After driving roughly 900 miles this week, I'm treating myself to a light night. But here are some photos from the weekend:
I plan to have video of Jason Childers and Charlie Haeger by tomorrow, barring a season-ending injury by a White Sox player. Haeger was originally scheduled to be a Saturday night production.
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Briefly:*Ozzie Guillen likes the cut of Chris Getz's jib:
"This kid has a chance to be here for a few years," manager Ozzie Guillen said after Getz, 24, and 24-year-old right-hander Lance Broadway
joined the Sox on Sunday. "I like the way he plays, I like the way he
does stuff. So do the minor league people. The coaches out there really
like him, and hopefully he can help with what we need."
"I like the way he does stuff." First off, I'm going to use that. Secondly, we know
Ozzie doesn't seem to pay particularly close attention to the minors in-season, so I'm guessing Ozzie's referring to
a successful sac bunt in his first spring appearance.
*Jarrod Washburn is in the Sox's sights. The Yankees were willing to pick up Washburn's entire salary, but
the Mariners wanted a top pitching prospect as well, which is laughable. They may regret turning New York's offer down.
*Carlos Quentin has been hit by a pitch in four consecutive games. It wasn't intentional, but I liked seeing Gavin Floyd throw hard and inside when Jacoby Ellsbury squared around to bunt
in Sunday's victory.
*Proposed nickname for Ken Griffey Jr.:
General Soreness.
*At Baseball Think Factory, Chris Dial has
American League defensive ratings through Aug. 7. Orlando Cabrera is the top shortstop.
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Minor league roundup:- Charlotte 3, Pawtucket 1
- Birmingham 5, Montgomery 0
- Lucas Harrell held the Biscuits to two hits over seven innings, striking out six and walking two.
- Jon Link struck out three over 1 2/3 hitless innings for his 30th save.
- C.J. Lang doubled and drove in two.
- Javier Castillo and Robert Valido had two hits apiece.
- Potomac 7, Winston-Salem 5
- John Shelby homered for the third straight game.
- Estee Harris went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
- Winston-Salem committed five errors, leading to three unearned runs out of five allowed by Anthony Carter.
- Greenville 8, Kannapolis 3
- Sergio Morales went 3-for-4 with a double and a solo homer.
- Jorge Castillo went 2-for-4 with a double in his A-ball debut.
- Miguel Socolovich was hit hard.
- Kingsport 8, Bristol 5
- Andrew Garcia went 3-for-4 with a homer
- Jose Vargas also added a solo shot.
- Great Falls 17, Casper 5
- Mike Grace homered twice and drove in five.
- Kyle Shelton went 3-for-4 with a homer, two doubles, two RBI and four runs scored.
- Jesus Avila had four hits; Kent Gerst drove in two.
- Daniel Albritton struck out four over two shutout innings of relief.