White Sox Extend Thornton
When looking at Matt Thornton‘s career with the Chicago White Sox, it’s hard to believe he was acquired for Joe Borchard. Both players had fallen out of favor with their teams at the time of the trade, and both have since gone in very different directions. Under the tutelage of Don Cooper, Matt Thornton has blossomed into one of the best relievers in the game. While Bobby...
Via Fangraphs
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March 07, 2011
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March 07, 2011
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Thornton Sticks with Sox, Signs Two-Year Extension
In a bit of unexpected business Sunday morning, the White Sox signed left-handed reliever Matt Thornton to a two-year, $12 million extension, with a club option for 2014. Thornton has been with the Sox since 2006, and is set to make $3 million in 2011.
The Thornton acquisition in 2006 is often cited as one of GM Kenny Williams’ greatest coups. Thornton was a pitcher with great...
Via Southside Showdown
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March 06, 2011
Largest Contracts In Draft History
It's been 20 years since the Oakland A's sent shockwaves through baseball by signing high school righthander Todd Van Poppel to a Major League contract worth more than $1.2MM as the 14th overall pick in the 1990 draft. At the time, the going rate for the first overall draft pick was a minor league deal worth $350K or so, but Van Poppel and his agent leveraged his scholarship...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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April 29, 2010
San Francisco Giants’ Prospect Peek: Ranking the Top 5 Minor League Hitters So Far in 2010
It is never too early to look towards the possibilities that
lie ahead.
For baseball fans, their team’s future is gently weaved into
a farm system possessing a variety of players from the past several MLB amateur
drafts.
While some names are more known than others, most of the
players that produce decent numbers down in the minors get lost in the
shuffle. ...
Via MyTeamRivals.com
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April 24, 2010
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April 24, 2010
2009 Minor League Free Agents
Big league players aren't the only ones entitled to free agency, minor leaguers also get to hit the open market after six years. Matt Eddy of Baseball America has the list of all 536 players eligible for minor league free agency this year, and as you'd expect, there's some recognizable names in there, including Ruben Gotay, Josh Barfield, Henry Owens, and Joe Borchard.
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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November 17, 2009
White Sox Top-10 Bust Prospects of the Last 20 Years
Every avid baseball fan has been a little too excited about a baseball prospect at some point in time. We embrace their solid performance at the lower levels or some flashes in spring training because it gives us hope for the future.
Eventually we are reminded that most young players never even make it to the big leagues, and even fewer become fixtures in a major league lineup.
The...
Via Bleacher Report
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July 16, 2009
White Sox Top-10 Bust Prospects of the Last 20 Years
Every avid baseball fan has been a little too excited about a baseball prospect at some point in time. We embrace their solid performance at the lower levels or some flashes in spring training because it gives us hope for the future.
Eventually we are reminded that most young players never even make it to the big leagues, and even fewer become fixtures in a major league lineup.
The...
Via Bleacher Report
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July 16, 2009
GORDON BECKHAM!
Sox Record: 25-27; The Sox have a -17 run differential. Place in the A.L. Central and Games back: Third place and 3.5 behind the Tigers.Most annoying person in the Sox organization: The White Sox cannot hit pitchers the first time they see them. They turn bad AAA prospects into Randy Johnson. So after back to back games against a pitcher they've never seen and who isn't very good...
Via Views From Life on a Bench
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June 04, 2009
04/14/08
Triple - A
Richmond 1 Lehigh Valley 3
Josh Anderson: 2-5 1RBI 1K
Joe Borchard: 2-3 2B 1BB
Sal Fasano: 0-4
Chuck James: 5.1 5H 3R 1ER 3BB 3K (L)
Ryan Basner: 1.2 0H 0R 0BB 2K
Matt DeSalvo: 1.0 0H 0R 0BB 1K
This is Lehigh Valley's first franchise victory, they started the season 0-11. Also note that Br...
Via Rain Delay
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April 20, 2008
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