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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 19-25, 2025

Putting on a show: Kyle Teel could not be stopped this week, as he gave the Knights offense a huge boost. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Barons went 6-0, but Knights catcher Kyle Teel had the most dominant individual performance Charlotte Knights Record 3-3 (last week), 25-26 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Kyle Teel .500/.636/1.188, 16 at-bats Colson Mo...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 22, 2025

Kyle Teel is doing all the things. He’s earned a trip up to the bigs, but a catching backlog at backstop is an issue. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Kyle Teel’s two homers highlight Charlotte’s offensive explosion as Knights, Barons, and Ballers notch wins Charlotte Knights 8, Round Rock Express 0 (Statcast box)The Charlotte Knights flexed their offensive muscles, launching five dingers e...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 21, 2025

Unstoppable: Corey Julks reached base safely every plate appearance, and he added a stolen base during Charlotte’s victory. | Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The affiliates went 4-0 and outscored their opponents 31-17 in a dominant day Charlotte Knights 7, Round Rock Express 4 (Statcast box)The Knights (23-24) overcame an early deficit to defeat Round Rock (22-25) in Charlotte. Knights ...2025
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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 12-18, 2025

Providing the pop: Andre Lipcius posted a .467/.529/.733 for the Knights this week. | Norm Hall/Getty Images Birmingham climbed back above .500 with a 4-2 week to lead the system Charlotte Knights Record 3-3 (last week), 22-23 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Andre Lipcius .467/.529/.733, 15 at-bats Colson Montgomery .286/.348/.429, 21 at-batsJason Matthews .375/.583/.375, eight at-bat...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 18, 2025

Noah Schultz got his second loss of the season after 3 1⁄3 innings where he gave up five runs on three hits, with four walks. | Allan Henry-Imagn Images The Cannon Ballers had the only win of the day, while the Dash fall in extras and Noah Schultz got his second loss Gwinnett Stripers 6, Charlotte Knights 0 (Statcast box)The Charlotte (22-23) offense neglected to convert on the ample oppor...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 17, 2025

Wikelman González has been aces since his move up to Triple-A as a bulk reliever. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Fabulous relief from Wikelman González and Grant Taylor, plus a buff hitting night from Jacob Gonzalez! Charlotte Knights 8, Gwinnett Stripers 5 (sorry, cannot access the Statcast box)The Knights earned a win in most impressive fashion, against a stacked opponent from a strong ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025

No, Tim Elko did not play for Charlotte tonight — he’s headed to the bigs; could be our last chance to feature him in the Minor League Update. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Kanny’s walk-off error and ACL’s win staves off the affiliates getting swept Memphis Redbirds 13, Charlotte Knights 10 (Statcast box)The bats were swinging on both sides, but Charlotte was outmatched. The Knig...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 4: Colson Montgomery

There’s a little bit of bloom off of the rose, but the future is still bright for former No. 1 prospect Colson Montgomery. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images It was a rough 2024, but this slugger is still right on the verge of the majors Colson MontgomeryShortstop6´3´´230 poundsAge: 232022 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 12023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 12024 Sou...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 5: Kyle Teel

Kyle Teel’s lefty power bat would be a welcomed addition to the White Sox lineup. | Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images We won’t see him open the season with the White Sox, but this backstop’s future in Chicago is a matter of when and not if Kyle Teel6´0´´190 poundsAge: 23First appearance among the South Side Sox Top 100 Prospects2024 High Level Worcester (AAA)Age relative to h...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 6: Braden Montgomery

Braden Montgomery has a smile that’s infectious. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Chicago swings for the fences with this power-packed prospect Braden MontgomeryRight Fielder6´2´´220 poundsAge: 212024 High Level Texas A&M (NCAA)Age relative to high level years -0.3SSS rank among all right fielders in the system 1Overall 2024 NCAA stats 61 games ⚾️ 27 HR ⚾️ 85 RBI ⚾️ .322/.454/.733 ⚾️ 53 BB ⚾...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 8: Mason Adams

Few White Sox pitching prospects impressed as much as Mason Adams in 2024. | Birmingham Barons Although his immediate future is cloudy, this righty was mighty impressive in 2024 Mason Adams Right-Handed Starting Pitcher6´0´´200 poundsAge: 252023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 862024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 352024 High Level Charlotte (AAA)Age relative to high level -3.0 ye...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 9: Grant Taylor

