Terry Doyle struck out 6, walked 1 in 7 innings (May 17)

Norfolk @ Charlotte:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Terry Doyle (W, 2-3)	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	3.66

Pitches-strikes: Doyle 84-59.
Groundouts-flyouts: Doyle 6-6.
Batters faced: Doyle 25.

Doyle has a 48 K / 12 BB ratio in 46.2 innings (8 games/7 starts).

Terry Doyle struck out 10, walked 2 in 5 innings (May 11)

Buffalo @ Charlotte:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jesse Crain	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Terry Doyle	5.1	4	1	1	2	10	0	3.86
Leyson Septimo	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Gregory Infante (W, 2-0)	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	4.50

HBP: Scales (by Crain).
Pitches-strikes: Crain 21-14, Doyle 104-65, Septimo 28-19, Infante 30-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Crain 0-0, Doyle 3-0, Septimo 1-0, Infante 1-1.
Batters faced: Crain 4, Doyle 20, Septimo 5, Infante 9.

Doyle has a 42 K / 11 BB ratio in 39.2 innings (7 games).

BTW, look who who pitched in the end for Buffalo: our old pal Jack Egbert! Egbert turns 29 tomorrow. Happy Birthday Jack!

Terry Doyle struck out 6, walked 1 tonight (May 1)

Charlotte @ Lehigh Valley:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Terry Doyle (L, 1-2)	6.0	7	4	4	1	6	2	4.13
Leyson Septimo	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0.00

Pitches-strikes: Doyle 94-64, Septimo 28-18.
Groundouts-flyouts: Doyle 7-3, Septimo 1-0.
Batters faced: Doyle 25, Septimo 6, Elarton 24.

Doyle has a 29 K / 6 BB ratio in 28.1 innings (5 games). He, also, has allowed 3 Home Runs.

Terry Doyle struck out 7, walked 1 tonight (April 25)

Charlotte @ Gwinett:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Terry Doyle (W, 1-1)	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	3.63
Jhan Marinez	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.35
Anthony Carter	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.35

Pitches-strikes: Doyle 100-65, Marinez 25-14, Carter, A 19-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Doyle 7-3, Marinez 0-1, Carter, A 5-0.
Batters faced: Doyle 25, Marinez 6, Carter, A 6.

Kevin Goldstein says:

Terry Doyle, RHP, White Sox (Triple-A Charlotte): 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K. Control specialist could work his way into White Sox bullpen at some point during season.

Behind the scenes: Humber’s day (video)

More perfect game stuff:

• James’ first look. James’ second look.
• Phil Humber’s Career Profile by John Sickels.
• J.J. looks at the final at-bat of the game. So does BP’s Sam Miller.
• CSN’s Chris Kamka looks at all the White Sox perfect moments.

UPDATE: More Humber:

• Fangraphs’ Chris Cwik looks on what can we expect from Humber.
• DidBrendanRyanSwing.com.

Terry Doyle struck out 9, walked 2 tonight (April 19)

Durham @ Charlotte:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Terry Doyle	6.0	1	1	0	2	9	0	4.96
Anthony Carter (W, 1-1)	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	3.18
Brian Bruney (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2.00

Pitches-strikes: Doyle 91-55, Carter, A 30-19, Bruney 24-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Doyle 8-0, Carter, A 2-2, Bruney 0-0.
Batters faced: Doyle 22, Carter, A 8, Bruney 5.

Doyle has an 18 K / 5 BB ratio in 18.1 innings (3 games).

UPDATE: Kevin Goldstein:

Terry Doyle, RHP, White Sox (Triple-A Charlotte): 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 9 K. Two straight good starts for rule 5 pick that didn’t stick with the Twins; far more command than stuff.

White Sox Opening Day lineup

Scott Merkin:

Other White Sox links:

• J.J. previews the outfield, and the bullpen. And together with Toni Andracki publishes the 2012 All-Chicago team.
• James previews the AL Central race, and explains the White Sox’ advantage as the start of 2012.
• Fangraphs’ Marc Hulet says there are dark clouds over the South Side..
• MLBTR reviews the White Sox offseason.
• FutureSox posts the previews for the Sox minor league teams (rookie ball starts after June’s draft): Charlotte Knights (AAA), Birmingham Barons (AA), Winston-Salem Dash (A+), Kannapolis Intimidators (A). Baseball America previews the Sox minor league system too.

