One of my daily reads, besides all of the other great content at the Hardball Times, is Lee Sinins’ Around the Majors. There’s no easier, or better way to keep up with just about everything that’s going on in the major leagues.
And that’s where I found out that the Sox sent two upstarts down to the minor leagues. Brian Anderson, who probably could have been the starting centerfielder for the big league club had the Sox not traded for Podsednik was sent down along with Ryan Sweeney. Sweeney is less a surprise. The second round pick for the Sox in 2003 is still only 20, and with Jermaine Dye in right field for the forseeable future, he’ll have quite a bit of time to work on his power. He slugged only .379 at Winston Salem last year.
Meanwhile, the Sox hammered the Brewers 17-9 today. Carlos Lee got a little bit of revenge by hitting his fifth homer of the spring, but the White Sox logged 25 hits, including Joe Crede’s first homer. He ended up going four for four and Juan Uribe, who also hit a homer, was four for six with four RBIs. Jon Garlan pitched two shutout innings, but Dustin Hermanson was crushed for five hits and four runs in only an inning of work.
Tomorrow, Exile in Wrigleyville will have their White Sox preview up. I’m looking forward to it.