Few players have raised eyebrows for the White Sox this spring like Grant Taylor. | Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images Triple-figures on the gun? Check. Otherworldly K-to-BB numbers? Yup. A big future ahead on the South Side? Absolutely Grant TaylorRight-Handed Starting Pitcher6´3´´230 poundsAge: 222024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 222024 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age re...2025
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• Game threads: Twice the fun with White Sox at Rangers and Spring Breakout

Southpaw Hagen Smith will strut his stuff on the mound as the starter for the Spring Breakout contest. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The big leaguers are in Surprise while Chicago and Colorado’s prospects face off in Glendale Happy Sunday! Today, we have double the fun and double the coverage. Not only do the Chicago White Sox big leaguers play the Texas Rangers, but t...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 31

We don’t usually caption these stories, but in case you are alarmed that the No. 30-voted prospect is 12 years old, no, this is just a shot of Blake Larson in the Little League World Series, back in 2018. Blake Larson tops our Round 30 ballot. So, who is the 31st-best prospect in the White Sox system? Our long wait is over, as Blake Larson finally advanced, voted our No. 30 prospect with 4...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 30

@Shane.Smith00/Instagram Shane Smith tops our Round 29 ballot. So, who is the 30th-best prospect in the White Sox system? For the sixth “true” time (discounting Round 1), in back-to-back votes, and for the third time in the last five rounds a first-time candidate defeated the incumbent field to become our next top prospect, as Shane Smith won Round 29, with 37 of 200 votes (19%): ...2025
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"Hagen Smith, Noah Schultz, and George Wolkow were so sweet and very excited to get the year started."

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"Snagging potential first round talent George Wolkow in the seventh and delivering him into the system swiftly looks like a masterstroke."

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"Christmas in July: George Wolkow dropped to the White Sox in the seventh round last week — and the South Siders struck fast to get him in the fold."

• White Sox Minor League Update: May 22, 2025
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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 12-18, 2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 1: Noah Schultz

With unbelievable upside, Noah Schultz’s road to the majors is a matter of when, not if. | Allan Henry-Imagn Images Packing draw-dropping stuff, endurance is the only skill this southpaw has yet to prove Noah SchultzLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´10´´240 poundsAge: 212023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 6 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 2 2024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age rela...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 2: Hagen Smith

Hagen Smith has been as good as promised, so far. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images From Arkansas ace to South Side southpaw Hagen SmithLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´3´´235 poundsAge: 21First appearance among the South Side Sox Top 100 Prospects2024 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -3.0 yearsSSS rank among all left-handed starters in the system 2Overall 2024 stats...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 5: Kyle Teel
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 6: Braden Montgomery
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 7: Jairo Iriarte

Jairo Iriarte seems like he’s a good dude. He just needs to figure out how to wrangle that control. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Can the righthander tame his wildness? The White Sox sure hope so Jairo IriarteRight-Handed pitcher6´4´´240 poundsAge: 23First appearance among the South Side Sox Top 100 prospects 2024 High Level Chicago (MLB)Age relative to high level -7.0 yearsSSS rank among al...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 8: Mason Adams
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 9: Grant Taylor
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 22, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 21, 2025
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• Braves Minor League Preview 4/29

Brett Sears | Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK Brett Sears looks to continue tearing up the competition. Tuesday means it’s time for a new set of opponents for the affiliates in the Atlanta Braves system. It also means we get another chance to see Brett Sears shut down Low-A hitters - though if he keeps pitching this well, he won’t be long for Augusta. Schedule Gwi...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 16, 2025

On fire: Tim Elko went 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs during Charlotte’s 11-7 loss. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Winston-Salem picked up the organization’s only victory, but Tim Elko hit two homers Nashville Sounds 11, Charlotte Knights 7 (10 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box) In a thrilling matchup that went into extras, the Sounds came out on top against the Knights (6-11). The K...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 1: Noah Schultz
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 2: Hagen Smith
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 3: Edgar Quero

