White Sox Minor Keys: July 17, 2026

With their signings made official on Thursday, 20 of the 21 White Sox draft picks taken earlier this week are officially White Sox prospects, but that step wasn't necessary for Baseball America to begin slotting the recently selected players into its revised top 100 prospects list.

As you might expect from a No. 1 overall pick, Roch Cholowsky leads the way for the White Sox, but it might be a little surprising to see him make his debut at No. 5 overall. For context, second-overall pick Grady Emerson slots in at No. 12, and No. 3 pick Vahn Lackey at No. 26.

Obviously Cholowsky tops the White Sox's org list as well, and that will be further subject to change. He's followed by Braden Montgomery at No. 24, but he's about a week's worth of games from losing his eligibility, joining the recently graduated Noah Schultz.

Otherwise, Caleb Bonemer is the only other White Sox top-100 prospect at No. 29. Tanner McDougal, Hagen Smith and Billy Carlson opened the season on some such rankings, but they haven't been able to reclaim their previous standing due to injury. At least Carlson is back to being fully operational in Kannapolis.

Durham 8, Charlotte 2

• Rikuu Nishida was 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Austin Hays started in left and played five innings, going 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Ryan Galanie went 3-for-4 with a double.
• Jonathan Cannon: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 53 of 88 pitches for strikes.
• Tanner McDougal: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 15 of 29 pitches for strikes.

Rocket City 5, Birmingham 3

• Caleb Bonemer went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He was also caught stealing.
• Anthony DePino was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Boston Smith homered, singled, walked and struck out.
• Colby Shelton was 0-for-3 with a walk, a strikeout and a CS.
• Samuel Zavala singled, struck out twice and was picked off.
• Lucas Gordon: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 45 of 72 pitches for strikes.
• Mathias LaCombe had a rough intro to Double-A: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 18 of 26 pitches for strikes.
• Pierce George: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 9 of 20 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Boston's baked bomb:

Bowling Green 5, Winston-Salem 3

• Kyle Lodise was 0-for-3 with a walk at the plate, and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
• Tim Elko went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• George Wolkow, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Jeral Perez went 1-for-4 with a homer.

Kannapolis 9, Myrtle Beach 1

• Jaden Fauske went 1-for-4 with a walk.
• Matthew Boughton was 2-for-5 with a triple.
• Billy Carlson singled thrice, struck out twice and stole a base in his return to Kannapolis.
• Nick McLain went 1-for-3 with two walks.
• Alexander Albertus was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Christian Gonzalez, 1-for-3 with a walk.

ACL Guardians 7, ACL White Sox 3 (7 innings)

• Jose Mendoza singled twice and struck out once.
• Yordani Soto was 1-for-2 with a walk.

DSL Blue Jays Red 5, DSL White Sox 0 (7 innings)

• Sebastian Romero went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Fernando Graterol was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Ronald Cardozo went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Felix Lebron, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Samuel Luis wore the silver sombrero.
• Enmanuel Rodríguez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
• Franchel Crisóstomo: 1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP