White Sox Minor League Update: July 17, 2022

Yoelqui Céspedes lit it up on an otherwise tough day on the farm. One of the three Charlotte starters (yes, three Knights starters, and that’s including John Parke and Mike Wright Jr.) got the call in the finale, and, well, he’s still the best No. 6 we’ve got. Davis Martin had a by-definition mediocre start, two earned off six hits and two walks against five Ks over four inning. And any hope for a late comeback — one that did come, with three runs in the eighth and ninth by Charlotte — was skoshed by Brandon Finnegan coughing up four earned in getting just two outs.

On the offensive side, this was the Xavier Fernández game, as the No. 2 catcher in the system fell a triple short of the cycle…