Future Shock: White Sox Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein

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Sox re-sign Uribe to 1-year, $4.5 mil deal
Published 11/7/2007 by thewizardsofoz <info@southsidesox.com> at South Side Sox: Front Page Posts
... Here's the press release. ***** As colintj pointed out, Kevin Goldstein has his White Sox Top 11 Prospects list: ...

Daily Prospect Report 11/7/07
Published 11/8/2007 by azruavatar at Future Redbirds
... In addition to Kevin Goldstein’s continuing Top 11 prospects (currently on the White Sox) over at Baseball Prospectus, Baseball America has begun their ...

More on Trade(s)
Published 11/8/2007 by Mike at A CITIZEN'S BLOG
Baseball Prospectus notes that the White Sox farm system is pretty barren. Their second-best prospect is Gio Gonzalez, whom they acquired from the Phillies as part of the Freddy Garcia deal. I'm going to note once more that a deal where the Phillies acquire Joe Crede and Jon Garland for a smattering of minor-league prospects would suit both teams well: the Phillies would get a much-needed third baseman and a top-line starter while the White Sox would get 3-4 prospects to restock their farm system. ...

White Sox Juan Uribe and a Look at the Prospects
Published 11/9/2007 by Jay Maxwell at Black Sox Blog
... to Uribe because around this time last year was the time he was having his legal troubles in home country.  The short stop is good for about 20 homers but his OBP of less then .300 can be a drag on the team.  Still, with seventeen fielding runs above average last year at shortstop, he at least gives the White Sox some value.  And if he could just get back to a season like he had in 2004, then the $4.5 million would be a huge bargain. Kevin Goldstein recently unveiled his list of top eleven White Sox prospects and things are looking thin.  You have Fautino De Los Santos on top ...

Baseball Prospectus' Top 11 Chicago White Sox Prospects
Published 11/13/2007 at FakeTeams
Kevin Golstein of Baseball Prospectus posted his Top 11 Chicago White Sox Prospects a few days ago, and it is full of players that most fantasy owners have never heard of. The #1 prospect, ...

D'Backs Trade Quentin To White Sox For Chris Carter
Published 12/3/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Carter was recently ranked Chicago's 4th best prospect by Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein, and their best position player prospect.  The 21 year-old first baseman will try his hand at High A in 2008.  Goldstein calls him a "true slugger with tremendous strength and power to all fields," while noting that he is poor defensively even at first base.  Carter's a few years off, so Conor Jackson doesn't have to worry quite yet. ...

Nick Swisher Traded To White Sox
Published 1/3/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... To White Sox paid a massive price to get their man, however.  Pitchers De Los Santos and Gonzalez were their two best prospects, according to Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein.  De Los Santos is said to have a huge ceiling, whereas Gio is a solid lefty who's nearly big-league ready.  Goldstein ranked Sweeney eighth on the team, but projects him as more of a fourth-outfielder type (he was once very highly regarded though). ...

Trade! Oakland A's Playing For Last Place in 2008!
Published 1/3/2008 at FakeTeams
The A's traded 1B/OF Nick Swisher to the Chicago White Sox for three minor leaguers - pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Fautino de Los Santos and perennially powerless OF Ryan Sweeney.  This was announced on MLB Homeplate on XM Radio. ...

Nick Swisher traded to White Sox for prospects
Published 1/3/2008 by Ryan Armbrust at A Minor Consideration
... are all now a part of the Oakland minor league system. De Los Santos and Gonzalez were ranked the top two prospects in the White Sox system by Baseball Prospectus, while Sweeney came in at No. 6. Interestingly, the No. 4 prospect was Chris Carter, who was traded to Arizona before coming over to Oakland in the Dan Haren deal. ...

The Swisher trade
Published 1/3/2008 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... million in 2010, and $9 million for 2011, with a $10.25 million club option for 2012. 2011 would have been his first free agent year. I'm sure folks here know about Swisher...he is what he is, a solidly very good switch-hitting corner outfielder who is under control (if the option is exercised) through his age 31 season. He's not a star, but given his age, production, contract status and salary, he's a very valuable commodity. And the package the ChiSox gave up reflects that... Kevin Goldstein had de los Santos and Gonzalez #1 and #2 on his ChiSox list, with Sweeney #8, ...

Two Move Thursday - Athletics Strike a Deal with the South Siders
Published 1/4/2008 by Brandon Heikoop at Bleacher Report
... a player he had fallen in love with, but also by nabbing some excellent high ceiling prospects. As I mentioned, John Sickels had Gonzalez and De Los Santos as the top two prospects in the White Sox organization, with Sweeney not too far behind at #5; albeit, a weak #5. In Gonzalez the Athletics grabbed a pitcher with a top of the rotation ceiling. The kid was named as the White Sox #4 prospect in January of 2007 by Baseball Prospectus and the #2 prospect in November of the same year. Heres the scouting report from that same article, "Gonzalez ...

A Look At Oakland's Rejuvenated Farm System
Published 1/4/2008 by Mike Pindelski <info@beyondtheboxscore.com> at Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
... (acquired in Swisher trade):  In my opinion, the finest pitching prospect the Athletics have acquired this winter.  As a 21-year old, De Los Santos was brilliant at both levels of A-Ball posting a 2.65 ERA and 153/43 strikeout to walk ratio in 122.1 innings.  Equally brilliant are his scouting reports as Kevin Goldstein named him the finest prospect in the White Sox system before the trade.  His fastball and curve both rate as plus pitches with excellent movement and the development of his changeup is crucial as he moves up to higher levels of play. ...

Lazy Sunday with Swish and Tabs
Published 1/6/2008 by Paul Cousineau at The DiaTribe
... where he will inexplicably be asked to play CF. First of all, trust me in that I would have loved Swisher in LF in Cleveland, but seeing as how Beane is probably pretty aware of the Tribe farm (with the Haren talks) and who he covets in the Indians’ organization, its entirely possible that the White Sox had the prospects that Beane wanted, more so than the Tribe youngsters, or offered more than the Tribe was willing to even entertain for Swisher. Looking at the how the youngsters the White Sox gave up are viewed by Baseball Prospectus, and how they compare to ...

Swisher’s Returns: Fautino De Los Santos
Published 1/7/2008 by Andrew Pentis at A Minor Consideration
... Baseball Prospectus says there’s no ‘Ugly’ in De los Santos, pegging him as the White Sox’s best prospect and a ***** talent: ...

Thoughts on the Swisher Deal
Published 1/8/2008 by Mike Pindelski at The Bard's Room
... Let’s start with Gonzalez; Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus recently rated him as the #2 prospect in the White Sox system.  We already know he had a monster season at AA (3.18 ERA, 11.10 K/9), but this was his second full season at AA and as Jim Margulas at Sox Machine ...

The Bloggers Roundtable - Chicago White Sox
Published 1/25/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... is under the radar and present him to our readers. The Cheat : With the trades of the last 6 months, the White Sox have nothing but under-the-radar prospects and Aaron Poreda . My immediate reaction to the question is to reply Jack Egbert , a groundballing, homerun suppressing, back end rotation candidate, but he's got his own cult following on the web. My second thought was John Shelby , son of big-leaguer of the same name, but he was ranked quite highly by Kevin Goldstein at BP and was in BA's top 10 . So I thought I'd highlight a couple ...