Sox Call Up Viciedo

By Benjy Lipsman in News on Jun 18, 2010 3:20PM

While the White Sox prepare to face the Washington Nationals and their rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg Friday night, the White Sox have called up their own top prospect from the minors. The Sox recalled 21-year-old Dayan Viciedo from Triple A Charlotte, where he was batting .288 with 13 home runs and 31 RBIs. The Cuban defector signed with the Sox two years ago. For much of his baseball career, the slugger was a third baseman, but has been playing primarily at first base this season. But with Paul Konerko firmly planted there (for now) and Mark Teahen not playing well even when healthy, we expect to see Viciedo move back over to the hot corner for the South Siders.

Manager Ozzie Guillen said that he'll ease the rookie into the lineup, "He's not playing (Friday). I don't want to have him remember the first game of his career against that kid (Stephen Strasburg). After that, we'll decide." Personally, we think that's showing a bit too much deference to a kid with two major league games under his belt. We'd like to see Viciedo take some cuts against one of his fellow top rookies.

To make room on the roster, the Sox designated infielder Jayson Nix for assignment, who had been hitting just .163 on the year.