10 K / 0 BB for RHP Andre Rienzo [July 24]

7/24:

Kannapolis
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rienzo (W, 3-4)	6.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	4.81
Piccola	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6.59
Cooney, C	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.42

Rienzo has a 70 K / 21 BB ratio in 58.0 innings.

7 K / 0 BB for 2009 6th round draft pick Justin Collop [July 18]

7/18:

Kannapolis
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Collop, J (W, 6-7)	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	4.83

Collop has a 79 K / 18 BB ratio in 98.2 innings.

Juan Silverio promoted to Class A Kannapolis Intimidators and more

Mansch @ GF Tribune:

The Voyagers, who open a three-game series tonight in Casper, Wyo., against the Ghosts, will be without star third baseman Juan Silverio, who Tuesday was promoted to Single-A Kannapolis in the Sally League. Silverio was hitting .299 with team-high totals of 26 hits, nine doubles, three homers, 16 RBIs and 44 total bases.Cron said he is happy for Silverio, a 19-year-old from the Dominican Republic.

“That’s kind of what it’s all about,” he said of the promotion. “Juan came here with a nice positive attitude and worked his tail off to produce. He did a great job for us and he deserves a chance to move up. At the same time I feel real good about the guys who are going to step in there.”

Hopefully things go better this time.

UPDATE: FutureSox’ has more.

White Sox sign RHP Ryan Kussmaul

OSC:

The Southern Illinois Miners are proud to announce that all-star pitcher Ryan Kussmaul’s contract has been sold to the Chicago White Sox organization. Kussmaul is 3-1 with a 2.68 ERA in eight starts this season. He is the 13th former Miner to join a Major League organization and the first Miner to do so this season.The hard throwing righty is in his second season with Southern Illinois. He signed with the Miners following his college career last summer. He will remain with the club for the remainder of the current road trip and is expected to join the Sox single-A affiliate, the Kannapolis (N.C.) Intimidators of the South Atlantic League.

Stats:

Birthdate: Sep 19, 1986

Hometown: Fennimore, WI

Bats/Throws: R/R

Height: 6-4

Weight: 195 lbs

College: Mt. Olive College

2 seasons at the Southern Illinois Miners (Frontier League, Independent):

Year	W	L	IP	R	ER	H	BB	HBP	WP	SO	BF	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	HRA	OOBP	OSLG	OAVG	ERA
2010	3	1	50.1	17	15	34	13	6	0	49	203	9	8	0	0	0	0	5	.256	.308	.190	2.68

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2009	22	4	1	.800	2.57	9	4	0	1	1	0	35.0	24	11	10	0	10	3	41	4	1	1	137	0.971	6.2	0.0	2.6	10.5	4.10

and 4 college seasons

Year	era	w-l	app-gs	cg	sho	sv	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	2b	3b	hr	ab	b/avg	wp	hbp	bk	sfa	sha
2009	3.61	5-2	13-10	2	1/2	1	47.1	28	23	19	18	44	7	2	2	165	.170	6	10	1	0	3
2008	12.21	0-1	14-1	0	0/0	0	24.1	44	43	33	14	24	7	0	3	112	.393	6	5	0	2	4
2007	2.78	7-0	15-7	0	0/0	0	45.1	36	17	14	14	58	10	1	1	165	.218	2	4	0	1	6
2006	1.67	2-2	11-5	1	0/1	1	32.1	20	16	6	18	33	3	0	1	122	.164	0	4	0	0	0

Chris Sale will start at Kannapolis (A) or Winston-Salem (A+)

Merkin:

Upon signing with the White Sox, Sale is projected as a starter and will begin at either Class A Kannapolis or Class A[+] Winston-Salem. The White Sox obviously will monitor his innings, while Sale plans to continue his conditioning in the interim, although taking some time off from throwing.

Trayce Thompson goes to the DL

OSC:

The Winston-Salem Dash today announced that outfielder Jordan Cheatham has been re-assigned to low-A Kannapolis. He will replace Intimidators outfielder Trayce Thompson, who was placed on the disabled list Monday.

UPDATE: FutureSox:

Trayce Thompson to have surgery on his right thumb, out for a number of weeks.

