Art Sage  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average reliever. The Chicago White Sox hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. His composure needs work. When Sage starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Sage doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Sage is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Sage has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
What The Chicago White Sox was thinking when they signed Sage to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. One has to wonder what Art Sage is doing in AA. In all honesty, he could use a lot of work on the fundamentals in the low minors. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Sage.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2001 CHW 55 37 25 25 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 54 0 69 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 10 39 43 69
2002 CHW 55 37 31 27 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 58 0 73 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 4 45 87
2003 CHW 55 37 36 29 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 60 0 75 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 100
2004 CHW 55 37 43 30 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 60 0 76 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 113
2005 CHW 55 39 43 31 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 61 0 77 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 114
2006 CHW 55 41 43 32 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 62 0 77 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 115
2007 CHW 55 43 43 33 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 62 0 77 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 114
2008 CHW 55 43 43 33 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 62 0 77 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 112
2009 CHW 55 43 43 33 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 62 0 78 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 111
2010 CHW 55 43 43 33 49 45 47 47 50 0 0 62 0 78 0 0 31 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 109
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.