I sure wanna know what the deal with Bergolla is. Wild that what we thought was going to be a short DL stint has ballooned to 2 months now.

6 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Excited about all these moves, but Mason back in AAA is most exciting to me.

From Keith Law's chat today. You love to see this.

Liz R.

Very interesting to think about what the Chisox might do. An org in transition in many ways. I wonder how much confidence they have in their improved ability to develop players?

Keith Law

@Liz R. A lot. And they should. Colson Montgomery was a washout, striking out nearly 50% of the time in AAA, then they rebuilt his whole swing and approach and made him a viable regular. Jacob Gonzalez was a complete bust with 2+ years of poor performance; he changed his body, stance, and setup, and I think he's going to be an All-Star. They are doing real stuff with real results.

KLaw liking Gonzalez is something I never thought I’d read

Awesome comment.

1 hour ago, fathom said:

KLaw liking Gonzalez is something I never thought I’d read

The White Sox being able to fix offensive players is something I'd never thought I'd see either.

36 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

The White Sox being able to fix offensive players is something I'd never thought I'd see either.

Same.

BA's in person scouting report on Hagen Smith.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/in-person-scouting-looks-for-seth-hernandez-brody-hopkins-more-top-mlb-pitching-prospects/

Hagen Smith, LHP, White Sox

The Durham Bulls would be just fine never seeing Smith on the mound again. In two starts, the top five White Sox prospect went nine innings, allowed just one run on five hits and five walks and racked up 18 strikeouts. To do so, he leaned heavily on his bread-and-butter combination of a four-seam fastball and slicing slider, with a few cutters sprinkled in, as well. He did not throw a single changeup during his outing.

Until recently, Smith’s year had been pretty rocky. He was good in April, but in May he struggled to throw strikes, and the strikes he did throw got pounded. That’s not a great combination anywhere, but it’s especially unforgiving when half your games are played in the offensive oasis of Charlotte.

Things have smoothed now—Smith made this week’s Hot Sheet—in part because of some alterations to his delivery. His arm slot is slightly higher, and he’s doing a better job getting on top of the ball, which seems to have helped him command the ball a bit better.

The overall delivery still points to a multi-inning reliever’s role, where his fastball and slider could neutralize hitters in the later innings. It would also allow him to reach his highest velocities—he peaked at 97 mph in this outing—on a more regular basis.

I know they are crazy rare to see, but I wonder if you could do a prospect swap with Billy Carlson for another similarly regarded pitching prospect. You can never have too many SS, but you also can't have too many SPs. This is assuming we grab Roch or Emerson.

I wonder if they wish they could have that pick back and go with like an Arnold, or someone else - now that they control the #1 pick.

Speaking of DePino. From BA's "One Compelling Non-Top 10 Hitting Prospect From Every Team" piece.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/one-compelling-non-top-10-hitting-prospect-from-every-team/

Anthony DePino, 1B

System Rank: NR

DePino had a nondescript debut after the White Sox selected him in the seventh round of the 2025 draft out of the University of Rhode Island. The 5-foot-11 righthanded hitter has taken a step forward this year, slashing 280/.393/.480 between High-A and Double-A. He has also seen his production improve since he got to the higher level.

Though DePino doesn’t stand out in any specific data area, what makes him intriguing is how balanced he is across the board. In pretty much all metrics, he’s above average. He ranks among the top 10 of the White Sox system in 90th percentile exit velocity and the top third in chase and hard-hit rate. He also has solid batted-ball angles and distribution.

DePino’s overall and in-zone contact are his weakest areas, as he’s closer to fringy to average there. Because of his size and positional limitations, DePino is really going to have to hit. So far, he has, and at the least, the White Sox look like they’ve found a valuable minor league contributor.

On 6/11/2026 at 1:53 PM, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

I know they are crazy rare to see, but I wonder if you could do a prospect swap with Billy Carlson for another similarly regarded pitching prospect. You can never have too many SS, but you also can't have too many SPs. This is assuming we grab Roch or Emerson.

