Billy Carlson was back on the field Friday, and the White Sox first-round pick from the 2025 MLB draft wasted no time getting into game action with the ACL White Sox. Carlson played shortstop in his return from a non-displaced fracture in the tip of his left thumb and went 0-for-3. Chicago had originally projected a four- to six-week recovery when the injury was announced on May 26, and Carlson returned in seven.
The timing lined up neatly with another first-round headline for the organization, as the White Sox also drafted Roch Cholowsky in the first round of the 2026 MLB draft on the same day.
Across the rest of the farm, Nashville beat Charlotte 4-2. Ryan Galanie led the offense with a 3-for-5 night that included a double and a strikeout.
Edgar Quero finished 1-for-5 with two strikeouts. On the mound, Mason Adams allowed 3 runs, 3 earned, on 6 hits over 4.1 innings, walking 4 and striking out 5 while throwing 53 of 80 pitches for strikes.
Wikelman González followed with 2 innings, giving up 3 hits and 1 run, with 1 walk and no strikeouts on 20 of 34 pitches for strikes.
Columbus edged Birmingham 3-2, despite Boston Smith’s big night. Smith homered, singled and struck out twice, and the homer came off the batter’s eye in center.
Anthony DePino went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, Colby Shelton was 0-for-3 with a strikeout, and Samuel Zavala went 1-for-3 with a strikeout. Gabe Davis worked 4 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts, throwing 41 of 61 pitches for strikes.
Asheville topped Winston-Salem 4-2. Tim Elko doubled and struck out three times, Jeral Perez went 1-for-3 with a walk, and George Wolkow finished 1-for-4 with a strikeout. Seth Keener worked 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and 1 earned run with 1 walk and no strikeouts, needing 12 of 18 pitches for strikes.
Delmarva shut out Kannapolis 3-0. Jaden Fauske went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout, Matthew Boughton was 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts, Nick McLain finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, Alexander Albertus went 0-for-3 with a strikeout, and Christian Gonzalez was 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
In the ACL, the Guardians beat the White Sox 7-0 in seven innings. Yordani Soto went 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout, Jose Mendoza was 1-for-3 with a double, and Landon Hodge went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Carlson’s rehab assignment began there with his 0-for-3 line.
The DSL White Sox rolled past DSL CLE Mendoza 18-5 in seven innings. Ronald Cardozo drove in seven runs while going 3-for-4 with two homers, a double and a walk. Fernando Graterol was 2-for-3 with a homer and two walks, Sebastian Romero walked twice, struck out twice and was plunked once, Felix Lebron went 0-for-3 with a walk, hit by pitch and strikeout, Samuel Luis was 0-for-3 with a hit by pitch, and Emmanuel Rodriguez worked 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and 1 run, unearned, with 2 strikeouts.
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