In all likelihood the strongest catching prospect in the White Sox system is not the other guy you’ve heard so much about, but Edgar Quero. | David Durochiki/Diamond Images via Getty Images In pursuit of the Shiny New Thing, don’t sleep on the best catching prospect in the White Sox system Edgar QueroCatcher5´10´´205 poundsAge: 212024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 32024 High Level Ch...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 4: Colson Montgomery
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 5: Kyle Teel
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 6: Braden Montgomery
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 21, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 18, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 17, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 15, 2025

Jake Palisch was excellent for the Barons in his five innings, and sits at a 0.75 ERA on the season. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Birmingham won fourth in a row, Charlotte and the ACL squad put up 14 total runs, and A-ball rode the struggle bus Charlotte Knights 7, Gwinnett Stripers 1 (Statcast box)The Knights (21-21) had excellent pitching, and two big offensive innings in ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 14, 2025

The solo run: DJ Gladney hit a solo homer to lead Birmingham to a 1-0 victory. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The affiliates went 2-2, with the Cannon Ballers scoring 14 to provide many of the highlights Gwinnett Stripers 7, Charlotte Knights 4 (Statcast box)Old friend James McCann came up big for Gwinnett (18-23), and the Knights (20-21) came up short to fall ba...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 8: Mason Adams
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• That’s All, Folks: The 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote wrap-up

Getting onto the field right before we wrap things up is White Sox and Team USA reliever, Eric Adler. | EricAdlerr/Instagram Eric Adler is voted our 31st and final Prospect Vote winner. See ya next year! There was some slow voting out of the gate once we finished our No. 30 prospect, and that combined with us now colliding into the Top 100 countdown means that it’s time to wrap it up for t...2025
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• SoxFest Live 2025 delivers a dinger ... along with a few swings and misses

The 20th-anniversary celebration of the 2005 World Series team began on Friday, with SoxFest Live. Chuck Garfien reminisced with Harold Baines, Mark Buehrle, Freddy García, and José Contreras (Billy Russo, interpreter). | Melissa Sage-Bollenbach/South Side Sox Newly-imagined fan fest was a winner, but needs to address a few growing pains In the middle of a bitter cold Illinois winter, th...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 19

Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Wilfred Veras tops our Round 18 ballot. So, who is the 19th-best prospect in the White Sox system? Longtime SSS favorite Wilfred Veras made relatively quick work of the poll, advancing in his third ballot, earning 36 of 213 votes (17%): Right field is definitely the position of outfield strength in the White Sox system, at least when i...2025
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• Wolkow signs with White Sox for a cool million
Christmas in July: George Wolkow dropped to the White Sox in the seventh round last week — and the South Siders struck fast to get him in the fold. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports That news, plus a snapshot of every 2023 pick’s status While George Wolkow grew up a White Sox fan George Wolkow grew up watching the #WhiteSox After they picked him in the 7th round of the MLB Draft, the ...2023
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• White Sox draft steal George Wolkow confirms he will be signing
George Wolkow, as dangerous a prep power bat as there was in the 2023 draft, will be signing with the White Sox. | MLB Pipeline Possible plum pick of the draft will be heading to Arizona UPDATE: Fast, exciting news on the George Wolkow draft pick! George Wolkow just confirmed that he will be signing with the White Sox. "I can't wait to get to work, get out to Arizona, and bring a World ...2023
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• White Sox select LHP Anthony Imhoff in the 18th round (No. 539 overall)
Anthony Imhoff is a big lefty with potential pop. | Pima Athletics The South Siders are beginning to reveal a type: The big power lefty With the 539th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the White Sox selected left-handed pitcher Anthony Imhoff from Pima Community College in Tuscon, Ariz. 10 K's in relief last night for @KingsportAxmen LHP Anthony Imhoff (@BaseballPima)!4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ...2023
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• White Sox select RHSP Jake Peppers in the ninth round (No. 269 overall)
Will Jake Peppers stay (as a starter) or go (to the bullpen)? | Jake Peppers: Instagram A high-upside guy who didn’t do all that well in college, but if everything progresses as he fills out, he can remain a starter With the 269th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft the White Sox selected Jake Peppers. He is another tweener of a pitcher, but MLB Pipeline is under the impress...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: August 3, 2023

