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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 59: Garrett Schoenle

After a dismal 2023 in Birmingham, Garrett Schoenle wreaked havoc on Southern League hitters in his return engagement in 2024. | Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox One of just three players back after falling out of our 100 last year, this southpaw is poised to make noise in Charlotte — and on the South Side Garrett Schoenle Left-Handed Relief Pitcher6´5´´185 poundsAge: 262022 South Side Sox Top...2025
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• Who will be the Brewers’ long-term solution at first base?

Max Correa / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Taking a look at the organization’s best first base prospects More than any other group of sports fans, baseball fans love to believe in curses. But in a world of Billy Goats and Bambinos, the most perplexing curse might be “The Curse of the Brewers’ First Baseman.” Since the departure of Prince Fielder following the 2011 se...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 68: Zach Franklin

Zach Franklin seemingly was drafted to be fast-tracked through the White Sox system, and two years in, so far so good. | @Z.Franklin08/Instagram Fast-rising in his first full year, this righty was good in High-A — and even better in AA Zach Franklin Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´1´´198 poundsAge: 262024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 882024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to hi...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 66: Gil Luna

In a rare case of a player falling completely out of our Top 100 and then rebounding into a significant position, Gil Luna is back on his climb toward the majors. | Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox All that keeps this southpaw from the South Side is a biggie ... control Gil Luna Left-Handed Relief Pitcher5´10´´173 poundsAge: 252022 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 482023 South Side Sox Top ...2025
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 68: Zach Franklin

Zach Franklin seemingly was drafted to be fast-tracked through the White Sox system, and two years in, so far so good. | @Z.Franklin08/Instagram Fast-rising in his first full year, this righty was good in High-A — and even better in AA Zach Franklin Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´1´´198 poundsAge: 262024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 882024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to hi...2025
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• White Sox News and Notes: January 8

Southpaw Martín Pérez will slot in nicely to Chicago’s young starting rotation. | Chris Coduto/Getty Images Chicago gets an arm and an infielder, SoxFest update Well, you can't say that Chris Getz has been sitting on his hands this offseason, that's for sure. However, you CAN definitely articulate that what he has done hasn't been earth-shattering. Nonetheless, here's the rundown of what'...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 75: Terrell Tatum

Terrell Tatum has spent four years yo-yoing through our Top 100 Prospects, and this year he’s taken another tumble. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A prove-it 2024 did not work out as intended for this speedster — at least until September came around Terrell Tatum Center Fielder5´11´´167 poundsAge: 252022 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 282023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ra...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 81: Caleb Freeman

After years of injury woes, Caleb Freeman came back strong in 2024. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Once the system’s top relief arm, his full season at Double-A has put him back on the right track Caleb FreemanRight-Handed Relief Pitcher6´1´´195 poundsAge: 272020 South Side Hit Pen Top Prospect Ranking: 502021 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking: 322022 South Side Sox To...2024
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 89: Tristan Stivors

It was a bit of a lost season for Tristan Stivors, but he did get to celebrate a Southern League title with the Birmingham Barons. | @tstivors_13/Instagram If he gets healthy and stays mean, this big arm will find himself in Chicago Tristan Stivors Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´4´´220 poundsAge: 262023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 352024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 522024 High Le...2024
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• South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 89: Tristan Stivors

It was a bit of a lost season for Tristan Stivors, but he did get to celebrate a Southern League title with the Birmingham Barons. | @tstivors_13/Instagram If he gets healthy and stays mean, this big arm will find himself in Chicago Tristan Stivors Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´4´´220 poundsAge: 262023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 352024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Rank 522023 High Le...2024
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• Rays add LHP Ian Seymour and LHP Joe Rock, designate 1B/3B Austin Shenton

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Shenton had a respectable Rays debut in 2024. The Tampa Bay Rays have selected Minor League Pitcher of the Year LHP Ian Seymour and fellow southpaw LHP Joe Rock to the 40-man roster ahead of tomorrow’s Rule 5 roster deadline. Neither pitcher’s addition should come as a great surprise, both are Top-30 prospects pitching at a high level in Triple-A Durham, and...2024
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100

Matt Shaw | Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK No team has more Top 100 prospects than the Cubs. MLB Pipeline, the official prospect arm of MLB dot com, updated their Top 100 prospects list at the end of the season. They have listed eight Cubs among the best minor league prospects in baseball. Those eight prospects are: 22. Matt Shaw INF 34. Owen Caissie OF 42. Cade Horton RHP ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ end of the road

Welcome, Kevin Alcantara! | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. El Jaguar comes for coffee, the Cubs drop two out of a three-game trip, and the season is mercifully almost over. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and...2024
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• No Joy in Biscuitville

And so the Montgomery Jinx rolls on... As the Biscuits fell to the Barons on Tuesday night, Montgomery fans were disappointed for the umpteenth time, but not overly surprised. The post-season struggles the Biscuits have endured for most of two decades has become a fall tradition, like watching the leaves turn colors and knowing the State Fair opens soon.Instead this will be remembered as the...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ uphill both ways

Photo by Dustin Bradford/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Well, they’re keeping things interesting. The Cubs are going to have to meatloaf the next two games to remain in the chase. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, g...2024
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• Max Kepler, the German Baseball Player Who Spurned Soccer for MLB Dreams
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"The 41-year-old was the architect of the Double-A Birmingham Barons' Southern League Championship last year."

