Source: www.southsidesox.com --- Wednesday, December 27, 2017
His health will go along way to make center field watchable early on There’s not a whole lot to be gleaned from offseason Baseball performances, whether they take place stateside in Arizona or over the winter in the Caribbean. They are valuable for confirming the health or existence of players about whom you weren’t certain. Case in point: C.J. Retherford . OK, maybe he’s not the best example of winter ball’s usefulness from this distance, but veterans of the White Sox blogging circuit might be amazed to discover he’s still at it. The club-footed former favorite of Hawk Harrelson peaked in pro ball as a 23-year-old in Birmingham back in 2009, but there he is at age 32, hitting .247/.345/.399 for Aguilas after posting an .833 OPS for two Mexican League teams. But let’s try this again for a more general White Sox audience. Case in point: Leury Garcia . Garcia joined the Dominican Winter League not long after it started, and he’s had staying power. He’s hitting .328/.359/.508 with three walks to 10 strikeouts over 61 at-bats with Gigantes del Cibao, and that already includes at least some regression after a blazing start. The production is important because it allows Garcia to keep getting playing time (Caribbean teams play to win in their leagues, so they don’t have high tolerance of rust or injuries). The playing time is important because it shows that Garcia is past the hand injuries that derailed a breakout season in mid-June, ...
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