Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6'1/175
Bats/Throws: Right/Right
Birthday: April 18th, 1991
Hometown/School: Santiago, Dominican Republic
Silverio was signed by the White Sox in 2007 as a free agent. Once ranked as a top 10 player in the organization, Silverio hasn't lived up to the hype and has been somewhat forgotten. Despite being in the minors since 2008, Silverio is still young at the age of 21.
Silverio has been up and down, promoted and demoted throughout the years. He had a good year in 2009 and the beginning of 2010, but struggled later in 2010 after he was promoted to Kanny as he batted .200/.237/.336. He then had a bounce-back year in 2011, batting .285/.335./.453 combined with Kannapolis and Winston-Salem. After it looked like he turned his career around, he batted .243/.285/.443 in 2012.
As mentioned above, he is still young, but he is teetering on the edge of being an actual prospect and 2013 may be a make or break year.
Silverio was once a shortstop, but after gaining some weight, he was moved to third. He has alright power, hitting 8 bombs last year in 78 games last year. He has had strikeout problems with a K% above 20% every year of his career and a relatively low walk-rate. Defensively, Baseball America in their 2013 White Sox prospect list, gave him the award of the best infield arm.
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