RECAP: White Sox Win 1st Spring Game 4-1

The White Sox came out victors Thursday afternoon, beating the Colorado Rockies in the Sox 2nd Spring Training game. Gavin Floyd and the staff pitched strong giving up only 1 run. Game notes: (can only go off box score, game was not on radio or TV)

• Look for Gavin Floyd to continue to have a good spring. Hopefully he can continue this throughout the season
• Corkey Miller to have an inside track on the backup catcher job, he can defiantly play defense and he showed today he has the potential to hit
• The Sox were aggressive on he base paths today, look for that to continue into the season
• Look for Brent Lillibridge and Chris Getz get shots at leading-off if Jerry Owens proves to be ineffective. Lillibridge stole a base today

You can view the box score by clicking on the link : http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_02_26_chamlb_colmlb_1

The Sox will play the D-Backs tomorrow, as Johnny Danks will go for the Sox.

PREVIEW: 2nd Base

In this preview, we will be discussing the second base battle between Chris Getz, Brent Lillibridge, and Jayson Nix. Getz seems to have the upper hand, but an excellent Spring Training out of Lillibridge or ix would most likely win one of them a job. Getz, last year at AAA Charlotte, hit .302 with 11 HR and 52 RBI while carrying a .366 OBP. Getz gets on base, can steal, can make good contact, and play excellent defense. Lillibridge, who came over from Atlanta in the Vazquez deal, hit only .220 in AAA Richmond, but did provide excellent speed. If Lillibridge were to win the job, he could be a candidate to lead off. Nix, from the Rockies organization whom the Sox signed as a Minor League Free Agent, hit .303 with 17 HR and 51 RBI. I don't understand why people would write him off. He had the best stats in AAA among the other candidates and was a top prospect once for the Rockies. I could see him as a dark horse in Spring Training.

2nd Base Depth Chart

1. Chris Getz

2. Brent Lillibridge

3. Jayson Nix

4. Gordon Beckham