Trayce Thompson hits 2 HRs

MiLB.com:

Trayce Thompson drilled a pair of homers and knocked in a career-high five runs as Class A Kannapolis defeated Delmarva, 8-3, on Wednesday night.

Boxscore

Thompson is hitting .244/.301/.535/.836 with 7 BB / 22 K in 86 ABs

Doyle Dazzles

Ellis:

[Kannapolis] Intimidators pitcher Terry Doyle leads the South Atlantic League in strikeouts with 48 in 40 innings after six starts and is third in the league with a 1.13 ERA. Doyle has 25 strikeouts in his last two starts spanning 15 innings. He struck out 11 in eight against Lakewood and 14 in seven against the Power. Over that span he has not walked a batter.

Stats: 1.13 ERA with 48 K / 11 B in 40.0 IP. 1.00 WHIP.  2.52 FIP. Age: 24. Level: A.

Sox acquire 22-year old SS Rafael Vera

Minor League Transactions:

Chicago White Sox
Signed: SS Luis Rodriguez
Released: 1B Jorge Castillo, 3B Javier Castillo
Acquired: SS Rafael Vera from Indians for future considerations.

Stats: FI, B-R

Vera is assigned to Kannapolis.

FutureSox Minor-League podcast

Mazzuca:

This month, Anthony Mazzuca talks to Alex Vispoli, Winston-Salem Dash Director of Media Relations and Broadcaster, and Josh Ellis, who holds the same positions with the Kannapolis Intimidators. Dan Santaromita also gives a run down of the recent happenings with the Knights and Barons, as the FutureSox.com Podcast has the White Sox minor league system covered.

Trayce Thompson at Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet

at number 6:

Team: low Class A Kannapolis (South Atlantic)

Age: 19

Why He’s Here: .385/.500/.846 (10-for-26), 3 HR, 3 2B, 7 RBIs, 6 R, 3 BB, 8 SO, 0-for-1 SB

The Scoop: Thompson struck out 41 times in 106 at-bats last summer in Rookie ball. But even with a strikeout rate hovering near 40 percent, Appalachian League managers were not deterred, praising the second-round pick for his power and physicality. This year, Thompson is making his doubters look foolish, connecting for six extra-base hits in his first week of South Atlantic League play. It’s too soon to make lofty comparisons, but Thompson’s career beginnings are reminiscent of another second-round prep pick from Southern California: Mike Stanton. The Marlins’ slugger hit all of .161/.226/.268 with 21 whiffs in 56 at-bats during his 2007 pro debut.

And Nathan Jones is at the ‘Helium Watch’ section (end).

UPDATE: And from the hot sheet chat:

Mike (Utica, NY): Does Thompson have more upside than anyone in the Whitesox system?

Matthew Eddy: You could make that case. But Jared Mitchell might have something to say about that when all’s said and done.

Kevin Goldstein on Trayce Thompson

Goldstein:

Q: Trayce Thompson hit his second home run tonight. What’s his ceiling?

A: As big as it is risky.

Stats: .333/.417/.714/.1131 with 3 BB / 7 K in 21 ABs. .417 BABIP though. FirstInning, MILB, MinorLeagueSplits

Trayce Thompson hits another HR

That was No. 2, He hit his first professional HR 2 nights ago

Trayce Thompson hits his first professional HR

Thompson’s first professional HR:

Trayce Thompson hit his first professional home run in the seventh inning and scored the winning run in the ninth to put the Intimidators (4-7) past the Crawdads. … Down 3-0 in the seventh, Thompson, in his second game with the Intimidators hit his first professional home run, a solo shot, making it 3-1.

Boxscore

Scouting reports and videos of Trayce here and updated here.

April 9 links

- Aaron Gleeman says Ozzie Guillen is very worked up about the White Sox’s strikeouts.

- SoxMachine: Charlotte Knights and Birmingham Barons and Winston-Salem Dash and Kannapolis Intimidators previews.

- FutureSox: Charlotte Knights and Birmingham Barons previews.

- Sergio Santos was willing to learn.

- Roland Hemond: “We just traded for a jockey.”

- John Sickels: Prospect Retro: Nick Swisher.