White Sox Minor Keys: May 27, 2021

The White Sox have been connected to Oscar Luis Colás since he posted simply because Colás is Cuban. The ties first became concrete with reports from Cuban baseball reporter Francys Romero, after which Ben Badler from Baseball America officially linked the two parties in his ranking of the top international prospects.

That makes MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez late to the party, but since the next signing period won't open until Jan. 15, 2022, it doesn't hurt to refresh and re-confirm the status. He also mentioned that while Colás has been called "the Cuban Ohtani," it's apparently only useful for confirming his arm strength, as he has no interest in pitching.

Meanwhile, Romero said another top Cuban player, infielder Cesar Prieto, defected from the Cuban team in South Florida.

Prieto hit .403/.463/.579 with 33 strikeouts to 11 walks over 74 games for Cienfuegos. James Fox says the White Sox have no other known commitments besides the $2.7 million to Colás.

Norfolk 10, Charlotte 7

• Luis González went 0-for-2.
• Blake Rutherford, 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Brian Goodwin was 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout, and was 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
• Jace Fry opened his rehab stint: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• Neither Adam Engel nor Gavin Sheets played, perhaps because of a day game after a night game.

Birmingham 3, Rocket City 2

• Ti'Quan Forbes and Micker Adolfo were both 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Romy Gonzalez was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, and was caught stealing.
• Carlos Pérez went 0-for-3.
• Konnor Pilkington: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 HR

Hickory 4, Winston-Salem 0

• Yolbert Sanchez went 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Lenyn Sosa was 0-or-3.
• Luis Curbelo, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Luis Mieses was 0-for-3 with a K.
• Duke Ellis had two of the Dash's three hits, and struck out in his other trip.
• Harvin Mendoza was 0-for-3 with a K.
• Luke Shilling gave up his first runs: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

Carolina 12, Kannapolis 6

• Caberea Weaver went 3-for-5 with a homer.
• José Rodriguez was held in check, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout. He did manage to steal a base.
• Bryan Ramos is stringing good games together, going 2-for-4 with a strikeout and a steal in this one.
• Lency Delgado homered and struck out thrice.
• Benyamin Bailey went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Yoelvin Silven: 2.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 BK
• Bailey Horn: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 BK

Notes:

*The Cannon Ballers, who have given up 46 runs to the Mudcats over the first three games of this series, have the worst record in Minor League Baseball at 2-19.