gettysburg32 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Brendan O'Donnell (Santa Barbara, CA and U. of Texas-Permian Basin) was the final pick of the draft for the White Sox. O'Donnell made UTPB history by being the first player from that school to be drafted. The Sox chose him in the '05 draft (46th round) but O'Donnell decided to stay in school at that point returining for his sophomore year. This time around, O'Donnell signed and is playing at Bristol. O'Donnell graduated from Loyola HS in Los Angeles in'03, spent one year at Santa Barbara CC and then at UTPB. O'Donnell is 5'11" 170, an outfielder, he didn't have many numbers at UTPB (.270, 3 2Bs, 1 HR) but he seems like a very good athlete and that's what the Sox must see in him. In high school, he was a major player his junior and senior year on two straight undefeated soccer teams (which might not be much in a lot of places, but in Los Angeles, Cal. it is saying a lot). So if the Sox can't use him, maybe the Chicago Fire can at their new stadium. So far w/ Bristol in 5 games and 14 ABs, he's got 1 hit and 1 RBI O'Donnell was released in March of 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettysburg32 Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 (edited) O'Donnell got starts the last two nights, one in LF, one in RF, batting 8th in the Bristol order. Tonight (Wednesday) he went 3-for-4 at the plate (3 singles) and scored a run. He had been 1-for-18 before Wednesday. Friday night, in Bristol's 6-2 win (finally a win!) O'Donnell was put in the leadoff spot (and RF) and went 2-for-3 w/ 2 BBs and a run. His average is up to .240 now. Edited July 8, 2006 by gettysburg32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettysburg32 Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 stats for Brendon through 7/16 - 13 games, 40 ABs, .250 BA, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 14 Ks, 1-for-1 SB Dating back to 7/7, Brendon has gotten a steady amount of playing time, sometimes as Bristol's leadoff hitter, sometimes as the 8th or 9th place hitter. 7/7 - (leadoff, RF) - 2/3, 2 BB, 1 R 7/8 - (8th, RF) - 0/3 7/10 - (leadoff, CF) - 0/4 7/12 - (9th, LF) - 3/4, 2 R, stole third 7/14 - (9th, LF) 1/1, 1 RBI and HBP, apparently in the head - He was hit by a pitch in the 5th inning, ran the bases and finished the inning stranded on third, but was then substitued because, according to the milb.com game log, "O'Donnell left the game due to an injured head." but 7/15 - (9th, LF) - 0/3, so hopefully he's OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) It's good to see him doing fairly well since many 50th rounders won't make it out of rookie league or single-A at best. It's quite a longshot, but how cool would it be if he made it to the bigs someday. Edited July 18, 2006 by dasox24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettysburg32 Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 Stats through 8/1 17 G, 52 AB, .229 BA, 7 R, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 19 K, 2 SB, 0 CS, 1 E 7/18 (8th in order, LF) - 0/2, 1 RBI 7/21 (7th, LF) - 0/3, 1 BB, 1 run 7/24 (8th, LF) – 2/3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 BB 7/30 – (8th, LF) 0/4, 3 Ks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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