Mon. 7/6: DSL This Morning, ACL Late Night

[Jim Goulart]

This thread will be utilized for any minor league news Monday.

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Monday's Birthdays:

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[Joseph Zarr]

OF Frandy LaFond continues to remind us of why many of us were quite excited about his skillset when he first signed back in the 2024 class. He is sneakily putting together a very good small sampled DSL season (62 PA). Hopefully, this puts him back on the prospect map; he continues earning those PA's; and this type of output continues in good health!

[wallus]

I don't follow the International leagues closely enough because some of the names getting mentioned seem made up 

[Joseph Zarr]

1 hour ago, wallus said:

I don't follow the International leagues closely enough because some of the names getting mentioned seem made up 

That is am interesting approach or tendency and I can't say 'Frandy LaFond' seems any more made up than 'Cooper Pratt'.😆

[Jim Goulart]

Looking forward to Tuesday:

Should be upcoming stories out of Knoxville as both Blake Burke and Andrew Fischer travel to their University of Tennessee city, Knoxville, with the Shuckers. This will be Blake's second year in, as it was one of his first road trips after his 2025 midseason promotion from Wisconsin.

It's Wilson's turn for a two-week stay at the friendly walkoff confines, and their Week Two begins Tuesday. Every MiLB affiliate gets one of these extended homestands.

"White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami to begin rehab assignment on Tuesday" - gee, Murakami at the Charlotte bandbox vs. a picked-over-for-the-sake-of-the-big-league-club Sounds staff, what could go wrong?

[Joseph Zarr]

29 minutes ago, Jim Goulart said:

Looking forward to Tuesday:

Should be upcoming stories out of Knoxville as both Blake Burke and Andrew Fischer travel to their University of Tennessee city, Knoxville, with the Shuckers. This will be Blake's second year in, as it was one of his first road trips after his 2025 midseason promotion from Wisconsin.

It's Wilson's turn for a two-week stay at the friendly walkoff confines, and their Week Two begins Tuesday. Every MiLB affiliate gets one of these extended homestands.

"White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami to begin rehab assignment on Tuesday" - gee, Murakami at the Charlotte bandbox vs. a picked-over-for-the-sake-of-the-big-league-club Sounds staff, what could go wrong?

I fondly recall Blake's promotion to Biloxi just last summer and how he immediately welcomed that Knoxville ballpark to his rediscovered Boom Stick! He hasn't really skipped a beat since that promotion and we are all the netter Brewers Minor League Fanatics for it. Keep going, young man!