TYLER SALADINO 18 INFIELDER Given Name: Tyler Artolo Saladino Bats: Right Throws: Right
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TYLER SALADINO 18 INFIELDER Given Name: Tyler Artolo Saladino Bats: Right Throws: Right FRONT OFFICE FRONT Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 Opening Day Age: 25 (July 20, 1989) Birthplace/Residence: San Diego, Calif. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in the seventh round, June 2010 First-Year Player Draft. FIELD STAFF Major League Service: None. Contract Status: Signed through 2015. 2015 SEASON Was promoted to Charlotte on 7/30 and returned to Birmingham on 8/17, where he fi nished the season. Along with Micah Johnson and Frankie Montas, represented Finished the season ranked by Baseball America as the White Sox at the MLB Rookie Career Development Program Possessing the Best Strike Zone Judgement in the SL … entered PLAYERS from 1/8-11 in Leesburg, Va. … also took part in the Sox hitters the season ranked by the same publication as the No. 8 Prospect mini camp from 1/5-7 in Glendale, Ariz. in the White Sox organization. 2014 SEASON 2011 SEASON Batted .310 (91-294) in 82 games with Class AAA Charlotte Tied for the Carolina League lead in triples (nine), ranked before suffering a torn UCL in his right elbow on 7/13. third in slugging percentage (.501) and runs scored (75), fourth Would have ranked fourth in the International League in in extra-base hits (51) and fi fth in on-base percentage (.363) at average and 11th in OBP (.367) with the required PAs. Class A Winston-Salem. Appeared in 50 games at shortstop, 10 at fi rst base, eight in OPPONENTS Collected fi ve RBI on 6/12 vs. Wilmington … was named CL left fi eld, four at second and three at third. Batter of the Week for 8/15-21. Batted .471 (33-70) with RISP and .330 (31-94) vs. LHP. Was ranked by Baseball America following the season as the Homered twice on 4/22 vs. Durham … homered in three No. 20 Prospect in the CL. straight games from 6/30-7/1. Underwent Tommy John surgery on 8/15 in Birmingham, Ala. 2010 SEASON … procedure performed by Dr. James Andrews. Batted .305 (65-213) in 60 games between Advanced Rookie 2013 SEASON Bristol and Class A Kannapolis in his pro debut. 2014 REVIEW Recorded an 11-game hitting streak from 8/2-14 (.432, 16-37) Ranked ninth in the Southern League with 28 stolen bases … rated by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Player in the at Class AA Birmingham. Sox draft class … recommended/signed by Clay Overcash. Entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 26 Prospect and Possessing the Best Strike Zone Discipline in MISCELLANEOUS/PERSONAL the White Sox organization. Single … was the subject of an audio journal for National 2012 SEASON Public Radio during the 2012 season. HISTORY Spent two years at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. … Combined to hit .236 (110-467) with 80 runs scored, 39 stolen was named the Pacifi c Coast Conference Player of the Year in bases and 79 walks over 127 games between Birmingham and 2008 … transferred to Oral Roberts University prior to his 2009 Class AAA Charlotte … was successful on 83.0 percent (39-47) junior season … was named Summit League Newcomer of the of his stolen-base attempts. Year in 2009 and conference Player of the Year in 2010. Ranked third in the SL in walks (75) and stolen bases (38) Drafted by Houston in the 36th round in 2009 but did not sign and tied for seventh in runs scored (71). … is a 2007 graduate of the Charter School of San Diego. Reached base safely in 25 consecutive games from 4/12-5/9, RECORDS the seventh-longest streak in the SL. CAREER PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2010 Bristol .292 13 48 7 14 20 3 0 1 6 1 1 1 5 12 1 2 .364 .417 4 Kannapolis .309 47 165 40 51 73 14 1 2 24 4 3 4 22 44 4 2 .397 .442 5 2011 Winston-Salem .270 102 397 75 107 199 26 #9 16 55 4 3 9 51 90 7 7 .363 .501 23 2012 Birmingham .237 112 418 71 99 134 15 4 4 39 2 6 8 75 91 38 8 .359 .321 23 Charlotte .224 15 49 9 11 13 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 4 16 1 0 .296 .265 2 2013 Birmingham .229 118 424 49 97 133 17 2 5 55 6 6 6 51 86 28 8 .316 .314 17 MINOR LEAGUES 2014 Charlotte .310 82 294 41 91 142 16 4 9 43 1 2 1 27 50 7 1 .367 .483 10 MINOR TOTALS .262 489 1795 292 470 714 93 20 37 222 19 21 30 235 389 86 28 .353 .398 84 #Tied For League Lead CAREER TRANSACTIONS — Selected by the White Sox in the seventh round of the First-Year Player Draft (6/10). — On Class A Winston-Salem disabled list with a fractured left hand (4/8-5/11/11). MEDIA/MISC. — On Class AAA Charlotte disabled list with torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow (7/14/14-remainder of season). 