Brief Minor League Summary

[whitesox61382]

AAA

 

Charlotte won 4-2

 

- Diaz pitched a solid game 6 IP 4 H 2 ER 1 BB 4 SO. I really like this kid. He got off to a slow start, but has pitched well of late. I think he is 2nd on the list for starting pitchers called up to the majorrs behind Rauch. The only questionmarks about this kid is his health and stamina, bot because of his lack of size.

 

- Ginter continues to give the Sox a reason to release White. Pitched another scoreless inning 1 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 SO. I don't know how many innings he has gone without allowing a run, but he has seen his ERA drop from the high-3's to the mid-2's during about a 2 week stretch.

 

- Miles went 1-4 with his 8th HR. I have never been a big fan of this kid because of his age and lack of plate disipline, but it seems all this kid does is hit.

 

- Gload and Brumbaugh each were 2-4 in the middle of the lineup.

 

AA

 

Birmingham lost 7-2

 

- Pacheco suffered one of his worst outings this year only lasting 2 IP giving up 6 H 5 ER 2 BB 1 SO. His ERA is still only 2.70 and we can hope that the Pacheco of old will return in his next start.

 

- Hawkins, Maldonado, and Shaffer were all 2-4.

 

- Ingram hit his 7th HR.

 

High A

 

Winstom Salem spilt a double header 0-2 and 6-0

 

- An pitched great in the 1st game going 6 IP and giving up 4 H 2 ER 1 BB 5 SO. But the other pitcher was dominating giving up only 2 H in 7 IP with 1 BB and 10 SO. It was An's 3rd lose.

 

- Offensively there wasn't much to talk about. Welsh and Rosa gathered the only hits.

 

- They got another great pitching outing from Francisco in the 2nd game. He went 5 IP giving up 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 8 SO. He won his 4th game of the year. Stumm came in and pitched a scoreless inning as well.

 

- Offensively the young middle infield lead the way with 2nd baseman Yan going 2-4 with a double and SS Morse going 2-4 with 2 doubles giving him a team leading 18 for the year. Spidale chipped in going 1-3 with his 3rd triple of the season. Top prospect Reed struggled going 0-7 with 2 SO.

 

Low A

 

Kannapolis lost 8-2

 

- Tracey struggled going only 4.2 IP and giving up 8 H 8 ER 3 BB 2 SO. He lost his 6th game of the year. Pitching prospect Deininger was solid in relief pitching 2.1 IP of scoreless ball only giving up 1 H.

 

- Offensively CF prospect Webster went 1-4. Gonzalez continued his hot week by going 2-2 with 2 walks. 2nd base prospect Lopez chipped in with a 2-4 day and Ciraco was also 2-4.

 

Not a great day in the minors. Looking forward to seeing rookie ball start up soon and seeing how some of the Sox top draft picks fair.

[Chisoxfn]

Either way its nice to see Mike Morse and Gonzalez get rolling. Two of them have the tools to play and as long as they hit they'll be in good shape.

 

Also good to see Stumm get in.

[hogsmom]

Was at the double header on Thursday, Stumm started wth a pitch that was 111 mph and went down to mid-90's. Not to bad. The hogs took 3 out of 4. Still in 1st place.

[Cerbaho-WG]

111 MPH, rofl. Sure that wasn't 101 or something? I don't think the Stummster could throw it that hard with all his surgeries, rofl!!

 

Also, sox 61382, Diaz is a really good prospect. he's only 22, I believe, and his pitches are flat out filthy.

[whitesox61382]

Diaz is a guy I really like. Some scouts compare him to Pedro, but if I had a penny for every scout that compares a prospect to Pedro and didn't become a solid major league pitcher, I would be a millionare. With that said he has a good fastball in the low-90's with some movement to go with a good change and curve. He also has solid control. The only question is his health and stamina, because of his Pedro like size(5'10 160). Diaz turned 23 a little more then a month ago, so he is still pretty young for a AAA player. I think he has a chance to be a good starter in the majors and look forward to seeing him in the near future. Like I said I think he is 2nd of the depth chart of starting pitching prospect likely to make it to the majors(behind Rauch).