Luis Reyes still has the kind of arm that makes you stop and take a second look. The White Sox signed the right-hander for $700,000 on Jan. 15, 2023, and since then he’s grown into one of the more intriguing young pitchers in the system. At 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, he’s added strength since entering pro ball, and that extra physicality has shown up on the mound.
The problem is that Reyes hasn’t had much chance to build on his progress. A lat injury in Spring Training wiped out his entire 2026 season, and he had surgery in March to repair it. That lost year hangs over his profile now, even with the promise he showed before getting hurt.
When Reyes was healthy, the stuff looked real. He worked with a loose, easy arm action and repeated his delivery well.
His fastball sat in the low to mid-90s and reached 97 mph. His slider, thrown in the 81-84 mph range, was his primary weapon and accounted for almost half his pitches.
It had the look of a legitimate out pitch. The rest of the arsenal still needed work, but the foundation was there.
Reyes spent all of 2025 with Kannapolis at age 19, and the season had its ups and downs. The early months were rough, but he found his footing in June and was named MiLB Pitcher of the Month after allowing just one earned run over 25 innings.
During that stretch, he put up a 0.36 ERA and a 0.720 WHIP, including two seven-inning complete-game shutouts. July brought a step back with a 5.59 ERA, but he finished stronger in August with a 3.60 ERA.
For the year, Reyes went 4-9 with a 4.34 ERA in 23 starts, covering 87 innings with 88 strikeouts, 37 walks and a 1.7 WAR. He also averaged 9.10 K/9, a sign that the strikeout ability was trending in the right direction even if the results were uneven.
That’s why the outlook remains interesting despite the interruption. Reyes was ranked No. 63 in South Side Sox’s 2026 top prospects and comes in at No. 94 for 2027.
He’s the system’s 14th-ranked right-handed starter, and the tools still point to a possible mid-rotation starter if everything comes together. But after a year lost to injury, the next step is simple: get healthy, get back on the mound, and start piling up innings again.
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