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- Updated: September 7, 2016
CHICAGO — With all due respect to outfielder Jason Coats, utility player Leury Garcia and right-hander Blake Smith, who fully earned their Tuesday promotion to the White Sox Major League roster, the day’s seemingly bigger news came from the omission of Carson Fulmer and Zach Burdi among the callups.
Fulmer stands as the White Sox No. 1 prospect per MLBPipeline.com, while Burdi, the 26th pick overall in the 2016 MLB Draft, checks in at No. 4. General manager Rick Hahn’s omission explanation took a page out of George Costanza’s iconic “Seinfeld” line in that the organization wanted both right-handers to end the current campaign on a high note.
Burdi, 21, threw 68 innings combined between his stint as the closer for the University of Louisville and over Minor League stops in Arizona, with Class A Winston-Salem, Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte. He fanned 51 over 38 Minor League innings, in what Hahn termed “a fantastic year.”
“Frankly we felt enough was enough for him,” Hahn said. “We view it as a very successful year, one in which he squarely put himself on the map for the not-too-distant future for us. We expect to see him in big league camp, come …
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