After four of the White Sox' five intriguing outfielders in Winston-Salem got off to blazing Aprils, they all leveled off in May. Meanwhile, the lone Dash outfielder who struggled initially used May to regress in the good way.
| Outfielder | April | May | Current |
| Luis Alexander Basabe | .313/.400/.614 | .226/.343/.405 | .269/.371/.509 |
| Micker Adolfo | .308/.369/.549 | .255/.378/.357 | .280/.374/.450 |
| Joel Booker | .353/.421/.515 | .192/.323/.333 | .267/.367/.418 |
| Alex Call | .224/.346/.328 | .286/.359/.484 | .259/.353/.418 |
| Blake Rutherford | .338/.372/.437 | .237/.290/.419 | .280/.326/.427 |
The May number that jumps out most is Adolfo's OBP, because it's not getting much help from the batting average component. Instead, he drew 15 walks to go along with 5 HBPs over 118 plate appearances, and the 23.5 percent strikeout rate is a lot better than the 30 percent clip he carried in the first month.
James Fegan says that the UCL tear that jeopardized Adolfo's season might've helped him not get so anxious about failures. Rutherford noticed a difference, anyway.
“I would say the main thing is just his mentality,” Blake Rutherford said. “His mentality has changed a lot. I think he learned a lot from last year. You never see him come in here and be super pissed off or throwing stuff or anything. He comes in, he regroups, he talks to people about his at-bats and he goes back out there. You can see him, he has great games, and if he has a bad game, they usually don’t link together. He’s able to snap out of it and get back in there.”
Charlotte 10, Buffalo 4
- Hey, 13 hits.
Birmingham Chattanooga
- Danny Mendick went 0-for-4 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
- Zack Collins went 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Eloy Jimenez was 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Seby Zavala went 1-for-4 with a K.
- Jameson Fisher was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Tito Polo wore the collar and silver sombrero
- Jordan Guerrero: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
- Ryan Burr: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
- Ian Hamilton: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
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*Jimenez was named the White Sox' position player of the month after hitting .374/.419/.664 over 26 games. I might've given the nod to Collins, if only because it's damned hard to reach base more often than you don't (.322/.508/.540).
*Jimenez's triple:
Kannapolis 5, Hagerstown 3
- Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base.
- Evan Skoug and Justin Yurchak both were 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Luis Curbelo doubled, singled and struck out twice.
- Lincoln Henzman: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
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*Blake Battenfield was named the organization's pitcher of the month after going 4-0 with a 1.16 ERA and 35 strikeouts to 28 baserunners over 31 innings.
