BAPR Plus: Chicago White Sox



Few teams had more interesting names at big league camp than the White Sox, who saw their No. 1 (Ryan Sweeney), No. 2 (Josh Fields), No. 3 (Gio Gonzalez), No. 4 (Lance Broadway) and No. 6 (Charlie Haeger) get significant playing time, while recent trade acquisition John Danks also got a chance to shine.

Who’s Hot: John Danks, picked up in a trade when the Rangers decided they preferred a more major league ready prospect in pitcher Brandon McCarthy, has sped up his own timetable by earning the White Sox No. 5 starter job. Danks promptly celebrated the announcement that he’d made the big league club by getting rocked to the tune of six runs and six walks in 4 2/3 innings. If you take out that outing he’s been relatively impressive, going 2-0, 4.32 before Wednesday’s struggles.

Third baseman Josh Fields hit .333/.444/.633 with two home runs in 30 at-bats and was dubbed the most improved prospect in camp this spring, but it wasn’t enough to get him a spot on the big league roster–he’s headed back to Triple-A.

Boone Logan was the surprise of Arizona last spring earning a spot on the White Sox Opening Day roster despite a resume that included only five innings of full season ball. A year later, he’s making the case for a roster spot again with 11 scoreless innings of relief.

Who’s Not: Ryan Sweeney wasn’t terrible, but his .241/.313/.414 line didn’t make it difficult for the White Sox to send him back to Triple-A Charlotte for more seasoning. Knuckleballer Charlie Haeger was beaten up for 19 hits and 12 earned runs in 12 1/3 innings. Nick Masset, the other acquisition in the Danks-McCarthy trade, has likely earned a spot in the White Sox bullpen, but a 6.10 ERA and 11 hits and five walks in 10 1/3 innings hasn’t wowed anybody.



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It’s got to be tough for Josh Fields putting up the kind of numbers he has and no chance of being on the Sox. Why don’t they go ahead and make a position change and move him to SS or LF or something? LF is weak with Pods injury struggles and Erstad. And our SS had offseason troubles. What are the chances he makes the Majors as a White Sox in 2007?

How is CF prospect Kent Gerst fairing in his first spring training? He was invited to ‘early camp’ and was wondering about his progress…

[...] The Baseball America Prospect blog recently took a look at the White Sox spring training camp as it winds down.  They talk about all of the interesting prospects who made waves this spring and they also talk about John Danks and Josh Fields in the “hot” category.  I haven’t talked about it yet, but Danks made the team as the White Sox fifth starter while Fields will get some more time at Triple A.  The disappointment was Ryan Sweeney, who fell into the “Who’s Not” section.   [link] [...]

So at this point who has more upside, McCarthy or Danks? McCarthy now has to pitch in that bandbox. How bad does that affect him?


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