White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 13, 2025

In Monday's Minor Keys, I speculated that the White Sox farm system might no longer qualify as a top-half system in organizational rankings after all the recent graduations culled the players for whom there was real consensus about major league value, even if opinions of major league impact varied.

It only took a couple of days to test that take, as both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America reorganized their farm system rankings to account for their revised, post-draft prospect rankings for every team, and it's with a heavy heart that I must announce the outlets are at it again.

MLB Pipeline ranks the White Sox system 17th in baseball, down from sixth before the season, while Baseball America has the Sox falling from fourth to 18th.

Both sites cite the same reasons for the drop. On the positive side, the White Sox have graduated a number of prospects this season. On the other side of the ledger, the prospects expected to buoy the system after the graduations haven't really done so, as Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith have invited scrutiny with their control, and Braden Montgomery's season counts as merely OK.

Memphis 14, Charlotte 5

• Will Robertson was 1-for-3 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Tim Elko, 1-for-4 with a double, walk and two strikeouts.
• Bryan Ramos went 2-for-5 with a homer, double and two strikeouts.
• Jacob Gonzalez and Dru Baker both were 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts; Gonzalez also got plunked.

Birmingham 7, Pensacola 5

• William Bergolla went 2-for-4 with a sac bunt, and was caught stealing.
• Sam Antonacci went 2-for-4 with an HBP and a stolen base.
• Wilfred Veras went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Braden Montgomery, 2-for-4 with a double, walk and strikeout.
• DJ Gladney was 2-for-5 with a homer and a double, and was caught stealing.
• Hagen Smith: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 51 of 85 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 4, Asheville 2

• Samuel Zavala went 1-for-3 witha walk.
• Jeral Perez, 1-for-4 with a K.
• Kyle Lodise was 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Lyle Miller-Green, 0-for-3.
• Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base.

Highlights:

*Phil Fox recorded the save with an immaculate inning.

Augusta 13, Kannapolis 1

• Anthony DePino went 1-for-5 with a K.
• George Wolkow was 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• Adrian Gíl, 1-for-2 with a double and an HBP.
• Colby Shelton replaced him and struck out in his only plate appearance.
• Luis Reyes: 1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 21 of 35 pitches for strikes.
• Mathias LaCombe: 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 20 of 34 pitches for strikes.