After reading about
the Boston massacre of the White Sox bullpen once again, it hit me that if it weren't for a snowout in Rochester back in April, I would've seen all four relievers deployed by Ozzie Guillen today pitch for the Charlotte Knights. Charlie Haeger had been scheduled to start the cancelled game, and oddly enough, he was the only one that escaped today's mess unscored upon.
The divide has been downright scary:
Dewon Day:
| Day |
G |
IP |
H |
ER |
HR |
BB |
K |
ERA |
| Minors |
23 |
28 |
26 |
10 |
1 |
14 |
53 |
3.21 |
| Chicago |
12 |
11 |
18 |
15 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
12.27 |
Ehren Wassermann:
| Wassermann |
G |
IP |
H |
ER |
HR |
BB |
K |
ERA |
| Charlotte |
38 |
42.2 |
34 |
10 |
0 |
18 |
33 |
2.11 |
| Chicago |
2 |
1.1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
20.25 |
Boone Logan:
| Logan |
G |
IP |
H |
ER |
HR |
BB |
K |
ERA |
| Charlotte |
4 |
8.1 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
2.16 |
| Chicago |
39 |
26.1 |
29 |
15 |
4 |
10 |
19 |
5.89 |
Ryan Bukvich:
| Bukvich |
G |
IP |
H |
ER |
HR |
BB |
K |
ERA |
| Charlotte |
23 |
28 |
24 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
32 |
2.89 |
| Chicago |
20 |
15.1 |
17 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
4.11 |
Charlie Haeger:
| Haeger |
G |
IP |
H |
ER |
HR |
BB |
K |
ERA |
| Charlotte |
17 |
101 |
100 |
54 |
10 |
57 |
92 |
4.81 |
| Chicago |
4 |
5.2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1.59 |
Haeger and Wassermann's sample sizes are too small to mean anything, but still, it's remarkable how each reliever has seemingly incinerated upon arriving to Chicago. Haeger aside, there hasn't even been a case of a reliever joining the club -- or in Mike MacDougal and David Aardsma's case,
rejoining the club -- and posting a superficially decent ERA out of the gate.
Bukvich, although he scares the bejeezus out of me, has pitched respectably after
giving up a grand slam to Alex Rodriguez in his second outing. He had an ERA of 27.00 after his first complete inning of work (which took two outings to amass), and he's allowed only four earned runs in the subsequent 14 1/3 innings. Nevertheless, even when taking out his first two outings, he's walked more guys than he has struck out.
At the rate it's going, there won't be any reason to get excited about any relief pitcher in the Sox system unless he throws a knuckleball. Actually, "excited" is a little too strong. We'd be lucky to register "remotely encouraged."
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Minor league round-up:- Charlotte 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1
- Andy Sisco allowed one unearned run over five innings, allowing two hits, walking four and striking out four. After his 1/3-inning disaster a couple weeks ago, he's thrown nine straight innings without an earned run.
- Carlos Vazquez pitched three scoreless innings in relief, and David Aardsma closed it out with one himself.
- Scott Podsednik and Darin Erstad went 1-for-4; Danny Richar went 2-for-5 with a double.
- The Wiz at South Side Sox beat me to it: The Knights fared better against Tyler Clippard than the White Sox did in June.
- Birmingham 4, Chattanooga 0
- Gio Gonzalez had his best start in two months -- six innings, no runs, four hits, one walk, nine strikeouts.
- Adam Russell pitched two scoreless innings in his first outing as a reliever; Oneli Perez struck out two in his scoreless inning.
- Thomas Collaro went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs scored; Ricaro Nanita went 3-for-4.
- Myrtle Beach 7, Winston-Salem 2 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Clayton Richard wasn't sharp in his start, giving up six runs (four earned) over five innings.
- Cole Armstrong had the lone extra-base hit, a double.
- Myrtle Beach 3, Winston-Salem 0 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Kyle McCulloch gave up three runs over five innings, walking none and striking out four.
- Javier Castillo went 2-for-3 with a double, amounting for half of the Warthogs' hits.
- Kannapolis 4, Columbus 1
- Chris Carter busted out of his slump with a 3-for-4 day, knocking in two runs.
- Sergio Miranda and John Shelby also had three-hit days, with Shelby driving in two himself.
- Carlos Perez, recently demoted Jason Rice, Noe Rodriguez and Kanekoa Texeira combined to allow no earned runs.