With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the White Sox Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:
- Noah Schultz (MLB No. 15), LHP -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Kyle Teel (MLB No. 31), C -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- Hagen Smith (MLB No. 33), LHP -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Colson Montgomery (MLB No. 38), SS -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- Braden Montgomery (MLB No. 53), OF -- Kannapolis (Single-A)
- Edgar Quero (MLB No. 64), C -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- Grant Taylor, RHP -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Chase Meidroth, INF -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- Jairo Iriarte, RHP -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- George Wolkow, OF -- Kannapolis (Single-A)
- Caleb Bonemer, SS/3B -- Kannapolis (Single-A)
- Mason Adams, RHP -- Charlotte (Triple-A) -- injured list (flexor strain)
- Sean Burke, RHP -- Chicago (MLB)
- Jacob Gonzalez, SS/2B -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Bryan Ramos, 3B -- Chicago (MLB) -- injured list (elbow)
- William Bergolla, 2B/SS -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Alexander Albertus, 3B -- Extended Spring Training (left tibia surgery recovery)
- Wikelman Gonzalez, RHP -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Blake Larson, LHP -- Injured (Tommy John surgery)
- Jeral Perez, 2B/SS -- Winston-Salem (High-A)
- Juan Carela, RHP -- Injured (Tommy John surgery)
- Ky Bush, LHP -- Chicago (MLB) -- injured list (elbow)
- Tyler Schweitzer, LHP -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Aldrin Batista, RHP -- Winston-Salem (High-A)
- Javier Mogollon, SS -- Kannapolis (Single-A)
- Shane Smith, RHP -- Chicago (MLB)
- Nick Nastrini, RHP -- Charlotte (Triple-A)
- Nick McLain, OF -- Kannapolis (Single-A)
- Wilfred Veras, OF -- Birmingham (Double-A)
- Alejandro Cruz, 3B -- Dominican Republic complex
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Double-A Birmingham features the two best left-handed pitching prospects in baseball -- Schultz and Hagen Smith -- plus Taylor, who pushed his fastball to 101 mph this spring. The Barons' No. 4 starter, righty Wikelman Gonzalez, led the Minors in strikeout rate (13.6 per nine innings) and percentage (35 percent) in 2023 (among pitchers with at least 100 innings) before a rough follow-up last season.
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Schultz and Hagen Smith are talented enough to reach The Rate this year, though the White Sox have no reason to rush them. Top 100 Prospects Teel, Colson Montgomery and Quero all should work their way into Chicago's lineup by season's end, as could the contact-hitting Meidroth. Iriarte logged a 1.50 ERA in six big league relief appearances at the end of last season.
New faces
Right-hander Shane Smith made the White Sox as a Rule 5 pick from the Brewers and threw 5 2/3 strong innings against the Twins in his big league debut Tuesday night. Three 2024 Draft picks -- outfielder Braden Montgomery (first round, Red Sox), Bonemer (second round) and McLain (third round) -- are making their pro debuts in Single-A Kannapolis. Cruz, the top prospect in Chicago's 2025 international class, will break into pro ball in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League in June. Montgomery, the three other players acquired from Boston in the Garrett Crochet trade in December (Teel, Meidroth, Wilkelman Gonzalez) and Albertus (part of the three-team Erick Fedde/Michael Kopech deal last July) will play their first games since joining the White Sox organization.
On the shelf
Larson, Bush and Carela all will be sidelined into 2026 after undergoing Tommy John surgery earlier this year. Adams, one of the system's most polished arms, is out indefinitely after coming down with a flexor strain in mid-March. Ramos went on the big league injured list with a strained throwing elbow. Albertus broke his left tibia shortly before his trade, had surgery in November and is still working his way back in extended Spring Training and should head to Single-A in May.