The White Sox have added third baseman Jake Burger to their 60-man player pool, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He’ll join their alternate training site.
This is an important step for Burger, a recent first-round pick (No. 11 in 2017) whom injuries have ravaged during his professional career. Burger tore his left Achilles twice in 2018 and didn’t play at all that year. He also missed all of last season because of heel problems. Considering those serious issues, it’s encouraging that the 24-year-old is managing to work his way back yet again.
When Burger was actually healthy enough to play in the minors during his draft year, he logged a .263/.336/.412 line with five home runs in 217 plate appearances between rookie ball and Single-A. Baseball America then ranked Burger as the White Sox’s seventh-best prospect heading into 2018, making note of his impressive power and writing that “his leadership-oriented makeup is legendary.”
Mmmmmmmmm, Burger!
You beat me to it, Dan!
Jake Burger will be joining Jace Fry on the big club.
Still waiting to add Freddy Pickle and Ken Ketchup from the minors.
Meanwhile, Rickey Relish is still waiting for a call up.
Martin Mustard was just called up
Ahead of Tommy Tomatoe? I’m shocked!
Yeah, Larry Lettuce unfortunately tested positive for listeria, or he would been called up too.
Must trade for seth beer
Burger played this summer for the Cornbeltersin the Carshield Collegiate League in O’Fallon, MO. this summer (along with Tate Matheny). Their last game was last Friday and he looked good, the league helped knock the rust off.
How was he eligible for collegiate summer ball??!
HE WILL NEVER BE AS GOOD AS JOE CREDE.
Let’s hope he is because I love Crede but that’s not a high bar.
Joe Crede was a clutch bat and under-recognized for his contributions in the 05 playoff run.
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING??
He thinks we’re hard of hearing.
Descendant of Hamilton (Ham) Burger !!
I certainly wasn’t expecting to see him on the 60-man this year.
I wonder if there’s even a sliver of a chance he makes it up this year. I would say 100% no, but I would’ve said 100% no for him making it to the 60-man this year before this just happened.
You must be on the 60 man to be included in a trade. Hahn is just keeping an option open.
surprising given they had him in a summer league. why pull him away from that when you dont need to?
If your the White Sox GM how much sleep are you losing by trading away Tatis Jr
None, Kenny Williams made that trade. Eggs on his face.
Rick Hahn absolutely made that trade. He was GM, as he has been last eight losing seasons.
@maximunvelocity
Yes he did, and it should be attributed to him. But that trade had KW’s fingerprints all over it. In fact, I initially thought KW stepped over him to make that trade because that’s the type of trade KW was famous for. Hahn’s fessed up to it, so I was wrong in that respect, but KW definitely rubbed off on Hahn with that trade.
Thankfully Hahn got much better with his trades back in Nov ’16. The Big 3 trades probably saved his job.
@mlbnyyfan
Probably not too much. It’s more the fans who lose sleep over that trade than anyone.
It would be kind of like saying the Yanks GM must lose sleep when the Yanks choke in the playoffs every year for the last decade despite having the best roster and usually (but not always) the highest payroll every year.
Now is that true? No, but you get the point.
With the minor league baseball season being cancelled, the players that weren’t a part of the 60 man player pool were allowed to play in independent baseball leagues like this one, if the league allowed it. Tate Matheny was another professional player who played in this league.
i believe Kenny had a hand in the Tatis trade. i am hoping that now that they are becoming contenders, they will not revert to their old ways of trading prospects for over the hill veterans. please stay the course. lets hope Rick and Kenny learned from their mistakes.
Yeah I don’t see them doing much trading actually, unless they could trade a hitter like Vaughn for a pitcher like Plesac. That might make sense for both teams, the Indians have no hitting, and a ton of pitching, and the Sox sure could use another strong starter. Doubt a trade between those two teams would happen, but at least would be different than trading a prospect for an over the hill veteran. Plesac looks like he will be a good pitcher for a long time, that’s really the kind of player to trade for if they do anything. Not going to get someone like that without giving up a lot.