And Slate’s Lily Rothman has an excellent article on the plight of Minor League players.

How about another minor league 1st baseman?

Scott Merkin:

Conor Jackson signed a Minor League deal with the White Sox on Saturday and was assigned to Triple-A Charlotte. The right-handed-hitting outfielder was in camp with the Rangers during Spring Training before being released.

Jackson, 29, is a .271 career hitter with 52 home runs over stops with the D-backs, Red Sox and A’s in seven seasons. But as general manager Ken Williams pointed out, Jackson never really fully recovered from Valley Fever that hit him in 2009.

“He was on a career trajectory where his ceiling was through the roof,” said Williams of Jackson, who had three productive seasons in Arizona from 2006-08. “He got Valley Fever, which was a terrible thing to catch. He will be working his way back in Triple-A.”

Terry Doyle is back with the Sox

Terry Doyle, Rule 5 Twins selection, returned to the White Sox and assigned to Triple-A Charlotte—
Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) March 21, 2012

I see Doyle had a 2/3 K/BB ratio in 5.1 innings with the Twinkies. 5.1 innings is a pretty small sample size. Seems the last of his 3 outings did the most damage. Hopefully, Dotson can keep his ratios as they were in AA-Birmingham.

UPDATE: Here’s Minnesota general manager Terry Ryan:

“We offered him back to the White Sox, with some discussion about possibly trying to keep him,” said Minnesota general manager Terry Ryan of Doyle, who cleared waivers and posted a 3.07 ERA over 26 starts for Class A Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham last year. “I threw some things at Kenny, he threw some things back just like any of those discussions go. We couldn’t work it out, so we’re sending him back today.”

He needs to get on with his career. You never like to see a young kid that’s trying to make his way to the Major Leagues sit around too long. He’s only had a few innings here. That’s not good for anybody’s career, so we made a decision sooner rather than later.”

Ex-catcher and A’s bench coach Joel Skinner will manage AAA-Charlotte

Corey Brock:

Joel Skinner, who spent last season as the bench coach for the A’s, has been named as the manager of the White Sox Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Skinner spent nine seasons on the Indians’ Major League staff, with stints as the third-base coach, interim manager and bench coach. Skinner appeared in 564 games as a catcher with the White Sox (1983-86), Yankees (1986-88) and Indians (1989-91).

Other moves are Tim Laker will be the Minor League roving hitting instructor, Andy Tomberlin will be the hitting coach at AAA-Charlotte, Brandon Moore will be the hitting coach at AA Birmingham, and Bobby Thigpen will be the pitching coach at AA-Birmingham. Van Schouwen has a rundown of the Sox developmental instructors.

Other White Sox links:

• James explains how the draft provisions in baseball’s next CBA could be moving the rest of the league to the White Sox way and gives us Kenny Williams tickle index.
• J.J. can’t understand why is there speculation that Alejandro De Aza won’t be the Sox leadoff hitter in 2012. Damn right. And Kenny better not have any Chone Figgins plans.
• THT’s Jeffrey Gross looks on the White Sox off-season.
• Fangraphs’ Dave Cameron says John Danks is a left-handed Edwin Jackson.

Trying to predict Adam Dunn’s 2nd half rebound

Zimmerman @ FG:

… The performance of this group of players did jump quite a bit in the 2nd half of the season with the biggest increase coming in the form of power (SLG increases by 0.115 and ISO increasing by 0.086). Using these numbers to predict how the rest of the season would go, Adam Dunn would have a 2nd half triple slash line of 0.198/0.340/0.427. …

BTW, Adam Dunn is felling good. And Jake Peavy agrees: “That looked like you.” Hey you two, get a room!

Other White Sox links: colin takes a close look at Sergio Santos, James speaks with White Sox Director of Amateur Scouting Doug Laumann, Mike says the White Sox have been very boring, FutureSox published their ‘Top 25 Sox prospects’ list, Jake Peavy’s arm is tired and his next start was pushed to Tuesday from Sunday, and Brett Ballantini posts his latest 13-item report card.

