Throughout the 2010 campaign, starting pitcher Terry Doyle heard his name reverberate over the loudspeakers at ballparks throughout the South Atlantic and Carolina Leagues. At his offseason job, however, Doyle is responsible for his own introductions.”
Starting pitcher, No. 34, Terrrrrrry Doyle!” is now simply “Mr. Doyle,” a substitute teacher presiding over high school math classes in his home state of Rhode Island. …
October 29, 2010
Terry Doyle: baseball player/math teacher
October 4, 2010
Baseball America’s Carolina League Top 20 Prospects
15. Gregory Infante, rhp, Winston-Salem Dash (White Sox)
20. Santos Rodriguez, lhp, Winston-Salem Dash (White Sox)
September 13, 2010
Stephen Sauer leads Winston-Salem to a Game 1 win in CL Finals
Stephen Sauer hadn’t pitched in nine days, but showed no evidence of rust Monday night. The right-handed White Sox prospect allowed five hits over a season-high eight innings as Winston-Salem blanked visiting Potomac, 4-0, in the opening game of the best-of-5 Mills Cup Finals. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.
… Sauer got 14 groundball outs and four flyouts in the game, throwing just 82 pitches — 62 of them for strikes. He allowed one Potomac runner past second base.
Sauer took a perfect game into the 6th inning. Dylan Axelrod starts Game 2 for Winston-Salem.
September 9, 2010
Dylan Axelrod: 7 IP / 2 H / 9 K / 1 BB
9/9:
Winston-Salem Dash Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Axelrod (W, 1-0) 7.0 2 0 0 1 9 0 0.00 Kloess (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 Corley (S, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
“I moved into the rotation in the second half of the season, which gave me a chance to throw and develop all my pitches,” said Axelrod.
After yielding a two-out single to Kinston first baseman Jeremie Tice in the first inning, Axelrod was all but unhittable. The Cal-Irvine product set down the next 19 batters through the end of the seventh.
“I was spotting my fastball pretty well and my cutter. My changeup was working pretty well too,” he said.
Axerod, drafted by San Diego in 2007, has allowed 103 hits and has a 92 K / 15 BB ratio in 109.1 innings this year.
September 3, 2010
August 30, 2010
Manny Ramirez claim official; too late for tonight’s White Sox lineup
Bob Nightengale tweets that Manny Ramirez is on his way to Cleveland and should be in the White Sox lineup tonight.
Earlier Nightengale tweeted that the Dodgers haven’t decided if they want a prospect from the White Sox for Manny, meaning it’ll be a straight waiver claim. Before that Nightengale tweeted that the Dodgers are trying to decide whether to take 22-year old Winston-Salem 3B Jon Gilmore, who’s hitting .318/.354/.404, and pick up some of Manny’s salary or take only the salary relief.
UPDATE #1: And the move is done tweets Nightengale. Peter Gammons tweets that the White Sox decided to pick up all of Manny’s remaining salary ($3.8 million) and not give any prospects. Nightengale tweets that the Dodgers rejected the White Sox offer and chose salary relief.
Nightengale, also, tweets that Manny waited for the deal to be finalized before leaving for Cleveland, and won’t be in time for tonight’s game. He’s scheduled to play in the Tuesday night game.
UPDATE #2: Here’s the press release.
And here are a few more Manny to the White Sox links: BB Musings, HardballTalk, Fangraphs.
August 29, 2010
Terry Doyle: 7 IP / 7 H / 6 K / 1 BB [August 28]
8/28:
Winston-Salem Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Doyle (W, 7-8) 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 2 3.56 Kussmaul (S, 1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.93 Groundouts-flyouts: Doyle 10-3, Kussmaul 0-2.
Doyle has a 96 K / 33 BB ratio while allowing 107 H in 116.1 IP.
August 20, 2010
Baseball America on Jon Gilmore
From the ‘Not So Hot Sheet’ section of today’s ‘Prospect Hot Sheet’:
Jon Gilmore, 3b, White Sox: Perhaps Gilmore has run out of steam. He’s hitting just .224/.250/.241 in August and hasn’t homered since June 25. His struggles worsened last week, when he was just 2-for-23 and both were singles. More nettlesome, the big picture for Gilmore, 21, isn’t adding up. He’s hit .321 this season, but it’s fairly empty with a 27/72 walk/strikeout ratio and just 28 extra-base hits. His .355 OBP and .402 slugging marks are greatly enhanced at home (.357/.391/.446 vs. .286/.318/.359), and he’s committed 35 errors while also grounding into 18 double plays. He’s a .321 hitter, but the rest of the numbers don’t scream “prospect.”
August 18, 2010
August 8, 2010
Jared Mitchell, Jake Peavy both continue to improve in their rehab
Top prospect Jared Mitchell also continues to improve after surgery this spring to repair a tendon tear. He was injured while making a catch during spring training.The outfielder’s recovery is taking place with Single-A Winston Salem, and he is progressing “very well,” according to White Sox trainer Herm Schneider.
Jake Peavy also “continues to improve.”
UPDATE: Merkin:
Mitchell continues to work on hitting, running, agility and taking fly balls at Class A Winston-Salem, within a controlled environment. Mitchell is also working on getting stronger as the ankle heals.
August 6, 2010
White Sox to play in Winston-Salem next year
The Chicago White Sox will play an exhibition game against the Winston-Salem Dash at BB&T Ballpark on March 30, 2011 as part of their preparation for the Major League season.
The game marks the first time the White Sox have played in Winston-Salem. The organizations will be entering the 15th year of their affiliation in 2011. The current White Sox roster has two recent members of the Dash: right-hander Sergio Santos and left-hander Chris Sale pitched for Winston-Salem in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
August 5, 2010
Terry Doyle: 6 IP / 7 K / 1 BB, Andre Rienzo: 6.2 IP / 6 K / 1 BB
8/4:
Winston-Salem Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Doyle 6.0 11 5 3 1 7 2 3.46 Burdie (L, 2-2) 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.44 Kloess 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 0 10.80
Doyle has a 77 K / 26 BB / 8 HR ratio in 93.2 innings.
8/4:
Kannapolis Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Rienzo (W, 4-4) 6.2 4 2 2 1 6 1 4.40 Kussmaul (S, 1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.86
Rienzo has a 84 K / 23 BB / 5 HR ratio in 71.2 innings.
July 15, 2010
Don Cooper satisfied with Chris Sale’s pitch location
The 21-year-old southpaw gave up one run over four innings for the Dash, while striking out four and walking two. But outstanding location on all of his pitches served as the best news White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper heard when talking to Winston-Salem pitching coach Bobby Thigpen.
“I talked to Thiggy about him the other day, and I received a very, very good report,” Cooper said. “The thing I remember [Thigpen] saying, for however long [Sale] was there, was he didn’t throw a pitch above the knees.
“He’s obviously an advanced kid. We would not be doing what we were doing if he was not giving us reason to do it.”
