Baseball America ranked every prospect traded by Thursday's deadline, which was a more exciting exercise than last year, when zero top-100 prospects were dealt. This time around, two consensus top-100 types were dealt -- No. 5 overall prospect Leo De Vries (going from San Diego to Sacramento in the Mason Miller trade) and No. 50 prospect Eduardo Tait (from Philadelphia to Minnesota in the Jhoan Duran swap). Four prospects from just outside the top 100 were also traded -- Mick Abel, Khal Stephen, Boston Bateman and Braden Nett -- so the buyers were a little more generous with young talent than the last time around.
To find the players the White Sox acquired -- Curtis Mead excluded, because he's not eligible for such lists -- you have to scroll down to the Top 500-1000 Prospects area, where you'll see Gage Ziehl, Ben Peoples and Duncan Davitt. Out of the 89 prospects traded, they ranked 40th, 53rd and 56th, with BA grades of 45, 40 and 40, respectively.
Charlotte 7, Rochester 5
- Tim Elko homered, singled and struck out twice.
- Bryan Ramos was 1-for-3 with an HBP, but was caught stealing.
- Jacob Gonzalez, 2-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Dru Baker struck out, got plunked, and then was pinch-hit for.
- Peyton Pallette: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 20 of 29 pitches for strikes.
- Cam Booser: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 19 of 27 pitches for strikes
Rocket City 3, Birmingham 0
- Rikuu Nishida went 3-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base.
- William Bergolla was 0-for-4 with a walk.
- Sam Antonacci was 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP, strikeout and stolen base.
- Ryan Galanie was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Braden Montgomery wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- DJ Gladney, 1-for-4 with a K.
- Hagen Smith: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 43 of 74 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Smith through four innings: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K on 56 pitches. His night ended with walk, walk, successful squeeze bunt.
*The Barons were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, with Michael Turner getting thrown out at home on the lone single.
Winston-Salem 8, Greenville 2
- Samuel Zavala had a perfect night: 4-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, a stolen base and four runs scored. He also had an outfield assist.
- Jeral Perez was 2-for-5.
- T.J. McCants was 1-for-4 with a sac fly and two strikeouts.
- Lyle Miller-Green singled twice, walked and got plunked.
- Ryan Burrowes was 0-for-2 with two HBPs, a strikeout and three stolen bases.
Delmarva 5, Kannapolis 2
- Adrian Gíl split time between first and catcher while going 1-for-4.
- Ronny Hernández was 0-for-3.
- George Wolkow wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Abraham Nuñez, 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Luis Reyes: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 34 of 57 pitches for strikes.
- Pierce George: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 8 of 10 pitches for strikes.
DSL NYY Bombers 10, DSL White Sox 8 (7 innings)
- Frank Mieses was 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
- Alejandro Cruz was 0-for-2 with a walk, HBP, strikeout and stolen base.
- Yordani Soto went 0-for-2 with two walks.
