Sox call-up RHP Dylan Axelrod

Schelling @ CWS:

Between games of Monday’s split doubleheader against the Twins, the White Sox selected the contract of right-hander Dylan Axelrod from Triple-A Charlotte.

To make room for Axelrod on the 40-man roster, the White Sox also transferred right-hander Tony Pena to the 60-day disabled list.

Axelrod, 26, made 26 appearances (24 starts) between Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte this season, going 9-3 with a 2.69 ERA. He allowed 45 earned runs over 150 2/3 innings.

Signed by the White Sox as a free agent on Aug. 2, 2009, Axelrod was named to the Southern League midseason All-Star team after going 3-2 with a 3.34 ERA with the Barons. Axelrod was even better for the Knights, posting a 6-1 record with a 2.27 ERA in 15 starts.

Axelrod’s stats:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	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
2007	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	SDP	2	3	.400	2.73	21	0	12	0	0	2	33.0	33	15	10	0	8	0	30	0	0	2	136	1.242	9.0	0.0	2.2	8.2	3.75
2007	21	Padres	ARIZ	Rk	SDP	0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	9	0	0	2	11.2	15	11	7	0	4	0	15	0	0	1	55	1.629	11.6	0.0	3.1	11.6	3.75
2007	21	Fort Wayne	MIDW	A	SDP	2	1	.667	1.27	10	0	3	0	0	0	21.1	18	4	3	0	4	0	15	0	0	1	81	1.031	7.6	0.0	1.7	6.3	3.75
2008	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	SDP	3	2	.600	4.70	55	0	13	0	0	0	76.2	77	48	40	6	26	0	80	2	0	13	339	1.343	9.0	0.7	3.1	9.4	3.08
2008	22	Fort Wayne	MIDW	A	SDP	1	1	.500	3.62	23	0	8	0	0	0	27.1	26	12	11	2	7	0	25	0	0	4	115	1.207	8.6	0.7	2.3	8.2	3.57
2008	22	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	2	1	.667	5.29	32	0	5	0	0	0	49.1	51	36	29	4	19	0	55	2	0	9	224	1.419	9.3	0.7	3.5	10.0	2.89
2009	23	4 Teams	4 Lgs	Ind-A+-A	SDP,CHW	5	2	.714	2.38	40	13	14	0	0	6	105.2	95	32	28	6	24	2	86	1	0	9	432	1.126	8.1	0.5	2.0	7.3	3.58
2009	23	Kannapolis	SALL	A	CHW	0	0		2.08	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	20	0.923	6.2	0.0	2.1	6.2	3.00
2009	23	Winston-Salem	CARL	A+	CHW	2	1	.667	1.91	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.1	29	7	6	2	4	1	17	0	0	1	114	1.165	9.2	0.6	1.3	5.4	4.25
2009	23	Lake Elsinore	CALL	A+	SDP	0	0		4.50	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	6	6	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	54	1.417	9.0	0.0	3.8	4.5	1.20
2009	23	Windy City	FRON	Ind		3	1	.750	2.21	22	8	9	0	0	6	61.0	51	17	15	4	14	1	60	1	0	7	244	1.066	7.5	0.6	2.1	8.9	4.29
2010	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CHW	8	4	.667	2.06	25	15	2	1	1	0	109.1	103	33	25	2	15	0	92	2	0	5	438	1.079	8.5	0.2	1.2	7.6	6.13
2010	24	Winston-Salem	CARL	A+	CHW	8	3	.727	1.99	23	13	2	1	1	0	99.1	95	30	22	2	12	0	84	2	0	5	397	1.077	8.6	0.2	1.1	7.6	7.00
2010	24	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	0	1	.000	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	41	1.100	7.2	0.0	2.7	7.2	2.67
2011	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CHW	9	3	.750	2.69	26	24	0	0	0	0	150.2	126	50	45	3	35	0	132	7	1	4	605	1.069	7.5	0.2	2.1	7.9	3.77
2011	25	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	CHW	3	2	.600	3.34	11	9	0	0	0	0	59.1	52	23	22	1	14	0	57	3	1	4	238	1.112	7.9	0.2	2.1	8.6	4.07
2011	25	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	6	1	.857	2.27	15	15	0	0	0	0	91.1	74	27	23	2	21	0	75	4	0	0	367	1.040	7.3	0.2	2.1	7.4	3.57
5 Seasons						27	14	.659	2.80	167	52	41	1	1	8	475.1	434	178	148	17	108	2	420	12	1	33	1950	1.140	8.2	0.3	2.0	8.0	3.89
A+ (3 seasons)				A+		12	5	.706	3.00	71	18	11	1	1	0	189.0	187	79	63	8	40	1	162	4	0	15	789	1.201	8.9	0.4	1.9	7.7	4.05
A (3 seasons)				A		3	2	.600	2.55	35	0	12	0	0	0	53.0	47	18	15	2	12	0	43	0	0	6	216	1.113	8.0	0.3	2.0	7.3	3.58
AA (2 seasons)				AA		3	3	.500	3.25	13	11	0	0	0	0	69.1	60	26	25	1	17	0	65	3	1	4	279	1.111	7.8	0.1	2.2	8.4	3.82
Rk (1 season)				Rk		0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	9	0	0	2	11.2	15	11	7	0	4	0	15	0	0	1	55	1.629	11.6	0.0	3.1	11.6	3.75
AAA (1 season)				AAA		6	1	.857	2.27	15	15	0	0	0	0	91.1	74	27	23	2	21	0	75	4	0	0	367	1.040	7.3	0.2	2.1	7.4	3.57
Ind (1 season)				Ind		3	1	.750	2.21	22	8	9	0	0	6	61.0	51	17	15	4	14	1	60	1	0	7	244	1.066	7.5	0.6	2.1	8.9	4.29

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/5/2011.

Axelrod will be in the bullpen.

FutureSox talks about Dylan Axelrod and the other players the Sox called-up.

Zach Stewart throws a 1-hitter

The Fastball/Slider combo goes 9 innings:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Swinging Strikes / %	Linear Weights	Time to Plate
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	90.11	92.7	-3.87	7.90	77	55 / 71.43%	3 / 3.90%	-4.9114	0.417
CH (Changeup)	83.40	83.4	-4.98	4.54	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2348	0.448
SL (Slider)	80.61	84.8	7.47	-0.75	36	19 / 52.78%	7 / 19.44%	-1.6568	0.467
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm and may be inaccurate.Pitch Type LWTS correspond to how many runs were likely to score on a particular pitch based on average run expectancy when each pitch was thrown and what happened as a result. Negative scores indicate more effective pitches.Time to Plate is the time, in seconds, that it takes an average pitch of this type to reach the plate. This is strongly correlated with velocity, but also factors in movement.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	8	7	87.50	8	-0.848
2	12	7	58.33	20	-0.848
3	14	9	64.29	34	-0.862
4	6	5	83.33	40	-0.834
5	13	9	69.23	53	-0.848
6	12	8	66.67	65	-0.848
7	10	6	60.00	75	-0.834
8	23	15	65.22	98	-0.019
9	16	9	56.25	114	-0.862

Boxscore:

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Stewart(W, 2-3)	9.0	1	0	0	0	9	0	4.56
Totals	9.0	1	0	0	0	9	0	3.91