July 7, 200916 yr He seems to be doing well in A ball. Has 106 k' in 90 innings pitched with only 27 BB's. He has gone 7 innings in 3 outings so there is some evidence of stamina. He has a good upside with a good fastball. He also seems to have worked on his control so I wonder if he is ready for BHam? JPN?
July 7, 200916 yr I'm wondering what the holdup is myself. He should at least be at High A right now.
July 7, 200916 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 12:59 AM) He seems to be doing well in A ball. Has 106 k' in 90 innings pitched with only 27 BB's. He has gone 7 innings in 3 outings so there is some evidence of stamina. He has a good upside with a good fastball. He also seems to have worked on his control so I wonder if he is ready for BHam? JPN? Hell yeah, bring him on. He should have at least been promoted to Winston-Salem by now.
July 7, 200916 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 01:23 AM) I'm wondering what the holdup is myself. He should at least be at High A right now. Take a look at the Kanny pitchers as a whole - lots of guys doing very well there. I guess there's no room in W-S right now for them.
July 7, 200916 yr He'll get promoted shortly. He's not as mature so I think the Sox are taking things slowly with him.
July 7, 200916 yr If he makes it to the big club he will be the first African-American since who to start for the Sox since...? I honestly can't remember the last African-American to start for them. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone easy that started only a few times, but I can't really remember...
July 10, 200916 yr Author 14 K's last night in 7 innings. I forsee a promotion next year to AA for half a season and then the rest of the year in Charlotte for a September callup. Hope it comes true.
July 10, 200916 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 12:07 PM) 14 K's last night in 7 innings. I forsee a promotion next year to AA for half a season and then the rest of the year in Charlotte for a September callup. Hope it comes true. No way, there is an entire rotation at Winston-Salem that deserves to get Birmingham call before this kid. Striking out a lot, but not dominating with ERA etc... Promotion to High A ball at Winston-Salem would be next step.
July 10, 200916 yr QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 7, 2009 -> 01:41 PM) If he makes it to the big club he will be the first African-American since who to start for the Sox since...? I honestly can't remember the last African-American to start for them. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone easy that started only a few times, but I can't really remember... James Baldwin
July 10, 200916 yr Baseball America is also wondering why Carter hasn't been moved up: From their Hot Sheet: Dexter Carter, rhp, White Sox: Carter dominated low Class A competition in his past two starts, posting a 23-2 K-BB mark in 15 innings. While he allowed four runs yesterday against Lakewood, he walked only one and struck out a season-high 14 batters. Whiffing batters in bunches is nothing new for the 22-year-old Carter, who on the season has a minor league-leading 120 strikeouts with 28 walks and a 3.62 ERA in 97 innings. But while righthander Dan Hudson (his college roommate and Pioneer League teammate last year) has already rocketed up to Double-A Birmingham, Carter has yet to budge from Kannapolis. It's a bit of mystery as to why not, given how rapidly other prospects are advancing up the White Sox' organizational ladder.
July 10, 200916 yr QUOTE (CSF @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Baseball America is also wondering why Carter hasn't been moved up: From their Hot Sheet: I've said before, Kanny has a whole pile of pitchers who look like they have nothing left to prove in Low A. Dex Carter is probably #1 on that list, certainly among starters, but he's not the only one. Not enough room to move them all up. By the way, the W-S rotation is: Anthony Carter, 23 (who seems to be right where he should be right now, not promotion-ready) Johnnie Lowe, 24 (same, not promotable, probably not a prospect though, but doing OK as a starter) Jacob Rasner, 22 (who has been doing very well, maybe ready for a promotion, but no slot open in B-Ham) Gregory Infante, turns 22 today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!), (just got promoted to W-S, he's going nowhere for now) Justin Edwards, 21 (just got promoted as well, and he's young) The only one in there I'd want to have Dex replace is J-Lowe, who I suppose you could move to the pen. No one there looks like a demotion candidate, or release candidate, and no promotion opportunities exist. So what do you do?
July 10, 200916 yr You guys are giving me the strong impression that it's only a matter of time before KW deals away a pitcher or two from those levels.
July 12, 200916 yr Author You guys are giving me the strong impression that it's only a matter of time before KW deals away a pitcher or two from those levels. I really would hope to see our home grown RH power pitchers make it for once. This includes Carter and Hudson.
July 12, 200916 yr QUOTE (CSF @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 12:36 PM) Baseball America is also wondering why Carter hasn't been moved up: From their Hot Sheet: I'm sure that they have their reasons for not moving him yet, they didn't just forget about him I promise you that. My guess would be that he's either A. not mentally ready yet and they don't want to crush his confidence, B. he's got a glitch in his mechanics that he's working on first, C. he's got a new pitch that he's working on or, D. there's a coach in Kanny that they really want him to work with for an extended period of time. It's quite obviously not about his numbers/stuff because he's been dominating the Sally league, 120k's in 96ip, that's gnarly, especially considering his low bb rate. Edited July 12, 200916 yr by bighurt4life
July 31, 200916 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) You guys are giving me the strong impression that it's only a matter of time before KW deals away a pitcher or two from those levels. Bam.
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