White Sox Minor Keys: May 3, 2019

Three games into his Birmingham career, Luis Robert is still seeking his first hit at Double-A. He’s 0-for-10 with two walks and four strikeouts, so he hasn’t served as the savior of the slog for a Barons offense that’s struggled to score.

That said, Luis Gonzalez continues to fare better than anybody who isn’t Joel Booker. He’s only hitting .224/.304/.357, but he notched his first homer at Regions Field Friday.

https://twitter.com/BhamBarons/status/1124468904443641856

Norfolk 10, Charlotte 2

  • Charlie Tilson went 2-for-4.
  • Zack Collins, 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
  • Daniel Palka was 1-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
  • Danny Mendick went 1-for-4 with a K and a stolen base.
  • Joel Booker, 0-for-2 with a walk.

Chattanooga 8, Birmingham 1

  • Luis Robert went 0-for-4.
  • Luis Basabe, 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
  • Luis Gonzalez was 1-for-4 with his second homer and two strikeouts.
  • Gavin Sheets was 0-for-4.
  • Ti’Quan Forbes, 1-for-3 with a walk.
  • Laz Rivera, 0-for-2 with a walk.
  • Kodi Medeiros: 6 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP

Winston-Salem 7, Potomac 3

  • Nick Madrigal went 1-for-5 with a double.
  • Steele Walker, 0-for-4 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
  • Carlos Perez, 0-for-3 with a walk, sac fly and a strikeout.
  • Blake Battenfield: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HR
  • Alec Hansen: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Kannapolis 4, Hickory 3

  • Lenyn Sosa went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He was caught stealing.
  • Romy Gonzalez doubled, singled twice, hit a sac fly and was caught stealing.
  • Bryce Bush hit his first A-ball homer, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
  • Luis Curbelo was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
  • Amado Nunez went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
  • Jonathan Stiever: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 1 HBP

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PauliePaulie

Yuck.

lil jimmy

Jonathan Stiever has a chance to be somebody. He seems to have an idea of how to pitch.

Neat_on_the_rocks

The entire outfield struggling in Birmingham so far is a bit worrisome. Nick Madrigal slashing just 277/.355/.383 in High A is probably more worrisome. Thats not a *bad* slash line but a guy with his heralded hit tool needs to be hitting .300 at that level. Granted, if he was hitting .310/.355/.383 I’d be more content and thats the exact same OPS so maybe I’m worried over nothing.

Marty34

Madrigal’s ceiling to me is Juan Pierre. They will need a lot around him to make up for his lack of power.

GrinnellSteve

I like how Bush is settling in. If I’ve done my counting right, in his last 11 games he’s 15 for 38 with a homer, 2 triples, 3 doubles, 9 Ks, 8 BB, 3 steals. And he’s 2.4 years younger than average for the league.

Hatchetman

Ugh

Flitcraft

Alec Hansen bumped up to B’Ham:

Welcome back to Birmingham right-hander Alec Hansen!

The ย @whitesoxย No. 15 prospect joins the Barons after he held opponents to a remarkable .025 clip at the plate through nine appearances with Class-A Advancedย @WSDashBaseball

https://twitter.com/BhamBarons/status/1124747158677274624?s=20

asinwreck

It will be interesting to see if they will stretch him out or stick to trying to dominate for a couple of innings.

PauliePaulie

After 5 BB in his last 2 2/3 IP.(36 strikes in 74 pitches)
Interesting.

Smclean09

Agreed. I took that as a positive and that they dont think he fell out of whack or anything.

Flitcraft

If anyone here’s a B-Pro subscriber, maybe check Monday for some news on Hansen, though probably unlikely. They had a writer at the game — Marcus Meade — planning to get a look at Nick Madrigal and Steele Walker, and he’s promised something on NM at least, but maybe? Here’s Meade’s fourth, final live tweet from last night:

Thatโ€™s it. Itโ€™s over. Walker made a couple nice plays in CF. But for the most part, a pedestrian night for the two biggest names in this game. Couple impressive relievers for Winston-Salem.

For more detail on Madrigal, see the Monday 10 Packย 
@baseballย on Monday.

Luis Ledo was the other pitcher out of the bullpen for the Dash. Tweet:

https://twitter.com/MarcusMeade/status/1124491479379058688?s=20