Dayan Viciedo drew another walk last night (June 8)

7/8:

Charlotte Knights
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
De Aza	LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319
Viciedo	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.325

Viciedo is hitting .325/.374/.535/.909 with 25 BB and 66 K in 342 AB. That’s a 6.7% BB% and a a 17.8 K%. Other numbers: .367 BABIP, 47% GB%, 18% LD%, 63 RC, 7.00 RC/27, .385 wOBA, 121 wOBA+, 148 OPS+.

BTW, Alejandro De Aza is hitting .319/.372/.500/.872 with 26 BB and 64 K in 326 AB. That’s a 7.1% BB% and a a 17.5 K%. Other numbers: .375 BABIP, 40% GB%, 20% LD%, 44 RC, 4.37 RC/27, .368 wOBA, 115 wOBA+, 134 OPS+.

Here’s a link to all the Charlotte Knights players stats.

John Sickels on Dayan Viciedo (video) [UPDATE]

Sickels on MLBall:

[Dayan] Viciedo is a big guy at 5-11, 230. A right-handed hitter, he has outstanding raw power and has tapped into his physical strength more effectively over the last year. He crushes fastballs and has power to all fields, giving him a good chance to hit for a high average. He has made progress improving his reads on breaking pitches, but while his plate discipline is still a weakness, he’s shown the willingness to make adjustments and learn from his mistakes. Given his age, his upside is huge. …

After launching 2 Home Runs and drawing a walk on Saturday, the Cuban Tank went 0-4 with a BB and a K yesterday and now he is hitting .323/.366/.535/.901 according to firstinning.com, .322/.365/.534/.898 according to minorleaguebaseball.com, with 20 BB and 62 K. That’s a 5.7% BB% and a a 17.7 K%. Other numbers: .363 BABIP, 47% GB%, 17% LD%, 58 RC, 6.75 RC/27, .382 wOBA, 120 wOBA+, 145 OPS+.

And here’s video of his second Home Run on Saturday (0:31).

UPDATE: And here’s video of all 5 home runs Viciedo hit while he was with the White Sox last year:

#1: 7/5/10 (Viciedo’s first career homer)

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9689769&c_id=cws (0:42)

#2: 7/11/10

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=9884575&c_id=cws (0:43)

#3: 8/3/10

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10556351&c_id=cws (0:50)

#4: 9/29/10

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12621401&c_id=cws (0:44)

#5: 10/2/10

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12695461&c_id=cws (0:45)

Dayan Viciedo

Dayan Viciedo hits 2 home runs and draws a walk too [UPDATE]

7/2:

Charlotte Knights
Player	Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Viciedo	RF	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	.329

HR: Viciedo 2 (15, 4th inning off VandenHurk, 0 on, 1 out; 7th inning off VandenHurk, 0 on, 0 out).

Viciedo now is hitting .329/.370/.545/.916 with 19 BB and 61 K in 319 AB.

UPDATE: That’s a 5.5% BB% and a a 17.7 K%. Other numbers: .367 BABIP, 47% GB%, 18% LD%, 59 RC, 5.99 RC/27, .385 wOBA, 121 wOBA+, 147 OPS+.

Jake Peavy strikes out 9 and walks 0 in his rehab start and Dayan Viciedo is on fire

6/16:

Charlotte Knights
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Peavy	6.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	3.65
Pena, T (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Whisler (BS, 1)(L, 1-1)	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	12.79
Corley	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	2.13

Pitches-strikes: Peavy 78-58, Pena, T 7-4, Whisler 16-10, Corley 38-21.
Groundouts-flyouts: Peavy 5-2, Pena, T 1-1, Whisler 0-0, Corley 3-0.
Batters faced: Peavy 20, Pena, T 3, Whisler 3, Corley 10.

Hey, Tony Pena is in Charlotte too. Unlike Peavy, he hasn’t been missed though.

Also, Dayan Viciedo went 3-4 with 2 doubles and a homer. He’s hitting .325/.370/.542/.913 with a 16/44 BB/K ratio in 249 AB. The dude is on fire. Bring him up Kenny!

UPDATE: Seems Peavy was pitching exclusively from the left side of the mound.