136 CHICAGO WHITE SOX CHRIS SALE 49 OFFICE FRONT LEFT-HANDED PITCHER Given Name: Christopher Allen Sale Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6-6 Weight: 180 Opening Day Age: 26 (March 30, 1989) FIELD STAFF PLAYERS OPPONENTS 2014 REVIEW HISTORY RECORDS Birthplace/Residence: Lakeland, Fla./Fort Myers, Fla. First Pro Contract: White Sox. Sox Acquisition: Selected in the fi rst round (13th overall), June 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Major League Service: Three years, 61 days. Contract Status: Signed through 2017 (club options for 2018 and 2019). 2014 SEASON SALE AMONG AL SALE AMONG AL Was a fi nalist for both the American League Cy Young Award LEADERS IN 2014 LEADERS, 2012-14 and the Players Choice AL Outstanding Pitcher … fi nished third Category Rank No. Category Rank No. in the Cy Young voting (78 points) behind Cleveland's Corey SO/9.0 IP 1st 10.76 ERA 2nd 2.79 Kluber (169) and Seattle's Felix Hernandez (159). ERA 2nd 2.17 Opp. Avg. 2nd .224 Narrowly missed becoming the fi rst White Sox pitcher to lead WHIP 2nd 0.97 Opp. OPS 2nd .624 the AL in ERA since Joel Horlen in 1967, fi nishing .03 behind Opp. OBP 2nd .262 WHIP 2nd 1.06 Hernandez. BR/9.0 IP 2nd 9.26 CG 2nd 7 His 2.17 ERA was the lowest by a Sox pitcher since Wilbur Opp. Avg. 3rd .205 SO/9.0 IP 3rd 9.71 Wood (1.91) in 1971 and the lowest by an AL lefty since Ron Hits/9.0 IP 3rd 6.67 SO/BB 3rd 4.60 Guidry (1.74) in 1978. Opp. SLG 3rd .305 Opp. OBP 4th .279 Ranked among the AL leaders in almost every category (see Opp. OPS 3rd .567 Opp. SLG 4th .345 box at right) despite missing a month of the season with a fl exor Winning Pct. 4th .750 Strikeouts 5th 626 muscle strain in his left elbow. SO/BB 5th 5.33 Quality Starts 7th 63 Held opponents to a .205 average, the eighth-lowest mark in Strikeouts 6th 208 Wins T7th 40 White Sox history and best since Gary Peters (.199) in 1967. CG T6th 2 Innings 9th 580.1 Struck out 208 batters, joining Ed Walsh (1907-08, ‘10-12), LOWEST ERA BY SOX MOST 10-PLUS SO Tom Bradley (1971-72) and Javier Vazquez (2007-08) as the PITCHER SINCE 1970 GAMES, SOX HISTORY only pitchers in franchise history to record 200 in back-to-back Pitcher Year ERA Pitcher GS No. seasons … his 208 strikeouts set a franchise-record by a White Sox pitcher through 26 starts of a season, seven more than the Wilbur Wood 1971 1.91 Chris Sale 85 18 mark he set in 2013 (STATS LLC). Chris Sale 2014 2.17 Ed Walsh 312 17 Wilbur Wood 1972 2.51 Juan Pizarro 145 15 Set franchise records with 10.76 strikeouts per 9.0 IP and a Britt Burns 1980 2.84 Javier Vazquez 97 13 5.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio, breaking the club marks of 9.49 and Esteban Loaiza 2003 2.90 Alex Fernandez 197 12 4.91 he set in 2013. Was named to his third straight AL All-Star Team via the Final MOST 12-PLUS SO MOST 12-PLUS SO Vote after going 8-1 with a 2.08 ERA (22 ER/95.0 IP) and 102 GAMES, SOX HISTORY GAMES SINCE 2012 strikeouts before the break … became the fi rst Sox pitcher to Pitcher GS No. Pitcher GS No. accomplish the feat since Jack McDowell from 1991-93. Chris Sale 85 10 Chris Sale 85 10 Recorded a franchise-record eight double-digit strikeout Juan Pizarro 145 6 Yu Darvish 83 8 games, tied with Max Scherzer for third-most in the majors … Javier Vazquez 97 4 Justin Verlander 99 6 fanned 12-plus batters a major-league high four times, with a Jason Bere 101 4 Max Scherzer 97 6 season best of 13. Billy Pierce 390 4 Felix Hernandez 98 6 Limited left-handers to a .165 (20-121) average with two extra-base hits (both doubles), the second-lowest mark among AL starters behind Kansas City's Danny Duffy (.137) … also ranked second in the AL behind Duffy in opponents OBP (.211), MINOR LEAGUES slugging (.182) and OPS (.393).