Chicago White Sox 2018 Spring Training Game Notes
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com l loswhitesox.com l whitesoxpressbox.com l @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-1) at SEATTLE MARINERS (1-0) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 0-1 LHP Héctor Santiago (NR) vs. RHP Mike Leake (NR) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #2/Road #2 l Saturday, February 24, 2018 Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Sat. 2/24 at Seattle 1:10 p.m. Sun. 2/25 Cincinnati WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The Chicago White Sox continue Cactus League play this afternoon vs. the Seattle Mariners Mon. 2/26 Oakland whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. at the Peoria Sports Complex. Tue. 2/27 at Cubs WGN 1:05 p.m. l LHP Héctor Santiago will make his 2018 Cactus League debut. Wed. 2/28 Texas whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The Sox play 16 games in Glendale (14 as the home team) and 15 on the road this spring, Thu. 3/1 at Cincinnati 1:05 p.m. including one exhibition game vs. Class AAA Charlotte on 3/26 at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C. Fri. 3/2 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l Chicago went 16-17-2 last spring, going 8-8-1 at home… the Sox are 119-150-22 since moving Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City 1:05 p.m. to Glendale in 2009 and 50-80-10 all-time at Camelback Ranch (48-72-7 as the home team). Sun. 3/4 San Diego whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/5 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. YESTERDAY'S RECAP Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The White Sox dropped their spring opener to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 13-5, at Camelback Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Ranch – Glendale. at Texas (ss) 1:05 p.m. l Tyler Danish suffered the loss and blown save, allowing five runs (two earned) on four hits over Fri. 3/9 at San Diego 1:10 p.m. Sat. 3/10 at Cubs WGN WGN 1:05 p.m. 1.0 IP … starter Dylan Covey allowed one run on two hits over 2.0 IP. l Sun. 3/11 Arizona WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Tim Anderson (1-3) connected on his first spring home run, a three-run shot in the third inning Mon. 3/12 at Seattle WGN 6:40 p.m. … Kevan Smith (1-2) recorded a two-run double in the fourth. Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY l Both teams wore the caps of the Majory Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles baseball team Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. during the game to honor the victims and families who were impacted by the tragic shooting at Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels 6:10 p.m. Stoneman Douglas on 2/14. Fri 3/16 Cubs WGN NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. WHITE SOX AGREE TO TERMS WITH 26 PLAYERS Sun. 3/18 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/19 at Arizona NBCSCH 1:10 p.m. l The White Sox have agreed to terms with the following 26 players for the 2018 season: pitchers Tue. 3/20 Texas NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. Aaron Bummer, Ian Clarkin, Jace Fry, Carson Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Gregory Infante, Reynaldo Wed. 3/21 San Diego NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. López, Juan Minaya, José Ruiz and Thyago Vieira; catchers Omar Narváez and Kevan Smith; Thu. 3/22 at Arizona 6:40 p.m. infielders Matt Davidson, Casey Gillaspie, Yoán Moncada, José Rondón and Tyler Saladino; and Fri. 3/23 Seattle WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers whitesox.com 12:05 p.m. outfielders Micker Adolfo, Luis Alexander Basabe, Ryan Cordell, Nicky Delmonico, Adam Engel, Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee WGN NBCSCH 12:05 p.m. Willy García, Eloy Jiménez, Daniel Palka and Charlie Tilson. Mon. 3/26 at Charlotte Knights@ 5:05 p.m. CT l The entire White Sox 40-man roster is now under contract for the 2018 season. All games are Arizona Time unless noted PROSPECT PROWESS Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) l The White Sox minor-league system is rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best in baseball … this marks the fifth time the Sox minor-league system has been ranked in the BA's Top 5 since UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS 1984 (No. 1 in 2001, No. 4 in 1985-84, No. 5 in 2017), and the ninth time the in the Top 10. l Saturday, February 24 at Seattle (Peoria) - 1:10 p.m. l The Sox spring training roster features