Farm Fortnight: Winding down, except for Charlotte

10:23 AM CDT on September 7, 2021

Truist Stadium, home of the Winston-Salem Dash

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Two weeks from now, the seasons for Birmingham, Winston-Salem, Kannapolis and the Arizona Complex League’s White Sox affiliates will be over, and the latter four mercifully. Charlotte and the DSL White Sox will soldier on into the first weekend of October, with the Knights getting 10 extra games due to the impromptu birth of the “Final Stretch” concept.

So this will be the last Farm Fortnight of the season, as the affiliate reviews will roll out shortly after the completions of their schedule. Hopefully you found this a useful feature, and since the six-game series with dormant Mondays will continue into 2022, I plan on rolling this over as well. If you have any suggestions for improving it, please let me know.

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Charlotte Knights

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Overview

Last two series: 2-4 vs. Durham; 4-2 vs. Norfolk
Record: 42-66
Next two series: @Jacksonville, vs. Durham
Individual stats

The Charlotte Knights are down Gavin Sheets, Romy Gonzalez and now tonight’s starter for the White Sox Jimmy Lambert, but they gained a Zack Collins. One could say he’s not taking the demotion personally, as he’s hitting .250/.286/.700 with three homers in his first five games back at Triple-A. Either that, or the former International League is such a friendly hitting environment that a demoted player express sulking through production even if he wanted to.

The lineup is worse, but the bullpen has so far benefited from the rehab stint of Evan Marshall (one run over 4⅓ innings) and the addition of Carl Edwards, who replaced Kyle Crick as a reliever with past success in the majors.

Position Players

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Blake Rutherford summed up the Charlotte experience in two weeks, hitting .333/.364/.857 in six games at home, and 1-for-22 with six strikeouts over six games on the road, erasing all the gains from the first week. Jake Burger had a similarly uneven stretch with 15 strikeouts over 12 games. He’s playing just about every game since returning from the injured list and can use whatever reps he can find, but it wouldn’t be surprising if the bone bruise has lingered. Micker Adolfo struck out nine times without a walk over eight games, but he’s hitting for power, playing the outfield, and moving well enough to steal eight games.

Yermín Mercedes is hurt by the limited September call-ups as much as anybody. He’s bided his time in terms of performance, but with Sheets up and Collins ahead of him for third-catcher consideration, it’s harder to find a place for a position-less bat on this roster, even when expanded to 28.

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Jimmy Lambert is back, not because he's been dominating, but because four of the White Sox's five starting pitchers are compromised and they need innings from somebody. Lambert's been fine the last two weeks, although limited to two innings in one outing. He threw three scoreless the last time he pitched for the White Sox, so once Charlotte could actually be the training he needs, even if it stands a chance of demoralizing him via numbers.

If Lambert can't cut it or the Sox need yet one more pitcher for length, Kade McClure might also be worth an audition since he'll probably merit protection on the 40-man rosters. His Charlotte numbers are gross, but his numbers away from Truist Field aren't bad considering they comprise his first and fifth starts ever at Triple-A (three runs over 10 innings with peripherals to support it).

Relievers

If you’re trying to differentiate the White Sox’s unheralded relief signings, Bennett Sousa is a lefty, while Lane Ramsey is a righty, Sousa was taken in the 10^th round of the 2018 draft while Ramsey went in the 23^rd, and Ramsey is the guy who walked four batters in a ninth inning for a literal walk-off.

Birmingham Barons

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Overview

Last two series: 3-3 vs. Montgomery, 2-5 @Chattanooga
Record: 56-51
Next two series: vs. Rocket City, @Montgomery
Individual stats

Were there an actual postseason for the former Southern League, the Barons would be trying to hang on in a nail-biter of a race in the North Division. They’re one-thousandth of a percentage point behind Rocket City for first place (.519 winning percentage to the Trash Pandas’ .520), while Chattanooga now lurks just one game behind them after beating the Barons in five of seven chances in last week’s series.

But the playoffs were eliminated due to the uncertainty of the start of the season, the unevenness of the schedules and other pandemic-related concerns, so the record is just a number. Birmingham's just the only affiliate that might normally stand to gain something from it.

Position Player Prospects

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An OPS above .700 has been the goal for Carlos Pérez since he leveled out in August after a torrid July, and it appears he's going to get there after a strong two weeks. He hit .319/.333/.468 while playing all 12 games, which is a heavy workload for a primary catcher. He also reached double-digits in homers for the first time in his career.

