day of the week. We're much likelier to at least get trade value out of those guys than we are to find an average or above soft tosser.

So, Dan Remenowsky, after putting up some ridiculous peripherals as Kanny's closer and looked ready for promotion, has not pitched in a week. And he has apparently lost his closing job during that time to Tyson Corley.

 

Anyone have any news on what might be going on there?

So far 2 scoreless innings in the 8th and 9th tonight in a tie game for Remenowsky.

Check out this boxscore:

 

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

 

The losing team lost by 15 runs..... and they scored 18!!!!

Check out this boxscore:

 

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

 

The losing team lost by 15 runs..... and they scored 18!!!!

LOL, High Desert used 8 pitchers, one of whom now has an ERA of 135.00.

 

Check out this boxscore:

 

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

 

The losing team lost by 15 runs..... and they scored 18!!!!

 

That is obscene even in a softball game. Wow.

Great interview up at Sox Examiner with Tyler Flowers. Nice read, with a lot more about how quickly all the Birmingham kids befriended each other. http://www.examiner.com/x-425-Chicago-Whit...h-Tyler-Flowers Also, Flowers and Viciedo appealed to the White Sox higher-ups and were granted permission to play in both the Futures Game and the AA all-star game on consecutive days.

That's awesome for Viciedo and Flowers... the AA All-Star game is in Birmingham, right? If so, you lucky bastard JPN!

That's awesome for Viciedo and Flowers... the AA All-Star game is in Birmingham, right? If so, you lucky bastard JPN!

 

Home run derby at Rickwood the day before too. I have tickets for both, they came with my season tickets package this year. Plus, the playoff tickets are comped for all season ticket holders.

What's going on with charlie leesman? His numbers seem pretty good, I wonder why he hasn't moved to WS

To an ex spect who used to post here on soxtalk. Happy Birthday Brandon McCarthy!! :cheers