The White Sox, in their ongoing search to find any potentially rosterable position-player depth, signed Stephen Piscotty to a minor-league contract.
At his peak, Piscotty could hit 25 homers over 150 games and OPS over .800 while playing a decent right field. That peak ended in 2018 after a series of injuries. Over the last three years in Oakland, he hit .214/.270/.352, good for -1.5 bWAR, with FanGraphs only a little more kind (-0.8 fWAR). He had a strong spring with the San Francisco Giants, but they released him after a trade for Matt Beaty blocked his path to the outfield.
Piscotty appeared in Game 2 of Charlotte's doubleheader in Louisville and went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
Louisville 4, Charlotte 2 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Carlos Pérez went 0-for-2 with a walk.
Charlotte 8, Louisville 5 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- The Knights walked eight times in seven innings, including three from Jake Marisnick.
Birmingham 3, Pensacola 2
- Yoelqui Céspedes went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He was picked off.
- Luis Mieses, 1-for-4.
- Cristian Mena: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 55 of 76 pitches for strikes.
Asheville 8, Winston-Salem 3
- Loidel Chapelli went 1-for-4 with a double, walk and two strikeouts.
- DJ Gladney was 1-for-5 with a K.
- Wilfred Veras went 1-for-4 with a K.
- So did Wes Kath, but 1) he doubled, and 2) he avoided striking out multiple times for the first time all year.
- Tommy Sommer is up to 15 K's in seven innings this year: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K
Kannapolis 15, Charleston 3
- Mario Camiletti, ultimate leadoff man: 1-for-1 with five walks and four runs scored.
- Brooks Baldwin went 2-for-5 with a double, walk and two strikeouts.
- Tyler Schweitzer: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
