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Farm Fortnight: Success at every other level

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Jim Margalus
Jim Margalus

Writing about the White Sox for a 16th season, first here, then at South Side Sox, and now here again. Let’s talk curling.

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Willardmarshall

Sox farmhand most likely to make an MLB all-star team? (If that’s too challenging, how about least unlikely?)

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Blow my Gload

Is saying Jace Fry cheating?

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Jim Margalus

Yoelqui Cespedes seems like the guy who comes to mind, just because he’s so unknown that any label feels at least slightly plausible.

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andflywrite

When might we see Yoelqui on the field with Sox affiliated team? Is that much known yet?

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ForsterFTOG

Richard Dotson.

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what

Can you explain what the development list is/ how it works? Vince Arobio has been on that list all season and I swear up and down he was listed as a coach for a few weeks

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Jim Margalus

Per the MLB rulebook:

(12) Development List

Placement on the Development List. A Minor League player may be placed on the Development List for any non-disciplinary reason, except that a player is not eligible to be placed on the Development List if the player is injured and otherwise qualifies for placement on the Minor League Injured List. Players on optional assignment to the Minor Leagues may not be placed on the Development List without their written consent. Upon request for placement on the Development List, the Club must include the reason for such placement. The minimum period of placement on the Development List shall be seven consecutive days, except that if a player on the Development List suffers an injury, that player is required to be transferred to the Regular Injured List and the inactive days on the Development List will count towards the minimum period of inactivity on the Regular Injured List.

It seems like its original purpose was to allow teams to carry extra players at each level in case they lost several players at one time to COVID protocols.

The designation could also be data entry error, because some teams are getting by on skeleton crews due to all the early-season uncertainty.

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what

Thanks jim!

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