White Sox Minor Keys: June 9, 2026

The White Sox farm system began a fresh week by going 0-6, but there were some positive developments off the field.

*Hagen Smith made Baseball America's Hot Sheet for his Fortnight's Finest-worthy work, albeit with the same concerns about his ability to get the game past the halfway point.

Smith is in one of the best stretches of his still relatively young pro career, striking out 43% of batters in his past three starts. He has the look of a lefthander who can help the White Sox later this year but more likely in the relief role. Getting righthanded hitters out isn’t a problem, as he’s actually better against righties than lefties this year, but he’s effective against both. It’s just a durability/length issue. Smith averaged fewer than four innings a start in 2025, and he’s averaging 3.2 innings per outing in 2026. As difficult as he can be to square up, he generally turns over the lineup twice and then hands the game over to the bullpen. Obviously, that is a team decision more than it is Smith’s, but until he’s regularly working 5-6 innings in Triple-A, it’s hard to see him doing the same in Chicago. 

*Max Banks won't get the Grant Umberger treatment, as the White Sox promoted him to Winston-Salem after posting a 1.84 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP over 58⅔ innings with Kannapolis.

Oklahoma City 6, Charlotte 3

• Everson Pereira homered, singled, walked and struck out.
• Junior Pérez tripled and struck out thrice.
• Shane Murphy: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 56 of 85 pitches for strikes.
• Duncan Davitt took the loss in relief: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 20 of 30 pitches for strikes.

Biloxi 9, Birmingham 7

• Anthony DePino went 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Samuel Zavala was 2-for-4 with a homer.
• Colby Shelton, 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
• Jeral Perez was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.

Highlights:

*Shelton's homer:

Greenville 8, Winston-Salem 7

• Caleb Bonemer went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts and a stolen base.
• George Wolkow was 2-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
• Kyle Lodise singled and struck out thrice.
• Pierce George: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 10 of 15 pitches for strikes.

Fredericksburg 2, Kannapolis 0

• Jaden Fauske went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Matthew Boughton was 0-for-4.
• Javier Mogollón struck out all three times.
• Alexander Albertus was 0-for-3.
• Rylan Galvan had one of Kanny's two hits, and struck out his other two trips.
• Blaine Wynk: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 28 of 35 pitches for strikes.

ACL Cubs 5, ACL White Sox 4 (7 innings)

• Nick McLain played five innings and went 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Alejandro Cruz and Jose Mendoza both were 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Frank Mieses was 0-for-1 with a walk, but was caught stealing.
• Jordan Rich pinch-hit for him and popped out.
• Cesar Familia: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR

DSL Pirates Black 1, DSL White Sox 0 (7 innings)

• Felix Lebron went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Carlos Vielma had the lone hit, finishing 1-for-2 with a walk.
• Sebastian Romero went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ronald Cardozo was 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Ronald Kelly: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K