It’s rankings week at FutureSox. We have the Just Missed list today. 
 

https://www.futuresox.net/2025/03/03/futuresox-2025-white-sox-preseason-ju/

Good info, both James and Don.  Very well-written piece.

Too bad they gave away Fujardo. Would he have been ranked in Top 30?

Really good stuff.  Lots of quality prospects not making the top 30 reflects we haven’t seen KW was in charge of the farm system.

My guess of the top 30 prospects in no particular order:

• IF (9):  C. Montgomery, Meidroth, Ramos, Bonemer, Gonzalez, Bergolla, Perez, Albertus, Antonacci
• OF (5):  B. Montgomery, Wolkow, Zavala, McLain, Saucke
• CA (2):  Teel, Quero
• RHP (9):  Taylor, Iriarte, Adams, Burke, Gonzalez, Batista, Carela, Nastrini, Smith
• LHP (5):  Schultz, Smith, Bush, Larson, Eder

IMO, Eder should not be in the top 30 over Pallette or Adler.  I’d also have Ronny Hernandez at the very end of the list, although not sure who I would remove to make room for him.  A 121 wRC+ for a 19 year old catcher is super impressive despite shortcomings to his game at the moment.

Adisyn Coffey going from budget signing to help get both Crochet and Kelley to legit relief prospect is one of the cooler stories in the Sox system.

4 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

It’s rankings week at FutureSox. We have the Just Missed list today. 
 

https://www.futuresox.net/2025/03/03/futuresox-2025-white-sox-preseason-ju/

Excellent as always.

if we just went with anticipation and buzz, Elko is top ten. interesting to see here though kind of a stiff jolt of realism w/ him

1 hour ago, Quin said:

Adisyn Coffey going from budget signing to help get both Crochet and Kelley to legit relief prospect is one of the cooler stories in the Sox system.

He’s my pride and joy — Jerry

Excellent write up. The names on the list speak to the excellent depth the White Sox now possess on the pitching side. There's enough legitimate prospects on that list and some will definitely get big league opportunities.

I was really impressed with Schweitzer and the overall quality of his stuff. At a minimum I think he'll find success as a reliever. It might be just a bad first impression but the quality of his stuff took a major dive out of the stretch. If you put him in a bullpen told him to forget about the runner and just focus on throwing a max effort fastball (while maintaining control) I feel like he could have some nice upside as a late inning reliever.

 

Here is16-30: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/03/04/futuresox-2025-preseason-white-sox-pr/

Always a fun read. I don't understand a couple of picks (Bush, Eder), but it will be fun to watch these guys in the minors this year. Thanks.

These are great. Thanks.

3 hours ago, oldsox said:

Always a fun read. I don't understand a couple of picks (Bush, Eder), but it will be fun to watch these guys in the minors this year. Thanks.

Bush is absolutely a top 20 prospect in this system. He's just hurt now. This was put together prior to the injury. 

MLB.com just published their top 30 White Sox list, also. No real surprises. Colson Montgomery at #4. 

White Sox Top Prospects

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/whitesox/

#16-20 are quite interesting...

Oh how Nastrini has fallen.  And Eder.

And Burke feels low compared to his upside...

 

Something like 13 out of the top 26 guys from outside the organization and added in the last two years.

Edited March 4, 20251 yr by caulfield12

Bonemer is really gonna make or break last year's draft. Not seeing a lot of upside in the other position talent we drafted and our drafted college OF bats could fall off these lists really quickly. In '03 we at least stocked up on some quality stuff on the pitching side. 

Smith is a hell of a prospect but we also passed on some really solid positional picks so I feel like you almost need him to be a front end starter or the draft is a bust.

Here's the top 30: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/03/05/futuresox-2025-preseason-white-sox-to/

19 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Here's the top 30: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/03/05/futuresox-2025-preseason-white-sox-to/

Thanks. I really hope Perez and Albertus become something. I didn't love the main piece at the time of the trade but hopefully someone could salvage it (maybe Vargas).

Edited March 5, 20251 yr by Bob Sacamano

Ian Eskridge on The Au Jus podcast, talking about what goes into the rankings of prospects. Ian is a great listen. Beefloaf laughs too much for my taste. 

 

Ian Eskridge and James Fox break down the reasoning behind the top thirty and just missed lists. Great listen. 

FutureSox Podcast - 2025 Preseason Top 30

"Bergolla has a compact left-handed stroke and focuses on putting the ball in play, ranking seventh in the Minors in swinging strike percentage (4 percent) and eighth in strikeout rate (11 percent) last year. He generates extremely low exit velocities and a lot of opposite-field grounders, and he'll need to get a lot stronger and change his swing and approach to ever produce much power. He homered just once in 168 games and slugged .354 in his first three pro seasons.

Growing up around the game, Bergolla developed a high baseball IQ that adds to his value as a runner and defender. He has plus speed and swiped 27 bases in 33 attempts last year after going 4-for-8 in his first two pro seasons. After playing primarily at second base in the Phillies system, he spent most of his time at shortstop with the White Sox. He has range to both sides and exhibits average to solid arm strength."

2025

Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 20 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 | Field: 55 | Overall: 40

Last year at 45 FV

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/william-bergolla-703151?stats=career-r-hitting-milb

Edited March 11, 20251 yr by caulfield12