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"The Double-A regular season is done but the Barons are playing in the Southern League championship…"

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"While the teams in the system were generally successful, including Double-A Tennessee’s Southern League championship, what is important is we are producing players who will help us win at the major league level."

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"He was named Southern League Pitcher of the Week for August 8-14."

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"The power-hitting first baseman was in the lineup for Double-A Jacksonville on Wednesday and will be again on Thursday in their Southern League playoff series with Pensacola."

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"The Brewers and D-backs made a Saturday splash with a five-player trade that sent shortstop Jean Segura and Southern League ERA champ Tyler Wagner to Arizona for right-hander Chase Anderson, infielder Aaron Hill and Minor League shortstop Isan Diaz."

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"After helping Double-A Chattanooga win the Southern League championship on Monday night, Twins outfield prospect Max Kepler was rewarded by being called up to the big leagues for the first time in his career."

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"Outfielder Scott Schebler has come into his own as a power hitter in the last two years, slugging 27 home runs at Class A in 2013 and leading the Double-A Southern League with 28 homers this year."

• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 59: Garrett Schoenle
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 66: Gil Luna
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• White Sox News and Notes: January 8
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 69: Drew Dalquist

A year ago, we identified a career in need of resuscitation. Drew Dalquist did just that, and is back on the rise. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The free-fall has finished, as this righty slid right into his new role in 2024 Drew DalquistRight-Handed Relief Pitcher6´1´´195 poundsAge: 242020 South Side Hit Pen Top Prospect Ranking 132021 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 102022 ...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 75: Terrell Tatum
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 81: Caleb Freeman
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 68: Zach Franklin
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 66: Gil Luna
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 69: Drew Dalquist
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 75: Terrell Tatum
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: JR Ritchie and Garrett Baumann dominate in Augusta

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The young Augusta GreenJackets had their fair share of big performances on a fun week in the system It was a fun week on the Atlanta Braves farm system as the top three levels all went 5-1 and Augusta had some interesting pitching performances. Across the system the pitching made the difference, with Drue Hackenberg, Blake Burkhalter, Ian ...2024
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• Brewers Minor League Roundup: Week 3

Curt Hogg / USA TODAY NETWORK Brewers suffer more injury news to top prospects, but Carolina is off to a hot start at 8-1 Each week, I’ll be bringing you a roundup of the Brewers minor league affiliates, including score updates, key players, and more. Here is the week three roundup. Triple-A Nashville The Sounds had another 3-3 week against the Memphis Redbirds (7-8) remaining in a tie wit...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2024

The Knights were trounced again on Saturday, but nonetheless were winners with their Negro Leagues tribute to the Charlotte Black Hornets. Knights bench coach Pat Listach, whose grandfather Nora played in the Negro Leagues, brought out the lineup card pregame. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Three wins! A starter with 10 Ks! A leadoff man with five hits! A starter with five no-hit innings...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: February 13

He’d end up making a bigger impact in the Mexican League, but on this day 19 years ago Jerry Owens arrived on the South Side. A speedster comes and goes, pretty quickly 1968 The White Sox traded shortstop Ron Hansen and pitchers Dennis Higgins and Steve Jones to Washington for infielder Tim Cullen and pitchers Bob Priddy and Buster Narum. (On August 2, the Senators would flip Hansen back ...2024
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• BCB 2024 Top 25 Cubs prospects countdown: 16 to 20

Jaxon Wiggins | Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images The countdown of the best Cubs prospects has two hard-throwing right-handers, a catcher, a slugging first baseman and a switch-hitting infielder. It is Day 2 in our countdown of the Top 25 Cubs prospects, according to me. There are some familiar names here today and maybe a few you are less familiar with. Clicking on the names of the playe...2024
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• In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2023

A southpaw star, long-distance slugger, popular broadcaster and beloved scout were among our dearly departed It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2024 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2023. Included among them are a southpaw star, long-distance slugger, departed but popular broadcaster, and beloved scout. Please, feel fre...2023
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• C.J. Nitkowski discusses new role with Braves

Bally Sports The former big-league pitcher and new lead analyst for Bally Sports coverage of the Atlanta Braves discusses his career as a player and broadcaster and why covering the Braves is a dream come true in this exclusive interview. On December 18, 2023, Bally Sports announced that C.J. Nitkowski would be joining the Atlanta Braves television coverage for Bally Sports South/Southeast...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ outside, looking in

