MLB Pipeline’s latest farm system update left the White Sox in a familiar kind of good shape: not at the very top, but clearly moving in the right direction.
After the full round of organizational and leaguewide prospect rankings was revised, Chicago’s system climbed one spot, from 16th in the preseason to 15th now. That comes even with some position-player graduations and the ongoing challenge of developing pitchers.
The broader picture around the organization is hard to miss. 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, and a big part of that turnaround has come from the pipeline.
The system has already sent six Top 100 prospects to Chicago, led by Colson Montgomery and Braden Montgomery, along with other key contributors in Sean Burke, Sam Antonacci and Grant Taylor. Next up is Bonemer, who is tearing up Double-A pitching at age 20.
Chicago also gave the system a fresh boost in the 2026 Draft, setting a record with $22,670,200 in bonus payments. That haul included No. 1 overall pick Cholowsky, two of the best high school bats in infielders Cole Prosek and Landon Thome, and a much-needed infusion of pitching highlighted by Joey Volchko.
On the field, Charlotte beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 7-2 behind a productive night from Ryan Galanie, who went 3-for-5 and hit his 19th homer. Rikuu Nishida finished 1-for-3 with two walks and a stolen base, Junior Pérez went 1-for-5 with a steal, and Drew Thorpe worked 5 innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs, both earned, with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.
He threw 51 of 83 pitches for strikes. Per the Statcast data, Thorpe got whiffs on 11 of 15 swings against his changeup.
Birmingham rolled past Chattanooga 9-1, and Ryan Burrowes had the night’s loudest bat in that game. He went 3-for-5, launched his first Double-A homer and stole two bases.
Caleb Bonemer was 1-for-4 with a sacrifice fly and a strikeout, Anthony DePino went 2-for-5, and Samuel Zavala singled twice, walked twice and stole a base. Juan Carela pitched 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and 1 run, with 4 walks, 5 strikeouts and one homer allowed, while Mathias LaCombe followed with 2 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out 2.
Greenville took a 5-1 win over Winston-Salem, though the Dash made plenty of loud outs in the strikeout column. Javier Mogollón had a double, a single, a walk, a strikeout and a stolen base.
Kyle Lodise singled, struck out three times and stole a base, while George Wolkow singled, walked and struck out twice. Jeral Perez was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, and Nick McLain went 0-for-2 with two walks, a strikeout and a caught stealing.
Max Banks threw 1 inning, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, both earned, with 1 walk and 1 strikeout. The Dash struck out 20 times overall, with golden sombreros for Wes Kath and Jackson Appel accounting for nearly half of them.
Fredericksburg blanked Kannapolis 5-0. Jaden Fauske went 1-for-3 with a walk, Grayson Fitzwater was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts, Alexander Albertus singled, walked, struck out twice and was caught stealing, and Christian Gonzalez singled, walked, struck out twice and was caught stealing twice, once by pickoff.
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