For May and June, the game’s best prospects have been spread out across the country from Portland, Maine, to San Jose, California, and many points in between. On July 11, several of them will be on the same shimmering diamond Denver’s Coors Field for the All-Star Futures Game.
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Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, signaling a stronger crackdown in the game s feeder system than in the big leagues during a historically dominant stretch by pitchers.
The use of homebrewed tacky substances â mixtures often involve sunscreen and rosin â is suspected to have spiked in recent seasons as pitchers have learned the extent to which illicit sticky stuff can increase the spin rates on their fastballs, making the pitches more effective.
Many believe the proliferation of those grip aids is partially responsible for baseballâs offensive freefall. There have been six no-hitters this season, one shy of the record since 1900, and the leagueâs .236 batting average was the lowest through May 31 since 1968.
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Norge Vera officially joined the White Sox today.
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It took six weeks after the announcement of Yoelqui Céspedes, but the other plum of the White Sox international signing class, Norge Vera, is now officially signed. The class includes Adrián Gil, who trained under former White Sox pitcher Freddy García.
Vera gets a touch less than Céspedes’ bonus, at $1.5 million, but is said to be ticketed for High-A Winston-Salem when he comes Stateside in 2022.
Here’s the full/copyedited White Sox release, including the rest of their international class for 2021:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 26, 2021