jasonxctf Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I've noticed that in November the WhiteSox transfered a lot of players from A, AA up to AAA. In fact their AAA roster is pretty large. What is the theory behind this and will most of these guys stay in AAA to start the year or end up back at A or AA where they started? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Its just what whitesox.com puts up. The rosters on that site are not accurate nor are they right. The only roster moves to pay attention to when it comes to the minors right now are if guys are put on or off the 40 man roster, Rule V pickups and/or losses and if the sox sign anyone to a minor league contract or lose minor league free agents. The Sox will typically announcer their minor league rosters sometime in March or at least thats what i've been told by a few affiliates the past few days. I'm working on getting pictures of every player for FS (futuresox) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonxctf Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 thanks.. i did notice that the Dodgers have 22 pitchers on their AAA roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 thanks.. i did notice that the Dodgers have 22 pitchers on their AAA roster. lol Wow that's a lot of pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Its just what whitesox.com puts up. The rosters on that site are not accurate nor are they right. The only roster moves to pay attention to when it comes to the minors right now are if guys are put on or off the 40 man roster, Rule V pickups and/or losses and if the sox sign anyone to a minor league contract or lose minor league free agents. The Sox will typically announcer their minor league rosters sometime in March or at least thats what i've been told by a few affiliates the past few days. I'm working on getting pictures of every player for FS (futuresox) Actually, Jason those rosters are indeed correct, they are just in essence paper rosters. The Major League Roster is 40. The AAA roster is (I believe 34 players) and so on. What happens is there is a filtering down process. The players on the AAA roster right now have AAA contracts. That does not necessarily mean they will play at AAA, but how they are classified. Guys from the 40-man roster, plus non-roster invitees are sent down to AAA and guys on a AAA contract are sent to AA (or Class A) and so-on. In spirit you are correct that the AAA roster you see right now will not accurately reflect Charlotte's roster on opening day, but the roster is in fact correct. It is more an administrative deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 Gotcha...thanks Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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