White Sox Spring Training, Day 9

Monday, March 1, 2010

Today

A typical day in camp, although Sox pitchers didn’t throw from the mound today.  Instead, work was spent on defensive drills, bunt defense and batting practice against Sox coaches.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), the Sox take the field in a B Game against the Dodgers on one of the back fields.  The Sox lineup will be:

Mitchell 7, Danks 8, Flowers 2, Viciedo 3, Kroeger dh, Nix 4, Lillibridge 6, Morel 5, De Aza 9. Floyd pitching.

From the Weight Room

White Sox strength and conditioning coach Allen Thomas spoke with a Sox TV crew this morning and talked about the team’s commitment to the weight room and to being in shape.

“They are probably the best group I have seen in my 16 years,” said AT of this year’s Sox squad. “Usually, I would come in at 6 a.m., and some of the team would start coming in around 7 a.m. to work out.  Now they are in the weight room at 6 a,m. 
 
“Everyone agrees,” he said. “Ozzie, the whole baseball group, and myself, this is one of the better conditioned teams we have seen.”

Pitching

LHP John Danks starts the Cactus League opener for the Sox on Thursday at the Los Angeles Angels of Tempe.