Ramirez, in particular, was noticeably different. Beckham said the svelte shortstop, who hit 18 home runs last season and had a .431 slugging percentage a year ago, added even more muscle.
“He looks to have gained muscle and it’s pretty exciting,” Beckham said. “I think some guys have hit more than I have (this offseason) but everybody is ready and excited and that’s important. When you have guys that are prepared and exited that’s a good combination.”
More Beckham here.
Eddy:
Minor League Transactions: Jan. 1-10…
Chicago White Sox
Signed: C Alexis Fonseca
B-R says he started his minor league career in Seattle’s minor league system as a 25-year old and batted .367/.387/.433/.820 with 5 K and 1 BB in 31 PAs (.440 BABIP). Then he made 2 very brief (6 PAs) stops in the rookie-ball and Class-A+. He didn’t play in 2010.
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/3090/video-live-from-camp-cora (1:11)
Camp (Joey) Cora: Gordon Beckham, Ramon Castro, Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez, Alex Rios and Dayan Viciedo, Juan Pierre, A.J. Pierzynski and hitting coach Greg Walker.
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