September 15, 201411 yr A few winter league assignments so far: Dominican: Rangel Ravelo, Escogido Dan Black: Cibao Donnie Veal: Cibao Jose Bautista: Licey Robinson Leyer: Licey Jose Brito: Toros Venezuela: Andy Wilkins (reserve, may not play)
October 8, 201411 yr Author Larry from SSS reporting that Adam Engel, Nick Blount and Terance Marin will be playing winter ball in Australia with the Melbourne Aces.
October 10, 201411 yr Author Winter VZL opens tonight, Mexico Saturday, DR on the 18th. PR on 11/1, ABL on 11/7. Here are the guys playing in VZ this year... Cleuluis Rondon, Leones del Caracas Nestor Molina, Cardenales de Lara Jarrett Casey, Tiburones de La Guaira Ryan Kussmaul, Tiburones Mauricio Robles, Tiburones Taylor Thompson, Tiburones Miguel Gonzalez, Tiburones Carlos Sanchez, Tiburones Andy Wilkins, Tiburones*** Wilkins is in the reserve list, so he may or may not play.
October 17, 201411 yr Author QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 08:33 PM) Is there any stats on these guys out there? Have they played yet? VZ is underway, you can see stats by going here, and selecting the team of your choice from the drop-down. Mexico is also underway but I see no White Sox playing there (correct me if I am missing something). DR starts tomorrow, FS will have a preview up once the rosters are fully in. PR starts 11/1, ABL 11/7.
October 22, 201411 yr Author CJ Beatty added to Brisbane Bandits in ABL. That makes four Sox players (Engel, Blount, Marin, Beatty) and a manager (Thompson) down under this year.
October 23, 201411 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 22, 2014 -> 03:41 PM) CJ Beatty added to Brisbane Bandits in ABL. That makes four Sox players (Engel, Blount, Marin, Beatty) and a manager (Thompson) down under this year. beside Engel, how are the other players mention? any word on where, if any on S. Adams playing? is there any internal decision not to play any of the 2014 drafted players? Edited October 23, 201411 yr by LDF
October 23, 201411 yr Author QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 23, 2014 -> 07:48 AM) beside Engel, how are the other players mention? any word on where, if any on S. Adams playing? is there any internal decision not to play any of the 2014 drafted players? Rarely do players drafted that year play any sort of winter ball. They've all had their first pro ball, they need rest more than anything. And certainly they won't send a high school pitcher off to the Caribbean or anything. Winter ball is usually used for one (or more) of the following circumstances: --Missed time during the season, generally due to injury --Players who are borderline in some way - i.e. borderline for a job of any kind the next year, or borderline for a 40 man slot --Players working on something new --Players are native to that country and spending the offseason there anyway, so they'll play occasionally to stay sharp There are exceptions. Ravelo was going to be AFL but chose winter ball for, apparently, financial reasons (players get paid by the winter league teams to play for them). The guys going to Australia are kind of a microcosm of that. Blount missed time due to a PED suspension, so he needs innings. Marin performed well in A+/AA last year but they aren't sure if he's worth a rotation slot in AA, so he's trying out. Engel is raw and needs to work on bat-to-ball skills, and he did miss a little time during the season due to injury. Beatty is an org guy looking to prove he deserves a job somewhere in 2015.
October 23, 201411 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 23, 2014 -> 01:01 PM) Rarely do players drafted that year play any sort of winter ball. They've all had their first pro ball, they need rest more than anything. And certainly they won't send a high school pitcher off to the Caribbean or anything. Winter ball is usually used for one (or more) of the following circumstances: --Missed time during the season, generally due to injury --Players who are borderline in some way - i.e. borderline for a job of any kind the next year, or borderline for a 40 man slot --Players working on something new --Players are native to that country and spending the offseason there anyway, so they'll play occasionally to stay sharp There are exceptions. Ravelo was going to be AFL but chose winter ball for, apparently, financial reasons (players get paid by the winter league teams to play for them). The guys going to Australia are kind of a microcosm of that. Blount missed time due to a PED suspension, so he needs innings. Marin performed well in A+/AA last year but they aren't sure if he's worth a rotation slot in AA, so he's trying out. Engel is raw and needs to work on bat-to-ball skills, and he did miss a little time during the season due to injury. Beatty is an org guy looking to prove he deserves a job somewhere in 2015. a great write up. many thanks. fwiw, your description of the rules would be a nice recurring post in the future for the offseason games.
October 23, 201411 yr Author QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 23, 2014 -> 08:31 AM) a great write up. many thanks. fwiw, your description of the rules would be a nice recurring post in the future for the offseason games. To be clear none of those are "rules", they are just the way things usually tend to work.
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