White Sox Minor League Update: November 5, 2021

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images When Yolbert goes deep, the Desert Dogs win (sample size: one) Today was a much better day in the sun than yesterday was for the AFL Sox players, their combined efforts helping to propel the Desert Dogs to another defeat of the hated Surprise Saguaros. Yoelqui Céspedes got the day off after a forgettable day at the plate yesterday, and second baseman José Rodríguez supplanted him batting second in the lineup. This was a more typical Rodríguez game, his 2-for-4 day raising his average to .255. He knocked in the Dogs’ first run in the first inning, hitting his first AFL triple to score Cardinals prospect Lars Nootbaar from a leadoff single. He had another RBI in the fifth, singling to score (spoilers) Yolbert Sánchez after Sánchez had walked and advanced to third on Nootbaar’s double. All in all, a good day for Rodríguez, who is batting .255 with a .683 OPS.

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