White Sox Minor Keys: June 16, 2026

Noah Schultz made his first rehab start with Charlotte against Buffalo on Tuesday night after sitting a few weeks with the recurrence of right knee patellar tendinitis, and he didn't make it out of the second inning before hitting his pitch limit.

The bad news? The line was pretty ugly, as he allowed two runs on three walks and a hit (which happened to be a two-run homer) over 1⅔ innings and 38 pitches. If the whole thing is that Schultz only walks guys in clumps when his knee is bothering him, then the overall line doesn't suggest he's past it. Also, the stuff was a smidge down across the board, although not in a way that throws flags.

Then you watch his start and see that he struck out the final three batters he faced on a total of 11 pitches, and all of the ugliness came over his first six batters. If it was just a matter of him breaking off the rust, then perhaps he'll be ready to help sooner rather than later. For the time being, if he responds well to his first outing, he'll make his next start on Sunday.

Buffalo 9, Charlotte 5

• Rikuu Nishida was 2-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
• Kyle Teel made his first rehab appearance, going 2-for-3 with a homer while catching five innings.
• Junior Pérez wore the collar and silver sombrero.
• Noah Schultz: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 21 of 38 pitches for strikes.
• Jordan Hicks: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 13 of 26 pitches for strikes.
• Shane Murphy in long relief: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 50 of 75 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Teel's homer:

Greensboro 4, Winston-Salem 1

• Kyle Lodise was 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Boston Smith was 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• George Wolkow, 0-for-4 with a K.
• Seth Keener: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 14 of 22 pitches for strikes.

Fayetteville 6, Kannapolis 3

• Jaden Fauske was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Matthew Boughton, 1-for-3 with a double, walk and stolen base.
• Nick McLain went 1-for-4 with a K.
• Alexander Albertus was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Jurdrick Profar went 1-for-3 with a double, walk and strikeout.

ACL Brewers 8, ACL White Sox 0 (7 innings)

• Christian Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with a double.
• Yordani Soto was 0-for-2 with an HBP.
• Jose Mendoza went 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Alejandro Cruz was 0-for-3.
• Frank Mieses went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Wikelman González: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 9 of 17 pitches for strikes.
• Christian Oppor: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 23 of 37 pitches for strikes.

DSL White Sox 7, DSL Miami 6

• Felix Lebron went 2-for-4.
• Carlos Vielma was 2-for-3 with a walk.
• Ronald Cardozo went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Sebastian Romero went 2-for-4 with two triples.
• Samuel Luis, 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Ronald Kelly: 3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP

Birmingham at Pensacola, PPD