ORGANIZATION REPORTS

American League

● The White Sox have a hole at second base that 24-year-old Yolbert Sanchez might fill

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● Coleman Crow impressed the Angels in his pro debut, then elevated his stock in the AFL

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● The Twins’ Chris Vallimont pushed his strikeout and walk rates to the extremes in 2021

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The Mariners expressed a vote of confidence in 21-year-old outfielder Alberto Rodriguez’s potential by adding him to the 40-man roster.

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Righthander Logan Gillaspie didn’t produce numbers this year that made him a lock to be added the Orioles’ 40-man roster.

But Baltimore certainly liked the 24-year-old’s arm and didn’t want him exposed in the Rule 5 draft.

Gillaspie registered a 4.97 ERA and 1.32 WHIP in 26 games between High-A Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie, with 11 walks and 52 strikeouts in 41.2 innings. He finished the season in the Arizona Fall League, which was a big step for a player the Orioles signed in June.

“He was a guy who came to us in the latter half of the season, and we really didn’t know much about him, but obviously you look at the stuff and it was really good,” Bowie pitching coach Justin Ramsey said.

“It’s one of those arms where, if he can hone in his command of the zone, you can’t let that go and have a chance of him catching on somewhere else.”

Gillaspie went undrafted out of Oxnard (Calif.) JC and pitched in four independent leagues before the Brewers signed him in July 2018. Milwaukee released him after the 2019 season. He did not pitch in 2020.

“He’s a guy who works hard. He wants to get better,” Ramsey said. “You saw what the stuff looked like in the Fall League and a little bit with us. It’s a real arm. He’s got multiple pitches that he’s getting to the point where he can throw them any time.”

Gillaspie’s fastball touched 98 mph in AFL, and also when Bowie needed a win against Altoona to qualify for the Double-A Northeast playoffs.

“He went into a bases loaded situation and no outs and he absolutely dominated,” Ramsey said. “You can see what’s there when he puts it together. He’s just got to maintain the focus a little more consistently throughout the outings.”

In his last three appearances for Bowie, including the playoffs, Gillaspie notched seven scoreless innings with no walks and 14 strikeouts.

—ROCH KUBATKO

BOSTON RED SOX

When the Brewers drafted shortstop David Hamilton in the eighth round in 2019, he entered pro ball with a significant question about his elite speed:

Would it return after surgery to repair a torn Achilles suffered in a scooter accident that wiped out his junior season at Texas?

It took a while for him