Capping off the revision of their organizational and leaguewide prospect rankings, MLB Pipeline also revised its farm system rankings, and the White Sox are still in decent shape.
Despite the graduations of position players and the difficulties with developing pitchers, the White Sox improved by one spot, going from 16th preseason to 15th now.
The White Sox have gone from an MLB-record 121 losses in 2024 to pulling away in the American League Central just two years later, thanks in large part to a system that has sent six Top 100 prospects (led by Colson Montgomery and Braden Montgomery) and several other key contributors (Sean Burke, Sam Antonacci, Grant Taylor) to Chicago. Next in line is Bonemer, who's tearing up Double-A pitching at age 20. The Sox replenished their system with a record $22,670,200 in bonus payments in the 2026 Draft, reeling in No. 1 overall pick Cholowsky, two of the best high school bats available in infielders Cole Prosek and Landon Thome and some much-needed pitching highlighted by Joey Volchko.
Charlotte 7, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 2
- Rikuu Nishida was 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base.
- Ryan Galanie went 3-for-5 with his 19th homer.
- Junior Pérez, 1-for-5 with a stolen base.
- Drew Thorpe: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 51 of 83 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Per the Statcast data, Thorpe got whiffs on 11 of 15 swings against his changeup.
Birmingham 9, Chattanooga 1
- Caleb Bonemer went 1-for-4 with a sac fly and a strikeout.
- Anthony DePino was 2-for-5.
- Ryan Burrowes hit his first Double-A homer, part of a 3-for-5 night. He also stole two bases.
- Samuel Zavala singled twice, walked twice and stole a base.
- Juan Carela: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 41 of 70 pitches for strikes.
- Mathias LaCombe: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 21 of 35 pitches for strikes.
Greenville 5, Winston-Salem 1
- Javier Mogollón doubled, singled, walked, struck out and stole a base.
- Kyle Lodise singled, struck out thrice and stole a base.
- George Wolkow singled, walked and struck out twice.
- Jeral Perez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Nick McLain was 0-for-2 with two walks and a strikeout, and was caught stealing.
- Max Banks: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 13 of 23 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*The Dash struck out 20 times overall, although golden sombreros for Wes Kath and Jackson Appel accounted for nearly half of them.
Fredericksburg 5, Kannapolis 0
- Jaden Fauske went 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Grayson Fitzwater, 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Alexander Albertus singled, walked, struck out twice and was caught stealing.
- Christian Gonzalez singled, walked, struck out twice and was caught stealing twice, once by pickoff.
- Truman Pauley: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 2 HR, 49 of 82 pitches for strikes.