Lenyn Sosa is the hottest of the remaining prospects in this box, even if his total numbers from his first 23 games at Double-A don't indicate it. He went 8-for-24 with a homer against Chattanooga, which included only three strikeouts. He's avoided a K in six of his last eight games, so there are early signs of growth from somebody I thought might need the offseason to recover. Yolbert Sanchez is in a lull, but he might be battling something. He only played in eight of 12 games, and exited the game on Sunday after one at-bat.

Yoelqui Céspedes is in a plain ol' slump, batting .146/.222/.146 with 13 strikeouts over his last 11 games, which accounts for more than half his body of work at Double-A.

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Starting Pitching Prospects

Davis Martin missed a turn, but he didn't skip a beat. He threw five scoreless innings against Chattanooga on Saturday, his third consecutive outing in which he didn't avoid a run. Conservative usage has limited him to just 11 innings across those three outings, but any success is welcome given his flat finish to his time in Winston-Salem. Jason Bilous briefly rebounded for four strong innings against Montgomery, but he's been mostly a mess since the start of July.

Relief Prospects

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The White Sox have apparently deemed Yoelvin Silven an organizational pitcher, because he's never on the first roster I check. He filled in for Birmingham over the last two weeks, but the rosters say he's now back with the Dash, to whom he was promoted seemingly prematurely when Kannapolis had to accommodate recent draft picks.

The last time we saw Andrew Perez, we hadn't seen him, as he sat for 10 days during the month of August. He's returned to regular usage and did some of his best work over the last two weeks, striking out nine against just one walk over six innings. Caleb Freeman gave up his first two homers at Double-A over the past two weeks, but he can afford the regression.

Winston-Salem Dash

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Overview

Last two series: 3-3 vs. Hudson Valley, 1-5 @Rome
Record: 39-68
Next two series: vs. Bowling Green, vs. Asheville
Individual stats

It could be worse for the Dash, who are getting five decent innings out of guys like Dan Metzdorf, Kaleb Roper and Jesus Valles over the last two weeks when they could just as easily stare down the barrel at bullpen games the rest of the way. They’re in survival mode on the pitching side, which is fine as long as Jose Rodriguez continues to justify the existence of games by himself.

Position Player Prospects

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Jose Rodriguez shows no signs of promotion-related scuffling, hitting .327/.353/.449 with just two strikeouts over 12 games the last two weeks. There might not be a reason to start him in Winston-Salem next year, unless the Sox think that he’s benefiting from a lack of pitching like the Dash are experiencing.

Luis Mieses’ numbers are fine when considering what he’s done in his 28 games since returning to High-A (.267/.319/.524). You’re free to question how Mieses himself is doing, as he went 1-for-13 in four games against Rome before missing the Saturday and Sunday games. Similarly, Harvin Mendoza is more competitive against High-A pitching in his second stint, but a lack of power is making walks harder to come by (.267/.283/.333).

Luis Curbelo and Caberea Weaver combined for three walks and 33 strikeouts over 81 plate appearances the last two weeks. One's been in Winston-Salem the whole season while the other just got here, but still.

Pitching Prospects

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Silven didn't get back in time to make a board himself.

Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

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Overview

Last two series: 3-3 vs. Lynchburg, 2-4 @Down East
Record: 32-76
Next two series: vs. Fayetteville, @Columbia
Individual stats

The Cannon Ballers have looked like an ordinary A-ball team the last two weeks, which is maybe the nicest thing anybody can say about them. They’ve done so on the strength of their pitching, which has benefited from better performance from the healthy prep arms, as well as encouraging debuts from collegiate arms.

The bats are still mostly woeful, with nobody close to their league-leading total of 1,198 strikeouts over 108 games. They’re also dead-last in runs, which is a bad combo when they’re also dead-last in runs allowed.

Position Player Prospects

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Just when it looked like Bryan Ramos might be on the verge of crash-landing his season, he pulled out of his nosedive with an encouraging two weeks, hitting .279/.354/.535 over 12 games, although he also contributed to the K issues with 12 strikeouts. Samil Polanco (.294/.333/.471) and Adam Hackenburg (.382/.447/.500) joined him with productive periods.

The rest of the lineup? Well, James Beard leads the bunch with a .205 average over that stretch, but he struck out 23 times in 12 games. Chase Krogman struck out 15 times in 33 plate appearances, Wilber Sanchez had 16 in 38, Misael Gonzalez 12 over 33. DJ Gladney looks like somebody who really could've used a Great Falls. He's been playing sporadically for most of the season because when he plays, he strikes out nine times over 13 plate appearances. (At least he also homered once.)

