A.J. Pierzynski and Paul Konerko are on track to be Type-A free-agents after this season

MLBTR crunches the numbers. Here’s the AL catchers section:

Name	Team	Type	Score
Joe Mauer	Minnesota	A	93.304
Victor Martinez	Boston	A	87.054
A.J. Pierzynski	Chicago A	A	80.357
Jorge Posada	New York A	A	78.571
Kurt Suzuki	Oakland	A	78.125
Matt Wieters	Baltimore	A	74.554
Bengie Molina	Texas	B	72.768

August 22 numbers:

Name	Team	Type	Score
Joe Mauer	Minnesota	A	92.208
Victor Martinez	Boston	A	86.147
A.J. Pierzynski	Chicago A	A	78.788
Kurt Suzuki	Oakland	A	78.355
Jorge Posada	New York A	A	77.489
Matt Wieters	Baltimore	A	74.892
Mike Napoli	Los Angeles A	B	73.160

Paul Konerko and Manny Ramirez are also on track to be Type-As. Konerko was on track to be a Type-B in the last update. J.J. Putz is on track to be a Type-B. Matt Thornton, club option for 2011, is on track to be a Type-A. Alexei Ramirez is on track to be a Type-A but he isn’t a free-agent after this season.

Spreadsheets at the link.

White Sox call up 3B Brent Morel [UPDATE]

Gonzales @ CT:

The White Sox have promoted third baseman Brent Morel from Triple-A Charlotte, according to a Facebook post by Morel.

Morel, 23, was batting .320 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs in 81 games with the Knights. Overall, he’s batting .322 with 10 home runs and 64 RBIs with Double-A Birmingham and Charlotte this season.

Morel could figure in the Sox’s plans at third base in 2011.

Morel’s stats: .320/.343/.503, 324 PA, 306 AB, 13 BB / 50 K, .363 BABIP, .360 wOBA.

UPDATE: Kevin Goldstein had this on Brent Morel:

Brent Morel, 3B/SS, White Sox (Triple-A Charlotte): 2-for-4, R, RBI. 23-for-63 (.365) in last 16 games with a .714 slugging percentage; called up to the big leagues this morning.