Between Farm Fortnights, the White Sox have been busy clearing space as bridge league gets going Thursday, and the latest wave of moves has touched just about every corner of the system. The most notable names are moving for different reasons: one is forcing his way up with a huge month, another is getting a fresh start after injuries, and a few others are simply out of runway.
Ryan Burrowes earned the jump from Winston-Salem to Birmingham after a blistering July. Over 94 plate appearances this month, he hit .325/.441/.636 with 14 walks and 15 strikeouts, and he’s now at .261/.379/.421 for the season.
He also shares the organizational lead with 34 stolen bases in 43 tries. For a 21-year-old, that’s a strong line, though Burrowes has been on the radar for a while - since his one season in the DSL at 17 - and this is the first time his bat has really taken off in his four years stateside.
The move to Double-A should help answer how much of that surge is tied to the lively South Atlantic League environment. Birmingham should have room for him, too, because Burrowes has bounced all over the diamond.
This year, in order of innings played, he’s logged time at second base, shortstop, third base, left field and center field. Winston-Salem manager Guillermo Quiroz said he likes Burrowes best on the left side of the infield, but the presence of Caleb Bonemer, Kyle Lodise and Colby Shelton pushed him into other spots.
Javier Mogollón is also on the move, heading to Winston-Salem after 1½ seasons in Kannapolis. Injuries have kept his workload down; a hamstring problem ended his 2025 season after 51 games, and a lesser leg issue limited him to 57 games this year.
Even so, he’s produced a .257/.357/.442 line across 241 plate appearances and swiped 23 bags in 28 attempts. The strikeout rate is the concern, though, sitting at 31 percent and climbing 6 percent after he made real progress in trimming it last season.
Not everyone survived the roster churn. Jurdrick Profar was released over the weekend after hitting .190/.273/.391 in 88 games at Kannapolis.
The 19-year-old from Curacao, younger brother of Jurickson Profar, had seen his playing time drift toward first base even before the White Sox used their top three picks on infielders. He signed for $660,000 in 2024.
The club also let go of Arxy Hernández, who spent six years in the organization and played 410 games across four levels.
On the pitching side, Jose Urquidy is joining Charlotte’s rotation after coming over from Pittsburgh in a minor trade for ACL White Sox right-hander Felix Doroteo. Urquidy, 31, was a middle-of-the-rotation starter for Houston in 2021 and 2022, but shoulder trouble and Tommy John surgery wiped out half of 2023 and most of the next two seasons. His high-slot, riding fastball used to carry the profile, but injuries have made that harder to lean on, and he’s been searching for another way to get outs.
The White Sox had a reason to take the shot. After five rough outings out of Pittsburgh’s bullpen in April, Urquidy accepted an assignment to Triple-A Indianapolis.
He stumbled early there, too, but the results turned sharply. In his first seven games, he allowed 37 hits and six homers in 30.2 innings, posting a 5.87 ERA.
In his last 10, he worked 53 innings, gave up 33 hits and four homers, walked 13 and struck out 41 for a 2.38 ERA. Statcast doesn’t point to one obvious fix beyond the hot streak, though there are some smaller changes: he’s using his sinker and sweeper less, leaning more on his curveball and changeup, and his arm angle has dropped a couple of degrees.
The four-seamer is still sitting at 92 and still anchors a kitchen-sink mix. He’s also gone at least six innings in six of those 10 starts, and seven innings three times, which gives Knights manager Chad Pinder a starter without restrictions.
Blake Larson’s season ended early, with his third and final ACL White Sox appearance coming July 3 before a lat strain shut him down three weeks ahead of schedule. Between Tommy John surgery last year and this injury, he has thrown just 4⅔ innings in the two-plus seasons since the White Sox drafted him 68th overall in the Gregory Santos trade with Seattle.
James Taussig picked up South Atlantic League player of the week honors, a nice reminder that chasing draft status can be a fool’s errand. The undrafted 23-year-old corner outfielder went 10-for-23 with two homers and three doubles against Greensboro. He’s older than Braden Montgomery and is striking out at close to a 30 percent clip with the Dash, but the left-handed power is real, and he’s slashing .294/.388/.657 in 37 games since his midseason promotion.
Juan Carela was placed on Birmingham’s injured list retroactive to July 23, leaving Mason Adams as the last of last year’s six Tommy John surgery recipients to avoid any setback. Drew Thorpe is the only other one active, while Prelander Berroa was pulled after his first and only outing on May 13 and Ky Bush has yet to pitch.
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