Pitching Prospects

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Matthew Thompson was on the verge of posting a truly encouraging three-start sequence for the Cannon Ballers, something none of the White Sox's prep arms had accomplished this year. Alas, after throwing a pair of impressive 4⅔-inning appearances against Lynchburg and Down East, he retired just one of the six batters he faced on Sunday. Hopefully that's a matter of facing an opponent twice in the same week.

Andrew Dalquist also failed to make it three in a row, getting roughed up over 2⅔ innings against Down East on Friday. Thompson looks like he's ahead of Dalquist because of the latter's recent issues throwing strikes, but at least he'll have had a fully healthy season in A-ball. One just has to hope the lumps are worth it.

Fourth-round pick Brooks Gosswein impressed in his A-ball debut, outshining third-round pick Sean Burke in the doubleheader. Burke's had some control problems early, especially when you add in a hit batter to the walk total, which gives him more free passes than innings pitched over his first two games.

ACL White Sox

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Overview

Record: 19-31
Individual stats

Now you can say the ACL White Sox's record is indicative of the quality of play. It's not nearly as depressing here as it is in Kannapolis, but all of the hot starts from the previous fortnight have faced regression.

Position Player Prospects

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Wilfred Veras opened up the last fortnight with a four-hit game, but he's since slumped, going 3-for-24 with nine strikeouts in eight games. He remains just 18 years old, and he still has the 11th-highest OPS in the ACL this year.

Colson Montgomery has seen a little time off as of late after playing just about every day for the bulk of August. He's 3-for-7 with a walk in his two games in September, so it's not a matter of performance. Wes Kath is the one having problems with strikeouts, although he went without one on Monday while making the start in right field.

The strides made by Benyamin Bailey in the first half of August were offset by his slump since. He's also 3-for-24 with 10 strikeouts, but unlike Veras, his average is flirting with the Mendoza Line. No offense to Jefferson Mendoza, although he also battled a slump for a couple weeks in August before a better showing his last few games, including his team-leading fourth homer.

Logan Glass' contact issues could fit in well with Kannapolis. He's played 38 games and struck out at least once in 37 of them, which makes good games hard to string together. Cameron Butler has had similar issues, but this was expected to be a rough transition out of a small high school, so at least he's able to knock out some firsts.

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After his first two professional outings, Tanner McDougal looked like the rare teenage arm who wouldn't be crushed by the competition early. Then he gave up six runs over 1⅓ innings on Friday, so he's back to square one. Read James Fegan's story about him to get caught up on his background.

Ronaldo Guzman had a similarly isolated triumph. After striking out eight over four innings of one-run, one-hit, one-walk ball on Aug. 27, he walked four over two-thirds of an inning in "relief" of McDougal. Erick Bello snapped a streak of 13 consecutive games with at least one walk, while Cristian Mena continues to throw strikes a reliable amount of the time despite paying for the contact he allows.

Among older pitchers, 10th-round lefty Tommy Sommer has been the most reliable, striking otu 28 batters to just 10 hits and five walks over 21 innings, and the 1.71 ERA you might expect from such peripherals. The 22-year-old Indiana University product is pitching below his experience level, but that isn't guaranteeing success this year.

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DSL White Sox

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Overview

Record: 15-20
Individual stats

On one hand, you'd rather see a level closer to the majors last longer than every other affiliate besides Charlotte. On the other, we'll get to see beginner-setting lines from Norge Vera for a few more weeks before he's finally open to assignments indicative of his talent.

Position Player Prospects

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Victor Quezada overtook an injured Randel Mondesi for the team lead in plate appearances, and he's been deserving of them. The 17-year-old third baseman hit .327/.441/.545 with 12 walks to 13 strikeouts over 18 games in August. Carlos Jimenez had a couple of big games to hoist his average into the .200s, which should be the case since he doesn't have the sort of strikeout problem that suppress averages at rookie-ball levels.

Manuel Guariman had produced enough to earn more than the usual divided playing time for catchers, but the 17-year-old last played on Aug. 31, when he departed after just one at-bat.

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Norge Vera hasn't yet allowed a professional hit, and there's a chance that column doesn't escape double digits even with a month to go. Yohemy Nolasco is back seeing regular action after missing a few weeks, but the 18-year-old has struggled since, allowing five runs over 3⅓ innings. Likewise, Carlos Hinestroza has been roughed up in two of his last three outings, but his ability to throw strikes up until this point gave him some room to regress.

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