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The best of #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, all in one tidy multimedia package, four days a week. The Cubs are out of the playoff picture for now and should probably be lining up movers and golfing foursomes. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #Mi...2023
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• Cub Tracks’ Morelizing

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Sunday edition. Lt Dan and the boys squeak one out in the ninth after giving up the lead. Adbert locks it down for the meatloaf. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseba...2023
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• D-backs land Segura in 5-player trade
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• Twins call up German-born Kepler for stretch run
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• Tom Ricketts sends a message to Cubs fans

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs chairman says the future is bright. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts sent a message to Cubs fans Wednesday, which arrived by email. Perhaps you received a copy. In case you didn’t, I reproduce it here in its entirety. What you’ll see is optimism for the future, thanks to Cubs fans for support and a review of where the team on the field stands. What you won’t...2023
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• The Tennessee Smokies are Southern League Champions!

Tennessee Smokies The Smokies won their first undisputed Southern League title since 1978 The Tennessee Smokies completed a 2-0 sweep of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Marlins) with a 10-3 shellacking. The win was the Smokies first title since 2004 and the first undisputed title since 1978 for the franchise. With a 8-4 win against Pensacola at home on Sunday, the Smokies traveled to Florida a...2023
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• Battery Power’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year is AJ Smith-Shawver

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The pitching class this year was strong, but the young flamethrower stood out among the crowd We continue our look into the best of the best in the Atlanta Braves system. In part one of our awards series we covered the minor league player of the year, and today we are going to cover the best pitcher in the Atlanta Braves system. It should come as little s...2023
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• White Sox Claim Ron Marinaccio
Right-hander Ron Marinaccio, who was designated for assignment by the Yankees last week, has been claimed off waivers by the White Sox. Both clubs announced the move, with the Sox adding that Marinaccio has been assigned to Double-A Birmingham. The Double-A regular season is done but the Barons are playing in the Southern League championship…...2024
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• BCB Top 25 Cubs Prospects: June update
Cade Horton | Rebecca Snyder After two months, we’ve made some adjustments to the prospect list. With a little over two months in on the minor league season and a month away from the draft, it seemed like the right time to do an update to the BCB Top 25 Cubs prospects list. I don’t like to make major changes based on just two months of games. Still, we are approaching the halfway point of ...2023
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 59: Garrett Schoenle
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• White Sox News and Notes: January 8
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• Rays add LHP Ian Seymour and LHP Joe Rock, designate 1B/3B Austin Shenton
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• Eight Cubs prospects make MLB Pipeline’s Top 100
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Wednesday 9/25, 5:05 CT

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... RUN DIFFERENTIAL: Through July 3, the Cubs’ run differential was -34. Since July 4, it is +103, best of all 30 MLB teams. The Diamondbacks are second, at +96; the Padres, a distant third, at +70. The Cubs’ overall +69 is their high for the season. They have scored 726 runs and allowed 657. In the fourt...2024
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• Postseason Biscuits! The Dr.'s Notes and Gray Sox Pennants

Mason Auer, two way playerYour playoff-bound Biscuits wrapped the regular season for 2024 in Pensacola. When the meaningless game went into extra innings on the last day of the season, Biscuits skipper Boles summoned centerfielder Mason Auer to the mound. Auer promptly tossed a wild pitch to send the Extra Inning Manfred Man from second to third, surrendered a single and managed to mix in a ...2024
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• Braves Prospects Weekly Report: Nacho Alvarez hits two home runs

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Gwinnett swept their series last week behind the bats of Alvarez and Drake Baldwin The minor league season is quickly coming to a close, as the two lowest level Atlanta Braves affiliates will be playing their final regular season home series of the season this week. At the upper levels the near-MLB players are starting to find their stride, as Nacho Alvarez and...2024
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• Braves Minor League Recap: Drake Baldwin hits clutch grand slam

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Baldwin’s blast and Ian Anderson’s strong start led Gwinnett to a win It was a fun night of baseball for the Atlanta Braves system, as the big league club got a big win behind Spencer Schwellenbach and the next wave of guys did good things on the farm. Drake Baldwin and Ian Anderson continue to show out for Gwinnett, putting up dominant games in Trip...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: March 25

Two outs from Neal Cotts was all the White Sox bullpen was allowed in the 2005 ALCS. | G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images Happy birthday to a 2005 hero 1951 White Sox legend Eddie Collins died at age 63, in Boston. Unquestionably the best second baseman in White Sox history (67.0 WAR), Collins also managed the team for two full seasons in the aftermath of the Black Sox scandal. Despite a gutted...2024
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• BCB 2023 Cubs Top 25 Prospects List: Introduction and 21 to 25
Porter Hodge | Chloe Trofatter / USA TODAY NETWORK Our annual list of the best prospects in the Cubs system begins today. This week is finally here! We’re going to count down the BCB Top 25 Cubs prospects and I hope that you come along for the ride. Today is a brief introduction and a look at prospects 21 through 25. Every day we’ll have five more prospects until we announce the top 5 on F...2023
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