27-year old switch-hitting outfielder Alejandro de Aza has been on fire with the bat since he was called up by the Pale Hose. de Aza has played in 51 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 45 for 142 (.317 avg, .900 OPS) with 26 runs scored, 4 homers, 23 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He is playing by far the best baseball of his major league career right now. de Aza has now played in 137 games in his first four years in the majors and he is 92 for 336 (.274 avg, .734 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 4 homers, 36 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. The White Sox will probably pencil de Aza in for 2012 as a backup outfielder.

29-year old righty swinging shortstop Alexei Ramirez has been very consistent for the White Sox in his first four years with the team. He has played in 148 games this year for the Pale Hose and he is 157 for 580 (.271 avg, .730 OPS) with 78 runs scored, 14 homers, 66 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. Ramirez has now played in 588 games in his first four years with the White Sox and he is 611 for 2,187 (.279 avg, .746 OPS) with 297 runs scored, 62 homers, 281 RBIs and 47 stolen bases. The White Sox have Ramirez locked in through the 2015 season with a team option for 2016, so they hope he keeps up the good work.

24-year old righty swinging 3B Brent Morel didn’t show much with the bat from April through August this year, but he’s raking so far in September. Morel has played in 9 games so far in September and he is 9 for 30 (.300 avg, 1.033 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 3 homers and 8 RBIs. He has now played in 108 games overall this year and he is 91 for 358 (.254 avg, .627 OPS) with 34 runs scored, 5 homers, 30 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The White Sox are impressed that the light has finally come on at the plate for Morel, and they hope he continues to rake the rest of the month so that they can feel comfortable with him as the starting 3B in 2012.

34-year old lefty swinging LF Juan Pierre has really paid back manager Ozzie Guillen’s confidence in him. GM Kenny Williams wanted to bring up Dayan Viciedo to replace Pierre in LF, but Guillen said no. No one plays harder than Juan Pierre. Since July 1st, Pierre is 79 for 251 (.315 avg) with 40 runs scored, 1 homer, 25 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. He has now played in 140 games overall this year and he is 162 for 568 (.285 avg, .675 OPS) with 75 runs scored, 2 homers, 45 RBIs and 25 stolen bases.

27-year old lefty swinging outfielder Alejandro de Aza is off to a good start for the White Sox. He has played in 25 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 21 of 69 (.304 avg, .835 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 2 homers, 10 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. de Aza has been a nice surprise for the White Sox as they called him up to put pressure on Alex Rios. He has not only done that but he has helped them wherever he has been needed. Look for him to continue to get decent P.T. as long as he keeps hitting.