Baseball America's first Hot Sheet of the season included a pair of White Sox prospects who might actually have a hand in making the major league product more watchable.
Coming in at No. 3 was Chase Meidroth ...
The first seven games of 2025 have seen the Meidroth showcasing power at a rate he had not previously. Based on Meidroth’s steeper launch angles, he’s added loft to his swing, and it’s showing up as home run power. He has one of the more polished hit tools in the minors leagues, running high walk rates and low strikeout rates. He’s reached base in every game but one so far and capped off the week with a 3-for-3 game with a home run on Sunday. Meidroth is already knocking on the door to the big leagues and could be up within the next month if he keeps this up. (GP)
... with newly minted top 100 prospect Edgar Quero coming in at No. 12 on the strength of a .500 OBP at the time of publication. He's now hitting .344/.475/.469, but that's still something the White Sox would take.
Jacksonville 3, Charlotte 0
- Chase Meidroth was 0-for-3 with an HBP.
- Edgar Quero and Colson Montgomery both were 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Kyle Teel wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Tim Elko was 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Owen White: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Birmingham 6, Chattanooga 3
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-3 with two walks, a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 2-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- DJ Gladney struck out thrice during an 0-for-5 night.
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Riley Gowens: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP, 45 of 77 pitches for strikes.
Greensboro 4, Winston-Salem 3
- Sam Antonacci was 0-for-4 with a walk and three strikeouts.
- Jackson Appel, 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Jeral Perez was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Samuel Zavala, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and a CS.
Lynchburg 4, Kannapolis 0
- Nick McLain was 0-for-4 with a K.
- Caleb Bonemer, 0-for-3 with an HBP and a strikeout.
- Braden Montgomery had half of Kannapolis' hits while going 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
- George Wolkow was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Ronny Hernandez, 0-for-3.
- Ryan Burrowes, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- A little better for Blake Shepardson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 8 of 19 pitches for strikes.