five of Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects: OF Eloy LHP Héctor Santiago vs. RHP Mike Leake Jiménez (No. 4), RHP Michael Kopech (No. 11), RHP Alec Hansen (No. 57), OF Luis Robert l Sunday, February 25 vs. Cincinnati (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. (No. 58) and RHP Dane Dunning (No. 82) … Jiménez (No. 4), Kopech (No. 10), Robert (No.28), RHP Luis Castillo vs. LHP Jordan Guerrero Hansen (No. 54), RHP Dylan Cease (No. 71), Dunning (No. 92) and OF Blake Rutherford (No. 99) are ranked in MLB.com’s Top 100. l Monday, February 26 vs. Oakland (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. RHP Kendall Graveman vs. RHP Michael Kopech ROSTER FACTS l Tuesday, February 27 at Cubs (Mesa) - 1:05 p.m. l Chicago enters spring training with the third-youngest 40-man roster in the majors and the RHP Carson Fulmer vs. TBA youngest in the American League … the average age of the Sox 40-man roster is 26.6 years (source: STATS LLC) … the Sox currently have 21 players under the age of 26 on their 40-man SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION roster. Spring Records Home Attendance Overall: 0-1 Day: 0-1 Games: N/A CAMELBACK RANCH - GLENDALE CELEBRATES 10 SEASONS Home: 0-0 Night: 0-0 Total: N/A l Camelback Ranch – Glendale (CR-G), the spring training home of the Chicago White Sox and Road: 0-1 vs. AL: 0-0 Average: N/A Los Angels Dodgers, will celebrate its 10th season in 2018. Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 0-1 Largest crowd: N/A l CR-G yesterday debut a 30' x 50' Daktronics videoboard in right-center field … the new high definition video board will provide fans with a dramatic upgrade to the visual and interactive experi- 2018 SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) ence during spring training games. l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Zack Collins, C l Two new 100' shade structures along the first base concourse were also added during the off- l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Jake Burger, 3B season … the structures, designed by facility architect HKS, complement existing design features l 3) Alec Hansen, RHP l 8) Blake Rutherford, OF while providing additional shaded seating options for fans. l 4) Luis Robert, OF l 9) Gavin Sheets, 1B l The netting behind home plate was extended to the outfield ends of both dugouts, covering an l 5) Dane Dunning, RHP l 10) Dylan Cease, RHP additional 104 feet on each side. 2018 SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.COM) ACE PLAYERS AT THE NEXT LEVEL l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Dane Dunning, RHP l The White Sox Amateur City Elite (ACE) program currently has 60 former players playing col- l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Blake Rutherford, OF lege baseball this season, including the University of Minnesota, Univeristy of Michigan, Purdue l 3) Luis Robert, OF l 8) Jake Burger, 3B University, Duke University and Texas Christian University. l 4) Alec Hansen, RHP l 9) Zack Collins, C l ACE is a program designed to provide resources and hope to more than 100 inner city youth l 5) Dylan Cease, RHP l 10) Carson Fulmer, RHP each year. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER AT SEATTLE 2018 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING ROSTER l #21 LHP Héctor Santiago — Biography on page 142 of the White Sox media guide. PITCHERS (36): CATCHERS (6): Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 70 Avilán, Luis (L) 53 Castillo, Welington 2017 MINNESOTA 4-8 15-14 70.1 70 44 44 15 31 51 5.63 54 Beck, Chris (R) + 86 Collins Zack Rochester 1-2 7-7 23.2 21 16 14 4 17 25 5.32 39 Bummer, Aaron (L) 70 González, Alfredo MINOR TOTALS 26-22 166-37 395.1 355 187 163 26 187 412 3.71 85 Cease, Dylan (R) + 38 Narváez, Omar MLB TOTALS 40-46 189-130 785.0 707 382 349 119 347 683 4.00 41 Cedeño, Xavier (L) + 36 Smith, Kevan 75 Clark, Brian (L) + 90 Zavala, Seby ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH AT SEATTLE 64 Clarkin, Ian (L) INFIELDERS (12): l #84 RHP Dane Dunning — Biography on page 72 of the White Sox media guide. 68 Covey, Dylan (R) + 60 Danish, Tyler (R) + 79 Abreu, José Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 84 Dunning, Dane (R) + 7 Anderson, Tim 2017 Kannapolis 2-0 4-4 26.0 13 2 1 0 2 33 0.35 43 Farquhar, Danny (R) 91 Burger, Jake Winston-Salem 6-8 22-22 118.0 114 62 46 15 36 135 3.51 57 Fry, Jace (L) 24 Davidson, Matt MINOR TOTALS 11-10 34-34 179.2 153 72 55 16 45 200 2.76 51 Fulmer, Carson (R) + 93 Elmore, Jake + l #41 LHP Xavier Cedeño— Biography on page 57 of the White Sox media guide.