While we wait for the White Sox to announce the signings of their 2025 draft class, Baseball America and Keith Law issued their reviews of the 20-player crop, and both drew attention to sixth-round pick Colby Shelton, the Florida shortstop.
Carlos Collazo's review called Shelton the team's "most interesting pick in rounds 4-10" and dropped in their draft-day scouting report for convenient reference, while Law wrote up something fresh for the occasion:
Florida infielder Colby Shelton (6) is a junior but is already 22-and-a-half. He’s coming off a big year for the Gators where he hit .377/.458/.606 before a broken hamate bone ended his season. He has plus power but it’s a 45 or 40 hit tool, and he’s going to move off shortstop, probably to second base. It’s a really good pick in this spot.
Durham 10, Charlotte 7 (10 innings)
- Will Robertson went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Bryan Ramos homered and struck out four times.
- Peyton Pallette: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 7 of 9 pitches for strikes.
Birmingham 6, Knoxville 1
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-2 with a walk, HBP and a sac fly.
- William Bergolla was 0-for-4.
- Ryan Galanie, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-4.
- Sam Antonacci, 1-for-2 with two walks.
- Wilfred Veras, 2-for-4 with a stolen base.
- Jake Palisch: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 40 of 58 pitches for strikes.
Greensboro 2, Winston-Salem 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Jeral Perez went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Braden Montgomery was 1-for-2 with a walk, and was picked off/caught stealing.
- Samuel Zavala went 0-for-3.
- T.J. McCants was 1-for-3 with a strikeout, but was caught stealing.
- Lyle Miller-Green was 0-for-3.
- Christian Oppor: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 24 of 43 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 6, Greensboro 0 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Samuel Zavala went 1-for-3, and was picked off/caught stealing.
- Jeral Perez went 1-for-3 with a homer.
- Braden Montgomery doubled, singled and struck out.
- T.J. McCants wore the silver sombrero.
- Lyle Miller-Green was 0-for-2 with a walk.
Kannapolis 7, Columbia 2
- Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base.
- Caleb Bonemer was 0-for-4 with a walk.
- George Wolkow homered, singled thrice and struck out once.
- Ronny Hernandez was 2-for-5.
- Blake Shepardson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 13 of 20 pitches for strikes.
