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Caleb Bonemer to play center field this week

Caleb Bonemer

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White Sox SS/3B prospect Caleb Bonemer will start games in center field later this week for Double-A Birmingham.

Bonemer has played shortstop and third base exclusively at the outset of his professional career, but the White Sox want to expose him to the outfield to add some defensive versatility to his toolbelt and give him additional avenues to at-bats at the highest level. The 20-year-old top prospect has put together an outstanding season, hitting .249/.381/.556 with 33 home runs and 16 steals between Double-A Birmingham and High-A Winston-Salem this season. It’s an interesting wrinkle to monitor as Bonemer heads to the Arizona Fall League in a couple weeks.

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Caleb Bonemer left Double-A Birmingham’s game Friday after being hit in the head by a pitch.

Preliminary tests failed to detect a concussion, so that’s good news. The 20-year-old Bonemer, arguably the White Sox’s top prospect. He entered tonight with a .277/.376/.495 line in 27 games since moving up to Double-A.
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White Sox SS prospect Caleb Bonemer launched his 13th home run of the season on Friday for High-A Winston-Salem.

Bonemer launched his minor-league leading 13th round-tripper of the season in this one just a couple days after taking Yankees ace Gerrit Cole deep during his latest rehab outing. The 20-year-old top prospect is rapidly evolving into one of the top prospects in the fantasy landscape with six big flies in his last 10 games. He’s slashing a sublime .282/.429/.718 with 13 homers and two steals in 30 games.
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White Sox SS prospect Caleb Bonemer slugged his seventh home run of the season on Friday for High-A Winston-Salem.

It’s not hyperbolic to suggest that Bonemer is already a top-10 fantasy prospect from a dynasty standpoint as he’s slashing a robust .275/.378/.696 with 15 extra-base hits and one steal through 18 games this season. The 20-year-old’s ability to generate consistent hard contact, without sacrificing anything from a plate skills perspective, puts him on a trajectory to finish the year in the upper minors as one of the top prospects in baseball.
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White Sox SS prospect Caleb Bonemer slugged a two-run homer on Wednesday for High-A Winston-Salem.

Bonemer has gone deep four times in his last six games and continues to look like an upper-echelon fantasy prospect. The 20-year-old hit .281/.400/.458 with 10 homers and 27 steals for Low-A Kannapolis before going deep twice in 11 games at High-A Winston-Salem to close out his professional debut last season. He’s picked up right where he left off, batting .333 (14-for-42) with four homers and 14 RBI in 11 contests this season. Bonemer figures to earn a promotion to Double-A at some point in the near future.

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Max Fried will start in Saturday’s doubleheader against the Red Sox, manager Aaron Boone confirmed.

Fried missed two starts during his second absence with a bone bruise in his elbow. Boone wouldn’t confirm the order in which Carlos Rodón and Fried will start Saturday, but it’d make sense for Fried to pitch in the second game.
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Brewers sent INF Jonathan Ornelas outright to Triple-A Nashville.

Ornelas has declined the assignment and become a free agent. The Brewers DFA’d him on Tuesday after he went 2-for-9 in 10 days with the club.
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Jorge Polanco

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Jorge Polanco underwent ankle surgery this week and might not be ready for the start of spring training.

Mets interim manager Andy Green said Polanco would be “in a baseball progression” at the beginning of the spring. Polanco, who was signed to a two-year, $40 million deal last winter, will probably get another chance at first base next year once healthy, but the Mets will likely want to keep Jared Young around as protection.
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Thomas Saggese

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Cardinals recalled INF/OF Thomas Saggese from Triple-A Memphis.

He takes Blaze Jordan’s spot on the roster. It would seem to make sense for the Cardinals to give Saggese more of a look than Nolan Gorman down the stretch, but we’re guessing if they wanted to do that, Saggese would have already been in the big leagues and not needed an injury to be recalled. Saggese is hitting .258/.340/.446 for Memphis this year with 10 homers and nine stolen bases in 249 plate appearances.
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Blaze Jordan

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Cardinals placed INF Blaze Jordan on the 10-day injured list with a left ankle sprain.

Tough break for the 23-year-old, as he’s losing big-league opportunities down the stretch here with the Cardinals. Jordan was unable to put weight on the ankle after being hurt and this will likely be more than a 10-day injury.
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Adley Rutschman

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Adley Rutschman (elbow) is in Boston’s Friday starting lineup against the Yankees.

He missed two games in a row with the elbow injury earlier this week. His return forces Mickey Gasper to DH. Rutschman will try to help the Red Sox make up some ground on the Yankees against RHP Cam Schlittler.
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Adam Macko

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Rangers recalled LHP Adam Macko from Triple-A Round Rock.

The 25-year-old left-hander came over in a deadline trade for INF Josh Smith and had five appearances with a 5.63 ERA with Round Rock. He holds a 4.91 ERA in 22 innings in the bigs earlier this year with the Blue Jays.
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Alejandro Kirk

TOR Catcher #30
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Alejandro Kirk is not in Toronto’s starting lineup for Friday’s game against the Mariners.

It’s a bit surprising to see Kirk rested in two of the last six games. Especially when he’s hitting .338/.415/.513 this month. Brandon Valenzuela will don the tools of ignorance against RHP Emerson Hancock.
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MIN Right Fielder #18
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Twins optioned OF Alan Roden to Triple-A St. Paul.

Since August 13, Roden had only appeared in four of Minnesota’s 12 games. The 26-year-old hit .254/.333/.313 in 79 plate appearances this year. He’ll try to get back on track at Triple-A.
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Twins designated RHP Woo-Suk Go for assignment.

Go gave up four runs over four appearances with the Twins in July and was DFA’ed to make room for Walker Jenkins. The 28-year-old right-hander had a 3.91 ERA between Toledo and St. Paul’s Triple-A squads this year — 12.54 is the ERA in Toledo that likely led to him being placed on waivers.
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