Black, Schlosser net Carolina awards
Black, a 2011 MiLB.com White Sox Organization All-Star, is hitting .319 with 17 homers and 83 RBIs in 124 games for the Dash, duplicating much of his breakout season at Class A Kannapolis last summer. The switch-hitter leads the league in batting and ranks second in RBIs.
Schlosser leads the league in wins with 13 and is third in ERA at 3.28. The righty out of Florida Southern College has 131 strikeouts in 159 1/3 innings through Aug. 28.
Winston-Salem skipper Tommy Thompson was voted Manager of the Year -- he's led the White Sox affiliate to an 83-49 record, the best in the league.
Other notables voted to the team include Red Sox's No. 5 prospect Jackie Bradley Jr., who has since been promoted from Salem to Portland, and Xander Bogaerts, Boston's No. 2 prospect and Salem's shortstop -- also now in Portland -- who ranks fifth in the league with a .302 average.
Ronny Rodriguez of Carolina and Carlos Sanchez of Winston-Salem were both selected as second baseman after tying in votes. Lynchburg's Braeden Schlehuber and Salem's Christian Vazquez also tied at catcher.
Voting was done by league managers, general managers and media. Trainer Jeremy Heller of the Carolina Mudcats was selected in a vote of his peers conducted by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society.
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Carolina League Postseason All-Stars
NAME | POS | TEAM | MLB ORG |
---|---|---|---|
Braeden Schlehuber | C | Lynchburg | ATL |
Christian Vazquez | C | Salem | BOS |
Dan Black | 1B | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Ronny Rodriguez | 2B | Carolina | CLE |
Carlos Sanchez | 2B | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Michael Almanzar | 3B | Salem | BOS |
Xander Bogaerts | SS | Salem | BOS |
Nick Ahmed | UT INF | Lynchburg | ATL |
Jackie Bradley Jr. | OF | Salem | BOS |
Michael Earley | OF | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Trayce Thompson | OF | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Brady Shoemaker | UT OF | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Travis Shaw | DH | Salem | BOS |
Gus Schlosser | SP | Lynchburg | ATL |
Ben Rowan | RP | Myrtle Beach | TEX |
Tommy Thompson | Manager | Winston-Salem | CWS |
Jeremy Heller | Athletic Trainer | Carolina | CLE |
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com.