White Sox Minor Keys: June 30, 2026

The White Sox swung a minor trade as their major league team was running away from the Orioles on Thursday, sending Triple-A reliever Ben Peoples to Texas for minor league catcher Ben Hartl.

It's a deal without an obvious impetus, is probably the way to put it.

Peoples, who came over with Curtis Mead and Duncan Davitt from Tampa Bay in the Adrian Houser trade last July, had been the most effective member of the Charlotte bullpen this season. He posted a 2.39 ERA with 45 strikeouts against 42 baserunners over 37⅔ innings with the Knights. The catch is that he's running a career-high walk rate of 14 percent, but he's been able to compensate by holding hitters to a .156/.280/.219 line, with righties hitting just .103.

Hartl, meanwhile, is a 23-year-old catcher hitting .218/.369/.317 over 32 games with High-A Hub City. He was a 14th-round pick out of Kansas in 2024 who didn't merit a scouting report in Baseball America. The only thing that jumps out about his profile predates his D-I days, in that he's a Springfield native who was teammates of Sam Antonacci at Heartland Community College. Perhaps that explains his standout statistical attribute -- getting plunked 45 times in just 524 minor league plate appearances, a rate (8.6 percent) that somehow trumps Antonacci's (6.1 percent) with room to spare.

There's an argument for trading Peoples at some point this season, because he can reach minor league free agency after the season if he's not added to the 40-man roster. He's a fastball-reliant pitcher who gets a lot out of approach angle, and if the White Sox aren't convinced it plays in the majors and didn't see him getting past Wikelman González (who's on the 40-man and back in Charlotte after completing his rehab stint) and off-roster types like Peyton Pallette or Jairo Iriarte, then they may as well get something for him. The timing is just a little odd, because Peoples figures like he's worth an audition for some team at some point this season, and now he's the second player in the Houser return who's been flipped by the White Sox for an A-ball catcher.

Memphis 10, Charlotte 5

• Edgar Quero went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ryan Galanie was 2-for-4.
• Mason Adams: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HR, 1 HBP, 35 of 55 pitches for strikes.
• Wikelman González: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Montgomery 12, Birmingham 5

• Caleb Bonemer was 0-for-4 with a walk.
• Anthony DePino, 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
• Colby Shelton went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and a stolen base.
• Samuel Zavala was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Gabe Davis: 2.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 2 HR, 43 of 71 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Davis' line over his last three starts: 8.1 IP, 22 H, 20 R, 19 ER, 8 HR, 6 BB, 7 K.

Winston-Salem 5, Greenville 4 (10 innings)

• Kyle Lodise doubled, walked thrice and struck out once.
• Boston Smith went 1-for-5 with a strikeout.
• George Wolkow was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and a pair of strikeouts.
• Jeral Perez went 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Mathias LaCombe: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 16 of 22 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Lodise drew a walk-off walk against a reliever who came into face him named Tyler Davis, but not that one. This one would've been challenged in an ABS stadium because it was full count and both sides looked like they thought the call went their way.

Wilson 3, Kannapolis 2 (11 innings)

• Jaden Fauske was 0-for-4 with a walk.
• Matthew Boughton went 2-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Alexander Albertus, 0-for-4 with a K.
• Nick McLain went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.

DSL White Sox 7, DSL Blue Jays Blue 6 (7 innings)

• Fernando Graterol played in consecutive games and went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Carlos Vielma was 2-for-3 with his first homer and a walk.
• Sebastian Romero homered, doubled, singled and struck out once.
• Ronald Cardozo singled, walked twice and struck out once.
• Samuel Luis went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Ronald Kelly: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 3 WP

White Sox Minor Keys: June 29, 2026

ACL Rangers 9, ACL White Sox 6 (7 innings)

• Jordan Rich went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Yordani Soto was 2-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Landon Hodge was 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout and stolen base.
• Jose Mendoza, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.

DSL Tigers1 6, DSL White Sox 1 (7 innings)

• Fernando Graterol played his first game since June 5 and finished 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
• Carlos Vielma was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Sebastian Romero and Ronald Cardozo both were 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Romero stole a base.
• Yordany Marte: 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP