Heads22 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Intimidators Set Roster By Alex Ernst April 4, 2004 FutureSox.com Earlier today, the Kannapolis Intimidators, Class A affiliate of the White Sox, announced their 2004 roster. The Intimidators are led by first year manager Chris Cron, who managed the Great Falls White Sox rookie league team during the 2003 season. The Intimidators will be carry 13 pitchers, 3 catchers, 6 infielders and 4 outfielders. The Intimidator pitching staff will be led by Brian Miller, who threw the only no-hitter in Kannapolis history against Greensboro. The rest of the staff spent their 2003 seasons in Kannapolis, Bristol or Great Falls. Returning pitchers include Fabio Castro, who also split time at Bristol, Todd Deininger, Jeremy Hudson, who also played in Great Falls last year and Adam Larson. Tim Tisch and Ehren Wasserman also split time between Kannapolis and Bristol last year. Frasier Dizard, John Hurd, Brandon McCarthy and Mike Moat head southeast from Great Falls, where they all spent their 2003 seasons. Daniel Haigwood and Ryan Rodriguez are coming off of injuries and look to help give the Intimidators a veteran presence in 2004. The catching corps is led by Gustavo Molina, who is returning for another year in Kannapolis. Charlie Lisk is returning from a disappointing season while splitting time between Kannapolis and Great Falls. Lisk was #46 in the FutureSox Top 50 countdown, and the only catcher on the list, but his abysmal season last year puts him right in the middle of a dogfight with Molina for the majority of the catching duties. Cesar Castillo will be the third catcher for the intimidators this season. The Intimidator infield is abundant with talent and youth, but low on experience. Andy Gonzalez will be the lone returnee of the infield corps. Robert Valido is the lone promotion from Bristol, while Brandon Bounds, Antonin Gray, Chris Kelly and Micah Schnurstein all make the trip from Great Falls. Gonzalez and Valido are both shortstops and both have been highly regarded by the organization. Kelly was a sixth round draft pick in 2003 and showed some pop with the bat while in college. 2004 Kannapolis Player of the Year and Australian Thomas Brice will lead the Kannapolis outfielders in 2004. He will be joined by third round draft pick Clint King, Seth Morris and Chris Young. King was an All-American at Southern Miss and garnered numerous honors in college due to his hitting prowess. Brice has shown good plate discipline over the last few years. However, with the glut of outfield talent ahead of these players in the organization, they really need to excel if they want any shot at a promotion. The Kannapolis coaching staff returns experience from within the Sox organization with a combined thirty years of coaching experience with manager Chris Cron, pitching coach Sean Snedeker and hitting coach Brandon Moore. Snedeker is the only coach returning from the 2003 team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Just so you guys know, I plan on getting the actual roster page up sometime tonite. As for now, you have to suffer thru my carppy writing to see who is on the team. Confusing infield situation, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Damn, Kanny is loaded this year. There pitching staff looks awesome with McCarthy, Dizard, Haigwood, R. Rodriguez, Deininger, Tisch, etc. There OF is really good too w/ King and Young in it. Bounds and Schnur are two of my favorite guys in the minor leagues, and Gray is pretty damn good too. Lastly, I hope Chris Kelly has a good year. He really struggled last year, although, like the article said, he did put up pretty good #'s in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Just so you guys know, Alex Ernst is my real name, so if you see anything written by that f***, it came from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Are we sure Chris Kelly was a 6th round pick in 2003, wasn't that Chris Getz, the SS who went to Wake Forest and didn't sign w/ the Sox? I'd thought Chris Kelly was a free agent they'd signed (undrafted), could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 King was an All-American at Southern Miss and garnered All-American honors in college. I'm not going to make fun of you for that. I'll just let you edit it because that sounds really stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 4, 2004 Author Share Posted April 4, 2004 Are we sure Chris Kelly was a 6th round pick in 2003, wasn't that Chris Getz, the SS who went to Wake Forest and didn't sign w/ the Sox? I'd thought Chris Kelly was a free agent they'd signed (undrafted), could be wrong though. Everything I've seen, including the official roster, says sixth round. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...lub_context=cws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JimH Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Everything I've seen, including the official roster, says sixth round. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...lub_context=cws Thanks for the clarification, I must've been thinking of a different draft year ... I have the yearbooks and will go back to see where I got confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Are we sure Chris Kelly was a 6th round pick in 2003, wasn't that Chris Getz, the SS who went to Wake Forest and didn't sign w/ the Sox? I'd thought Chris Kelly was a free agent they'd signed (undrafted), could be wrong though. Kelly was an early pick, I know that much. He's out of Pepperdine and played first and outfield there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Look out for King, he really started raking the ball late last season. The guy put up MONSTER numbers in college. He's a smaller stature guy, kind of like Rowand, but I think he'll put up some fantastic numbers. And man, Kanny has a stacked roster, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 http://www.futuresox.com/index.php?module=...=display&ceid=1 There's the easy to read Kanny roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Getz was 6th rounder in 2002, played frosh year last year at Wake Forest, had good year, and transferred to Michigan for his soph year this season, expected Big 10 newcomer of the year. Kid from Grosse Point, Mich I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 BTW, outstanding pitching staff there, how many good starters are there. Haigwood, Rodriguez, McCarthy, Tisch, Dizard, Miller, Deininger and even Fabio Castro (had 2 nice starts here at end of last season) Guess Deininger, Castro and maybe Tisch or Dizard go back to pen. Man, what a problem to have. Even Moats and Hurd have good potential. I guess the one real hard throwing JC LH we had at Great Falls last year stays behind, cannot recall his name, was like a 9th or 10th rounder, Rust or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 BTW, outstanding pitching staff there, how many good starters are there. Haigwood, Rodriguez, McCarthy, Tisch, Dizard, Miller, Deininger and even Fabio Castro (had 2 nice starts here at end of last season) Guess Deininger, Castro and maybe Tisch or Dizard go back to pen. Man, what a problem to have. Even Moats and Hurd have good potential. I guess the one real hard throwing JC LH we had at Great Falls last year stays behind, cannot recall his name, was like a 9th or 10th rounder, Rust or something like that? Russ..... John, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 That'd be him, kind of expected him to maybe close out of pen, may have been one of hardest throwers we signed last year. He and Nachreiner will start out in GFs again I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 BTW, outstanding pitching staff there, how many good starters are there. Haigwood, Rodriguez, McCarthy, Tisch, Dizard, Miller, Deininger and even Fabio Castro (had 2 nice starts here at end of last season) Guess Deininger, Castro and maybe Tisch or Dizard go back to pen. Man, what a problem to have. Even Moats and Hurd have good potential. I guess the one real hard throwing JC LH we had at Great Falls last year stays behind, cannot recall his name, was like a 9th or 10th rounder, Rust or something like that? I'd think that somehow, pretty quickly, one of those pitchers will be on his way up to Winston Salem. But ya, I really want to get to Kanny to watch that rotation, some really good arms. I'm guessing Tisch will stay in the bullpen (Isn't that what he did last year?). I hope Dizzard starts, I like him to a Zito (Don't ask me why, but I just like him a lot and I'm not saying he'll be as good as Zito) and I hope the Sox dn't mess with Deininger or Castro. I like those guys a lot and I'm all for Castro being in the rotation now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 That'd be him, kind of expected him to maybe close out of pen, may have been one of hardest throwers we signed last year. He and Nachreiner will start out in GFs again I guess. Russ was supposed to be one of the best JC pitchers out there. He's pretty raw though. I know the Sox have a lot of work to do with his delivery, so I'm assuming they figure another year is better for him. Nothing wrong with another short season for Nach, considering he's out of high school, plus he was shallacked last year. Those two were probably the two hardest throwing guys the Sox drafted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Tisch started most of time last year I thought, I could be wrong, Castro was full time reliever until end of year, and Deininger was reliever until we unloaded some pitchers in trades before deadline, and only then did he start, that is why I assume relievers from them three. I would honestly like to see Miller and his 2 good pitches go to closer or at least setup, maybe that is possible. I sure want Haigwood and Rodriguez starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I'm excited to see what Haigwood and Rodriguez do. Maybe the Sox will start the two of them in the pen, so they can build their stamina back and then when they are ready to jump into the rotation, the Sox will adjust their rosters? I'm thinking if they feel they can convert Munoz, then they might as well convert Castro. Speaking of which, where the heck is Orionny Lopez? He's not going to have another short season is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Lopez has pitched two years in Bristol which last year was lower of our two leagues, so I assume he is at Great Falls, I think he is overrated by us, tho I like him, 3 years in rookie league is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I do like your idea of Rodriguez in pen maybe, Haigwood is more a starter type tho, he is not overpowering, just steady with an assortment of pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Both of those guys have some big time upside. At least neither of them had injuries related to their arm. If they can get back on the track they were (pre-injury) then the system is looking even better. I'm going to have to start saving for another road trip this summer. I gotta see these guys play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnSoxFan Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I thought Rodriguez had shoulder problem, Haigwood was a knee for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I thought Rodriguez had shoulder problem, Haigwood was a knee for sure. I was thinking both had knee related problems, but Its always been fuzzy, so I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 I was thinking both had knee related problems, but Its always been fuzzy, so I could be wrong. Rodriguez was shoulder related........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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