Noah Schultz is likely to miss the AFL, as the White Sox don’t want to rush him back this year after a recurrence of his patellar tendinitis.

Reliever Jarold Rosado (Paul DeJong trade) expected to replace Schultz on the roster.

— James Fegan (@JRFegan) September 9, 2025

18 hours ago, WestEddy said:

It a good plan if the tendonopathy is reoccurring. That's not something you want to linger, especially with a guy that tall. Unfortunate.

 

Sounds like Zavala will be playing winter ball this offseason

2 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

That’s awesome. I knew he had a solid year, but I didn’t realize it was that good. 

Also nice that he got a taste of A+ ball and put up a cool 1.020 OPS in those 11 games. 

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by SoxBlanco

I think the Sox have a bunch of guys all around the 55 FV tier, but for my money, Bonemer is currently their Top Prospect.

 

Pipeline update:

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Montgomery is the Sox #1 prospect

After Montgomery, Fauske, and Wolkow, I think the Sox need to address their talent pool in the outfield. They’ll probably take one of the SS’s in the draft next year, and they should those guys are all rated in the top of the class (we’ll see what happens) but they desperately need outfielders

18 minutes ago, Boopa1219 said:

After Montgomery, Fauske, and Wolkow, I think the Sox need to address their talent pool in the outfield. They’ll probably take one of the SS’s in the draft next year, and they should those guys are all rated in the top of the class (we’ll see what happens) but they desperately need outfielders

Shortstops can generally move to other positions, look at Jackson Merrill. If Carlson works out, Bonemer is going to move, and I bet he could handle an OF position, possibly even center.

As far as the new Top 100, all 5 Sox sport a 55 FV, so there’s no clear cut number 1. Personally, I have Bonemer > B. Montgomery just cuz there’s more upside there. I also have McDougal and Oppor in essentially the same tier as the Top 5 guys. Would not be surprised to see one or both of them sneak onto top 100s soon.  After the top 9 guys, though, I think the system falls off a cliff. They really need to do better in LatAm to get depth.

Mike Clevinger elected free agency yesterday

And this guy took a year off to sign with the White Sox. 

 

A 20 year old lefty with a fastball topping above 101, and a changeup with a 50% whiff rate?

Yeah, that’ll play. https://t.co/C5n4jcDk5F

— Dylan Barnas (@NotCease) October 3, 2025

 

11 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

And this guy took a year off to sign with the White Sox. 

A little more detail from the article:

• White Sox lefthander Christian Oppor cracked the top 20 in our sliders ranking and leads all pitchers in Stuff+ scores for changeups. His change has 14-15 mph off velocity separation off his fastball and good vertical separation, too. Oppor also shows the ability to command the pitch, which translates to high whiffs and chase rates.

Adisyn Coffey's changeup also made the top 20. UDFA Carson Jacobs made the top 20 for splitters.

Seems like Oppor has a shot to crack top 100 lists if he keeps it up in A+/AA. Having the best changeup in the minors, and a top 20 slider will absolutely play.

Jim Callis on ranking Bonemer vs. Carlson:

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/pipeline-inbox-arizona-fall-league-carlos-lagrange-billy-carlson-joshua-baez

2 hours ago, almagest said:

Seems like Oppor has a shot to crack top 100 lists if he keeps it up in A+/AA. Having the best changeup in the minors, and a top 20 slider will absolutely play.

Don’t forget that his fastball tops out over 100.

On 10/3/2025 at 4:52 PM, Autumn Dreamin said:

Jim Callis on ranking Bonemer vs. Carlson:

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/pipeline-inbox-arizona-fall-league-carlos-lagrange-billy-carlson-joshua-baez

Thanks for posting this. Good stuff. 

@Y2Jimmy0, was it you who said Carlson is the better prospect, without question, back when we drafted him? I recall somebody saying that. 

2026 White Sox Prospect Breakout Candidates⬇️

Blake Larson: Someone I could see having an Oppor type of rise, although not likely until the second half as he recovers from TJ. 2024 draft pick given 2nd round money with loud stuff. Projectable lefty with a deceptive low slot.…

— Elijah Evans (@ElijahEv8) October 16, 2025

Fluff piece on McDougal:

'Punched in the mouth' in '24, McDougal counter-punched in breakout 2025

The following #Knights have elected FA:

RHP Kyle Tyler
RHP Owen White
RHP Elvis Peguero
RHP Dalton Roach
RHP Evan McKendry
2B Andre Lipcius
3B Vinny Capra

The #WhiteSox have released:

C Blake Sabol

— FutureSox (@FutureSox) November 8, 2025

The following #Barons have elected FA:

RHP Caleb Freeman
RHP Andrew Dalquist
LHP Max Roberts
OF DJ Gladney

— FutureSox (@FutureSox) November 8, 2025

The following #Dash have elected FA:

RHP Joseph Yabbour
RHP Frander Veras
C Luis Pineda

— FutureSox (@FutureSox) November 8, 2025

Just racking up the off-season awards:

 

A huge congratulations to Matt Bergin on being named Groundskeeper of the Year for the South Atlantic League! pic.twitter.com/Lp1LUP3liw

— Winston-Salem Dash (@WSDashBaseball) November 11, 2025