http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2...;vkey=news_milb

 

Chris Bassitt exudes the self-confidence that is often found on winning teams. And while capturing both the first- and second-half Southern Division titles in the Carolina League feels good, it's a small part of what he wants to accomplish this year.

The White Sox prospect allowed one hit over five scoreless innings Sunday as the Class A Advanced Winston-Salem Dash beat the Salem Red Sox, 6-1, to guarantee the best full-season record in the Minor Leagues.

 

The Dash improved to 43-25 in the second half and 87-50 overall. Even if they lose Monday's regular-season finale Monday, they will finish with a .630 winning percentage. Neither the Asheville Tourists, the Rockies' Class A affiliate, nor the Indianapolis Indians, the Pirates' Triple-A affiliate, can match that mark.

 

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Edited September 3, 201213 yr by scenario

Worst farm system in baseball eh?

 

Big league teams gonna lose 90 games eh?

 

Experts eh?

 

ALIENS

In all fairness, winning percentage doesn't mean much at all in the minors. It's all about development and ability/tools.

 

Bristol had a terrible record but two of our Top 10 prospects in Hawkins and Barnum.

 

Especially at the AA and AAA level, you can have a winning team but almost zero prospects. That's not the case with the White Sox, but the best minor league winning percentage overall (all teams) could still end up being a Bottom 5 or Bottom 10 team in terms of projectable and impact minor league talent.

 

 

It seems like the Sox are good at developing pitchers and OF. What are the catcher and 3b prospects like? These seem like a major area of need.

In all fairness, winning percentage doesn't mean much at all in the minors. It's all about development and ability/tools.

 

Bristol had a terrible record but two of our Top 10 prospects in Hawkins and Barnum.

 

Especially at the AA and AAA level, you can have a winning team but almost zero prospects. That's not the case with the White Sox, but the best minor league winning percentage overall (all teams) could still end up being a Bottom 5 or Bottom 10 team in terms of projectable and impact minor league talent.

It's still a big tribute to Manager Tommy Thompson and his staff, not to mention the players.

 

And, is Barnum really a top 10 prospect? He played 13 games at Bristol, hitting .279 with 3 HR's. The Bristol Mgr. by the way was Pete Rose Jr.

It seems like the Sox are good at developing pitchers and OF. What are the catcher and 3b prospects like? These seem like a major area of need.

 

The Sox lack a Santiago Perez/Jesus Montero type at C, however guys like Kevan Smith, Michael Blanke, Josh Phegley and Miguel Gonzalez do offer some upside with either their bat or glove. Plus, drafting Jose Barraza and Sammy Ayala, who was a tough sign, at this years' draft offer good depth for the Sox, quite possibly for the first time ever.

 

At 3b, you could say the quality of depth is lacking. Rangelo Ravelo at Kannapolis is arguably the lone WS prospect at that position. He's been on the restricted list for most of the year due to a family matter, IIRC.