White Sox Minor Keys: June 11, 2025

Baseball America revised its top 30 lists for all 30 teams recently, and while I'm skeptical about the general value of reconsidering rankings for an entire organization on two months of data, I do like looking at them in terms of which prospects have graduated, and which ones should in short order.

For instance, Sean Burke, Chase Meidroth, Shane Smith and Brooks Baldwin are no longer eligible for the White Sox's list, and it'd take some bad news for Kyle Teel (No. 2), Edgar Quero (5), Grant Taylor (7) and Mike Vasil (12) to remain ranked at the end of the year. Assuming they will no longer qualify by the time of the next re-ranking, here's how the current list would look:

1. Noah Schultz
2. Hagen Smith
3. Braden Montgomery
4. Caleb Bonemer
5. Colson Montgomery
6. Drew Thorpe
7. Jairo Iriarte
8. Peyton Pallette
9. Wikelman González
10. Ky Bush

That's a pretty good top four, especially since Bonemer is generating top-100 heat with his performance at Kannapolis. The remainder of the list makes it rather apparent what kind of talent needs to prove itself in a hurry. Keep it up, George Wolkow -- you'll be needed.

Durham 5, Charlotte 1

• Brooks Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
• Colson Montgomery was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Korey Lee, 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
• Jairo Iriarte: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 of 21 pitches for strikes.
• Wikelman González: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 15 of 33 pitches for strikes.
• Peyton Pallette: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 12 of 31 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Pallette's line over his last two games: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 HR, 5 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP

Montgomery 1, Birmingham 0

• Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base.
• William Bergolla was 0-for-4.
• Ryan Galanie, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Jacob Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• DJ Gladney wore the collar and silver sombrero.
• Wilfred Veras struck out twice during an 0-for-4 night.
• Tommy Vail: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 58 of 93 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Nishida cut down yet another runner at home from left field, although this throw was less demanding than the ones he made at Rickwood.

Bowling Green 10, Winston-Salem 1

• Sam Antonacci went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Jeral Perez, 0-for-4.
• Braden Montgomery had half the Dash's hits by going 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Samuel Zavala was 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Christian Oppor dodged a lot of traffic: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 51 of 78 pitches for strikes.

Kannapolis 2, Columbia 0

• Javier Mogollón went 1-for-4 with a strikeout, and was picked off/caught stealing.
• Caleb Bonemer was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, and was caught stealing.
• Lyle Miller Green singled, walked and struck out twice.
• George Wolkow drove in both runs with his seventh homer, finishing 2-for-4 with a strikeout. He was also picked off/caught stealing.
• Ryan Burrowes singled twice and struck out twice.
• Grant Umberger: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 58 of 86 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Wolkow's homer had a launch angle of 2 degrees.

ACL Dodgers 3, ACL White Sox 1 (7 innings)

• Alexander Albertus went 0-for-2 with a strikeout and an HBP.
• Adrian Gíl struck out all three times.
• Angelo Hernandez was 1-for-2 with a walk.
• Mathias LaCombe: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 2 WP.