Jairo Iriarte isn't officially a reliever, but as James wrote up after his conversation with Matt Zaleski, there are no immediate plans to move him back to starting, which gives me the sense that the White Sox aren't going to mess with success if his stuff comes back to him in the bullpen. Perhaps like Mike Vasil, he'll stretch himself back out by showing an ability maintain effectiveness for a second inning ... and then a third ... but since the Iriarte's second option season is halfway over, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to force that project upon him in 2025.
This being the case, if Iriarte is a reliever until he isn't, his performance on Tuesday night is probably what it's supposed to look like.
Iriare struck out the side in the seventh inning around a one-out Ryan Kreidler double, and in an overpowering fashion. He led the way with his slider, generating five swings on nine pitches and getting four whiffs, but the other stuff served its purpose just as well. His fastball sat at 95 and went 5-for-5 in finding the zone, and was comfortable enough throwing his two changeups consecutively, resulting in a swinging strike three from Gage Workman.
Since returning from Arizona and moving to the bullpen, Iriarte's line: 10 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 14 K.
Toledo 4, Charlotte 3
- Brooks Baldwin singled twice and struck out twice.
- Colson Montgomery was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Tim Elko wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Bryan Ramos, 1-for-4 with a K.
- Jonathan Cannon: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 26 of 48 pitches for strikes.
- Fraser Ellard: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 9 of 18 pitches for strikes.
- Jairo Iriarte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 11 of 16 pitches for strikes.
Knoxville 2, Birmingham 0
- Rikuu Nishida was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- William Bergolla was 1-for-4 with a double.
- DJ Gladney had the other hit, finishing 1-for-4 with a CS.
- Jacob Gonzalez went 0-for-4.
- So did Ryan Galanie, with a strikeout.
- Tanner McDougal: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 47 of 78 pitches for strikes.
Greensboro 6, Winston-Salem 2
- Sam Antonacci went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Braden Montgomery was 2-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Jeral Perez, 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Samuel Zavala went 0-for-4 with a K.
Highlights:
*Montgomery's blast:
Fredericksburg 10, Kannapolis 9
- Caleb Bonemer went 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Ronny Hernandez, 1-for-4 with a sac fly and two strikeouts.
- Javier Mogollón was 1-for-2 with three walks. He was also caught stealing.
- George Wolkow, 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Lyle Miller-Green was 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Ryan Burrowes went 2-for-5 with a homer.
- Seth Keener: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 39 of 67 pitches for strikes.
- Pierce George: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 5 of 17 pitches for strikes.
- Blake Shepardson: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 4 of 9 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Cannon Ballers led 7-0 after three.
ACL White Sox 5, ACL Rockies 1 (7 innings)
- Adrian Gíl went 0-for-2 with a walk and a caught stealing.
- Jurdrick Profar walked once and struck out twice.
- Mathias LaCombe: 3 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 1 HBP
DSL White Sox 12, DSL Cubs Red 3 (7 innings)
- Alejandro Cruz hit his first professional homer, finishing 1-for-3 with two walks, a strikeout and two stolen bases.
- Christian Gonzalez doubled, singled twice, walked and struck out.
- Frank Mieses went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Eduardo Herrera singled twice, walked and struck out.
- Yordani Soto went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
