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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: April 7-13, 2025

Hidden gem: Tim Elko caught fire despite Charlotte’s 0-6 week. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The Barons and Cannon Ballers took steps in the right direction. As for the Knights and Dash, not so much Charlotte Knights Record 0-6 (last week), 6-9 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Tim Elko .412/.412/.529, 17 at-bats Bobby Dalbec .273/.273/.727, 11 at-batsColson Montgomery .167/.211/.333,...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2025

Jordan Sprinkle, hitting .529 in the early going, has offered a serious objection to being sent back to Low-A to start 2025. | Kannapolis Cannon Ballers EIGHT games — and six losses All right, I can’t put this puppy off any longer, here we go with a truly Old School, eight-game minors update. How can this be, Brett, as the rookie leagues are not playing and Great Falls is now an independen...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 10, 2025

Murphy the bat dog steals the show in Winston-Salem. | Winston-Salem Dash/Instagram Shrimp boil the Knights, Hoppers bug the Dash, and Ballers blast the Cats as affiliates go 1-2 with Barons rained out Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 8, Charlotte Knights 5 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)Nick Nastrini made his third start of the 2025 season, and while it was an improvement over his first two outin...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 9, 2025

Providing relief: Jared Shuster had a terrific outing, striking out five during 2 2⁄3 shutout innings. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The system went 1-3, with Kannapolis collecting the sole victory Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 2, Charlotte Knights 1 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box) The Knights offense finally showed some life down the stretch, but it was too little, to...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2025

Zach DeLoach (#31), and Chase Meidroth celebrate after Meidroth’s sixth inning home run to cut the Knights deficit to two, 8-6. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The Double-A Barons were postponed due to rain, but everyone else won, for an affiliate sweep! Charlotte Knights 9, Norfolk Tides 8 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)Although the Knights couldn’t get the job done Saturday, their bats were...2025
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• 2025 Birmingham Barons Preview

No. 1 White Sox prospect Noah Schultz is the ace of a loaded Barons starting rotation that begins 2025. | Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Double-A affiliate is set to have a filthy starting rotation, and plenty of offensive talent to back it up The Birmingham Barons are coming off of a fantastic 2024 season that ended in winning the Southern League Championship. While several pl...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: Knights overcome early deficit and triumph over Tides

The Palatine Pounder with a bomb for the win! | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Charlotte moves to 4-0 on the season with the 4-3 victory over Norfolk The Charlotte Knights battled back from an early deficit to secure a 4-3 victory over the Norfolk Tides. The game featured a few rehab home runs from familiar faces and a controversial call at the plate that could have been a game-changer. Forme...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 Top Prospect No. 11: Bryan Ramos

Bryan Ramos is not only the top third base prospect in the White Sox system — he’s No. 1 in terms of personality. | Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images A position switch could place this promising and sunny youngster on the bubble to break north with the club at the end of the month Bryan RamosThird Baseman6´2´´225 poundsAge: 232020 South Side Hit Pen Top Prospect Ranking 332021 Sou...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 12: Brooks Baldwin

Hey, at least according to our South Side Sox Top Prospect Vote this year, Brooks Baldwin is our Shohei Ohtani. | Aryanna Frank/MLB Photos via Getty Images A “Ben Zobrist” player who’s proven VERY popular with our readership Brooks Baldwin Shortstop6´0´´175 poundsAge: 242023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 752024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 272024 High Level Chicago (MLB)Age re...2025
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• Rockies 14, White Sox 3: Early spring blues

Dominic Fletcher notches his first bomb of the year. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Colorado stomps Chicago pitching for yet another L It’s preseason, but the White Sox are picking right up where they left off. With a 14-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Chicago is still on the hunt for their first Cactus League victory. Davis Martin, Fraser Ellard, and Garrett Schoenle were the few bright s...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 25: Wilfred Veras

Don’t turn your back on Wilfred Veras — he’s still a potent prospect with considerable upside. | Birmingham Barons You won’t find a better “lost” year on the White Sox docket — but where can the slugger take it from here? Wilfred VerasRight Fielder6´2´´180 poundsAge: 222022 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospect Ranking 232023 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospect Ranking 202024 South Side Sox Top 100 ...2025
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"Non-roster first baseman Tim Elko was reassigned to minor league camp as well."

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"The oft-overlooked Tim Elko seems to possess power that could allow him to become a star if he continues to grow in the minors."

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"com/BGb02iNCxJ— Asheville Tourists (@GoTourists) July 15, 2023 Winston-Salem was suspended due to rain in Asheville, with Tim Elko batting."

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"Three batters later, with two outs, Tim Elko launched a two-run shot to give the Cannon Ballers an early lead."

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"Ole Miss senior Tim Elko only has one healthy ACL, but that didn't stop him from a dominant regional performance that helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA baseball super regionals."

• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: April 7-13, 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: April 10, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 9, 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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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 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. 25: Wilfred Veras
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 27: William Bergolla

The point to collecting lottery tickets is to have one pay off, and William Bergolla could do just that. | Scott Audette/MLB Photos via Getty Images Already an effective player, this infielder could become an asset for the South Siders Wiliam BergollaSecond Baseman5´9´´165 poundsAge: 20First appearance among the South Side Sox Top 100 prospects2024 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age rela...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 28: Samuel Zavala

Recovery mode: Samuel Zavala looks for a big season, to rebound from a subpar 2024 campaign. | Tiffany Wintz/South Side Sox The outfielder looks to rebound from his first season in Winston-Salem Samuel Zavala6´1´´175 poundsAge: 20First appearance on the South Side Sox Top 100 Prospects 2024 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -3.1 yearsSSS rank among all center fiel...2025
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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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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 36: Eric Adler

Eric Adler capped off an impressive 2024 with a stint pitching for Team USA in Tokyo. | EricAdlerr/Instagram The No. 2 closer in the system still sees his fortunes pointing up Eric Adler Right-Handed Relief Pitcher6´2´´190 poundsAge: 242023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 412024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 332024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to high level -1.5 yearsSS...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 39: Tim Elko

Tim Elko brings monster power to the plate, so don’t be surprised if you see him admiring a shot in a pose like this when summer comes. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images The White Sox keep throwing challenges at him, and the big fella swats them away Tim Elko First Baseman6´4´´250 poundsAge: 262023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 812024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 392024 ...2025
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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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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Drake Baldwin struck out to end the United States’s 8-2 loss Drake Baldwin was once again left on the bench against Chinese Taipei, and the United States lost a big one as they will now likely find themselves in the bronze medal game unless they can pull off a huge win over Venezuela on the final day of the super round. Baldwin had an at bat with two runners on in...2024
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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 Minor League Update: July 15, 2023
Luis Mieses provided the winning hit in a true Game of the Year in Birmingham on Saturday. | David Durochik/MLB Photos via Getty Images An extraordinary back-and-forth win in Birmingham highlights a pretty fun day on the farm It wasn’t something any of us foresaw: After a full career of relief over his first three years in the White Sox system, southpaw Sammy...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 8, 2023
Tim Elko revved it up and rode it all the way to third with a first-inning triple that held up as the GWRBI on Saturday. | Winston-Salem Dash Two very different Single-A wins, and a really fun one in Charlotte Gotta love a rout in the system that went in the right direction, for once, as well as the wunderkind Noah Schultz with another great start at Kannapolis. ...2023
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• South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 42: Garrett Schoenle
Garrett Schoenle started 2022 in the Kannapolis pen — and ended it as perhaps the most promising starter in the White Sox system. | @GSchoenle_3 Most promising pitcher in the White Sox system you’ve hardly heard of? Meet this tall lefty, who could be South Side-bound sooner than you think Garrett Schoenle Left-Handed Starting Pitcher6´5´´185 poundsAge: 242022 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 97202...2023
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• White Sox select SS Jacob González in first round (No. 15 overall)
The White Sox made a return to conservative picks in grabbing another shortstop, Jacob González, in the first round. | Eric Francis/Getty Images Established hitter with positional flexibility; if that sounds like a redundant pick in the the middle of the first round, you are correct With the 15th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the White Sox selected shortstop Jacob González from Ole ...2023
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 32: Tyler Schweitzer

Tyler Schweitzer held his own during his first taste of the pros. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox As the system strengthens, don’t sleep on this southpaw Tyler SchweitzerLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´0´´185 poundsAge: 232023 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 272023 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -1.1 yearsSSS rank among all left-handed starters in the system 6Overal...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 16, 2023
Mason Adams has been simply magnificent for the Cannon Ballers in 2023. Multiple losses in North Carolina, but a big win down in Birmingham thanks to an offensive explosion A low-scoring affair ends up being a Lehigh Valley blowout of Charlotte. For six innings, the two teams were tied or separated by just one run. The first bulk...2023
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• South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 59: Michael Turner
Future teammate Tim Elko (left) dives past Michael Turner during the College World Series one year ago. | Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Size, strength, skill ... wait, we’re talking about a White Sox catching prospect? Michael Turner Catcher6´4´´205 poundsAge: 242022 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age relative to high level +2.3 yearsSSS rank among all catchers in the system 32022 NCAA ...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: Knights prospects mash wild in 9-1 opener romp

Whatever magic manager Sergio Santos worked last year in Birmingham, he’s continuing it in Charlotte. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights Teel, Montgomery, Elko homer, Charlotte staff pitches two-hitter Charlotte Knights 9, Gwinnett Stripers 1 (Gameday Box) (Statcast Box)IT is oproving difficalut to write thiese owrds because the Chrarlotte Kights are never is a good team and they positively c...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. 10: George Wolkow

White Sox prospect with the biggest upside? On the offensive end, it’s got to be George Wolkow. | GWolkow19/Instagram It was an impressive first full season from a prospect who can drive the ball with authority George WolkowRight Fielder6´7´´239 poundsAge: 192024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 162024 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age relative to high level -2.6 yearsSSS rank among all ...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 16: Jacob Gonzalez

The 2024 started very, very hot for Jacob Gonzalez — but ended ice-cold. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Instead of following right behind Brooks Baldwin to Chicago, Gonzalez floundered in the second half with the Barons Jacob Gonzalez6´2´´200 poundsAge: 222024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 62024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to high level -1.8 yearsOverall ...2025
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• WBSC Premier12 Results: Drake Baldwin pinch hits, USA loses again
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 34: Juan Carela

The White Sox lucked into a live arm in Juan Carela. | @DugoutStation/Instagram This live-armed righty didn’t miss a beat after moving over from the Yankees system in July Juan Carela Right-Handed Starting Pitcher6´3´´186 poundsAge: 222023 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -2.1 yearsSSS rank among all right-handed starting pitchers in the system 10Overall 2023 st...2024
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 26

And so the end is near, and so I face that final curtain 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. Did my subhed get you to sing “My Way” in your head? It is a gre...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 13, 2023
Oscar Colás is apparently willing to do anything — even smash-and-grab — to get back to the South Side. For tonight, at least, no crimes were committed, it was sheer baseball mashing. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Everybody lost. But three games were close, and by South Side standards, that’s striving, baby The affiliates have been by and large stronger so far this season, so there haven’...2023
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