I wonder if they wish they could have that pick back and go with like an Arnold, or someone else - now that they control the #1 pick.

I’d do it with a player in the upper minors, preferably for multiple good young pitching prospects.  Sox have more known depth there.   Carlson is part of the wave that’s coming in 2-3 years.   Keep the pipeljne moving.

Edited Saturday at 09:41 PM1 day by DirtySox

So Hagen Smith got lit up about as bad as someone could be, earlier tonight

4.1 IP

6H, 8R (7ER), 3BB, 5K, 4HR

Fastball velo was 94-96 until the 4th, where it sat around 93-94, and the 5th where it sat 90-93

Edited yesterday at 05:01 AM1 day by joejoesox

1 hour ago, joejoesox said:

So Hagen Smith got lit up about as bad as someone could be, earlier tonight

4.1 IP

6H, 8R (7ER), 3BB, 5K, 4HR

Fastball velo was 94-96 until the 4th, where it sat around 93-94, and the 5th where it sat 90-93

So much for that speculated upon big league promotion...at least for the time being.

Awesome Law piece on Jacob Gonzalez and the hitting development with Fuller. Now if only our pitching development could take a step forward like this.

How the White Sox’s Jacob Gonzalez went from first-round bust to potential star

Edited 16 hours ago16 hr by DirtySox

3 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Awesome Law piece on Jacob Gonzalez and the hitting development with Fuller. Now if only our pitching development could take a step forward like this.

How the White Sox’s Jacob Gonzalez went from first-round bust to potential star

Great article. I don’t always agree with Law when it comes to pitching, but his track record on positional prospects is amongst the best I’ve seen. If he’s a believer in Gonzalez, then I think we should all start getting excited.

4 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Awesome Law piece on Jacob Gonzalez and the hitting development with Fuller. Now if only our pitching development could take a step forward like this.

How the White Sox’s Jacob Gonzalez went from first-round bust to potential star

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

“He wasn’t invited, but he asked to be a part of it,” Fuller said. “He was the oldest guy there. He came in with his swing, where he was hunched over his setup, and his back leg had a ton of weight on it. It was a very compromised position from the setup. He was adamant that he wanted to stick with it, but we saw pretty quickly other guys were looking better than he was — and he’s the Triple-A player and first-round pick. We told him, your OPS is in the .600s. You have bat speed, but it’s not able to come out where you’re setting up.”

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

It is exciting to me that the Sox have some real tangible positional player development wins of late. Hoping it is a sign of a much brighter future. I am hoping we can see similar progress on pitching front - in particular hoping we see Hagen, Tanner and Noah be able to get there way there and harness some front of stuff. With Tanner and Noah I think they will (pending health)…Hagen has the ability but he seems to be in a bad spot - this year has to be about figuring out how to get him aligned to be able to consistently hit an arm slot and start to grow. Stuff is there as evidenced by big swing and miss numbers past few starts (ignoring last night when he got rocked).

I would be open to dealing Hagen for a front line pitcher plus someone else. For example if Ishbia could convince JR to agree to hit and pay Skubal a record deal…go for it.

43 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

I think Jacob was reluctant to adopt some of their proposed changes and they were just trying to be brutally honest with him. People can be really stubborn, especially baseball players, when it comes to change.

Man, a lot of weakly hit balls falling for the Dodgers.

56 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I think Jacob was reluctant to adopt some of their proposed changes and they were just trying to be brutally honest with him. People can be really stubborn, especially baseball players, when it comes to change.

He was also an old regime draft pick. Wouldn't surprise me if he was pretty much not in their plans.

15 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

He was also an old regime draft pick. Wouldn't surprise me if he was pretty much not in their plans.

That’s true too.

16 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Ooh. This one will be interesting. Time to see how he adapts.