Oscar Colás was itching to bat Saturday towards the San Diego Padres.
“He probably asked me three or four times if I could get him an AB,” Chicago White Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated Sunday morning. “He knew that in the event that they introduced a righty in I used to be going to pinch-hit (with) him as a result of I talk that early the times that a few of these guys are off.
“As soon as they brought in that righty, I looked back and he already had his stuff on.”
Colás made essentially the most of his plate look, blasting an extended residence run to proper discipline towards Drew Carlton within the ninth inning of the Sox’s 6-5 loss at Peoria Stadium. It was the primary Cactus League homer of what has been a standout camp for the No. 2 prospect within the Sox group.
“As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone,” Colás stated by an interpreter Saturday.
He known as the second “special.”
“I was just trying to feel comfortable in the batter’s box, trying to get into my rhythm,” Colás stated. “I wasn’t looking for homers before, it just happened this time. But I’m feeling very comfortable in the batter’s box right now.”
It reveals. Colás entered Sunday’s recreation towards the Los Angeles Angels at Camelback Ranch hitting .407, second amongst certified Cactus League gamers and fifth within the majors. And he stored it up Sunday, hitting a solo homer to right-center within the first.
While Saturday’s homer went to proper, the left-handed-hitting Colás is attempting to make use of all the discipline.
“That’s part of all the work I did during the offseason,” he stated final week. “Trying to hit the ball to the opposite field. If they throw me inside, I’m going to keep my hands inside of the ball and pull the ball. I’m just going to take advantage of the whole field.”
He had 11 hits getting into Sunday’s recreation, tied for sixth within the majors.
“I love the kid,” Sox second baseman Elvis Andrus just lately stated. “Such a tremendous presence. It’s robust to have a presence whenever you haven’t even performed within the large leagues. He is aware of how good he’s however he doesn’t act prefer it. He comes on daily basis, works exhausting, prepares the proper means, asks the proper questions, and everyone knows how proficient he’s.
“As long as he keeps working hard, maintains that mentality where ‘I have to earn it every day, nobody is going to give it to me easy.’ That’s something I want to remind him. When you’re in the big leagues, you’re just another guy. You have to make your name and show them who you are. I think he knows that and he’s well-prepared for that. So far, one of the younger guys who has impressed me the most for sure.”
Colás, 24, is competing for a roster spot and the opening in proper discipline. He’s embracing all the expertise.
“They are giving me the chance to earn a spot in the major-league roster, and that’s what I want,” Colás stated. “That’s what I’m here for. I’m working hard to be in the majors this year.”
Grifol described Saturday as “a good day for (Colás) overall.”
“There was a lot of things we did here (in Glendale) in the morning,” Grifol stated. “A lot of learning moments. We did some things I think are crucial for his development when it comes to throwing to the right bases and doing the right things in the outfield and the secondary leads. Just the little stuff that we need to continue to focus on with him.”
Colás has appreciated all of the suggestions.
“It’s a learning process,” he stated. “You at all times have stuff to enhance — hitting-wise, defensive-wise, there’s at all times stuff it’s important to work on to get higher.
“That’s why I’m here. I know I still have plenty of room to learn. Thanks to them, I’m doing that.”
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