Colson Montgomery continues to dominate every level of the minors that he’s assigned to. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A bloodbath in Birmingham headlines the farm’s performances today We begin the day in Triple-A, where Charlotte lost a heartbreaker in extras against the Norfolk tides. Starting pitcher Chase Solesky navigated through 6 2⁄3 innings of on...2023
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• White Sox select OF George Wolkow in the seventh round (No. 209 overall)
The White Sox finally strike hot, snagging 71st-best talent George Wolkow with a seventh-round pick. | Perfect Game USA South Siders go local for their high-risk, high-reward pick Although a seventh-round pick, George Wolkow has arguably the most significant potential out of anyone the White Sox have drafted thus far. Despite being 17 years of age, Wolkow stands in at a m...2023
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• White Sox select 2B Rikuu Nishida in the 11th round (No. 329 overall)
Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Short in stature and long in grindiness With the 329th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the White Sox selected second baseman Rikuu Nishida fro the University of Oregon. This is quite a wild pick, given that Osaka-born Nishida has had a short career in the U.S., culminating in one year of NCAA Division I ball, with the Ducks. He’s...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 22, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 14, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Recap: May 11, 2025

Jesse Scholtens is starting his road back to the majors after TJS in High-A, where he threw a solid four innings in Sunday’s rehab start. | Duane Burleson/Getty Images Everyone gets a win on Mother’s Day! Charlotte Knights 6, Louisville Redbirds 5 (Statcast box)The Knights (19-20) were down early in the game, but rallied back in the fourth and fifth innings to take the lead behind starter...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 2, 2025

Yep, Tim “Bunyan” Elko had another homer. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Another day on the farm with a rain delay, a close loss, and a couple of blowout games Norfolk Tides 11, Charlotte Knights 3 (Statcast box)Charlotte started behind the 8-ball and stayed far behind the entire game. Justin Dunn’s 3 2⁄3 -inning start gave the Tides a 6-1 lead within the first half of the game. Chris Ro...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 1, 2025

Omar Narváez went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored, and two runs batted in, helping pave the way to a Charlotte win. | George Gaza/MLB Photos via Getty Images The farm went 2-2, featuring the seventh win in a row for the Knights and a brutal extra-inning loss in Birmingham Charlotte Knights 7, Norfolk Tides 4 (Statcast box)The Knights (15-15) offense carried the team with 10 hits whil...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 16, 2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 5: Kyle Teel
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• New Year — time for a new White Sox story

Unfortunately, our Father Time won’t leave. | dreamstime.com Is target date 2028 too soon? Lots of sports teams talk about a youth movement, but there is no team in all of sports better suited for an all-out youth movement than the White Sox. They’re going to be awful for years no matter what, so why not take a chance on going really young now in order to possibly be really good later? Aft...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 11, 2024

Ky Bush was essentially perfect in his start for Birmingham on Saturday — unfortunately, that wasn’t good enough to avoid a loss. | S.R. Silver/South Side Sox Lucas Gordon and Ky Bush flex in their starts, while the Complex Sox offense goes ham Charlotte Knights6, Gwinnett Stripers 2 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box)It’s Freaky Friday that’s so freaky it’s landed on a Saturday, as the flounder...2024
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 17
The bad just got worse, way worse Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in-between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. If there was any remaining hope about whether or not this team could salvage the season...2023
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• Sox Populi Podcast 154/Live Podcast 3 — Post-draft, and the next day of the rest of our White Sox lives
Adrian Serrano and Dante Jones join Brett Ballantini for a live discussion of the 2023 draft, and how this wheezing ballclub gets its way to the finish line Our latest “livestream” (to @SouthSideSox on Twitter, Sox Populi on YouTube and South Side Sox on Facebook and, natch, here on the “home page”) featured a review of the 2023 draft and look ahead to the second half of the regular season. Adrian...2023
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• White Sox select RHRP Garrett Wright in the 20th round (No. 599 overall)
While perhaps not the sexiest late-inning arm in the draft, all Garrett Wright did at TCU for three seasons was get the job done. | Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The numbers are solid, the game isn’t sexy, but don’t be surprised if our final pick simply works his way up the ladder to Chicago With the 599th and final White Sox pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the team selected right-han...2023
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