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Where's the Excitement?

Due to multiple reasons the blog hasn’t been as active this year (though the FutureSox Twitter remains as active as ever) and that’s definitely a shame. Most of the reasons aren’t related to baseball, but one is the lack of excitement coming from the White Sox minor league system so far this season. Multiple offseason... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
Thursday at 10:10 pm

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Tracking the Newly Acquired White Sox Prospects

The White Sox had a busy offseason in terms of acquiring prospects. It’s time to take a look at the early returns on those players and what the outlook is for them. Jose Quintana Acquired: free agent signing in November Quintana was a sleeper pick up of sorts because he wasn’t acquired in a trade... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
May 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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FutureSox Prospect of the Month: April 2012

The first month of the baseball season is in the books and three White Sox farm teams have winning records, Charlotte (13-12), Birmingham (14-11) and Winston-Salem (15-8), while Kannapolis comes in at 10-14. However, the lead storyline comes from a pair of bounce back prospects. Let’s look at them and the rest of the hot... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
May 1, 2012 at 4:29 pm

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Breakout candidate: Rangel Ravelo

This is the first of what hopefully becomes a semi-regular feature for the first month or two of the season. Maybe in the latter part of the season it will evolve from players that could have breakout years into players that have actually had them. Starting the series off is Rangel Ravelo. The third baseman... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 26, 2012 at 12:00 pm

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Early Season Hot and Cold

In place of the usual Hot and Cold with the hot and cold hitters and pitchers of the week with photos and a fancy format let’s just get down and dirty. Which White Sox prospects are struggling and which are setting the minors on fire in the first couple weeks of play? Hot hitters Dan... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm

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Opening Day Rosters: Top 25 Prospect Distribution

Now that the team previews are out of the way, let’s take a quick look at how many top 25 prospects, according to our most recent list, are at each club. White Sox: 3 Charlotte: 5 Birmingham: 6 Winston-Salem: 5 Kannapolis: 3 Three of the top 10 prospects (Addison Reed, Hector Santiago and Eduardo Escobar)... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 6, 2012 at 2:41 pm

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2012 Charlotte Season Preview

It’s Opening Day! Three White Sox affiliates open the 2012 season in mere minutes, which means it’s time to break down the rosters. Concluding the series is the AAA Charlotte Knights. The format remains the same, breaking down the rosters based on where the players were last year. As expected, the Knights are loaded with... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm

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2012 Birmingham Season Preview

It’s Opening Day! Three White Sox affiliates open the 2012 season tonight, which means it’s time to break down the rosters. Continuing the series is the AA Birmingham Barons. The format is the same as for the A ball previews, breaking down the rosters based on where the players were last year. The Barons have... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm

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2012 Winston-Salem Season Preview

The 2012 season is just about ready to start up and we’re back from offseason hibernation just in time. The rosters are coming out and Opening Day is just a day away. It’s time to preview the White Sox minor league season. The format for the previews involves breaking down the rosters based on where... Read more »

By Dan Santaromita,
April 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm

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