Will be interested to see how he responds to the type of raw and upper stuff type of pitching he will see there.

To me, he's almost in the category of being too advanced to be worth sending there. But the position switch is a good justification to send him down there.

1 hour ago, Jake said:

To me, he's almost in the category of being too advanced to be worth sending there. But the position switch is a good justification to send him down there.

But it's really a promotion since (almost) all teams send their best High A and AA prospects to that league at least once...

Does he really need the AFL at this point?

4 hours ago, GreenSox said:

Does he really need the AFL at this point?

Hard to imagine the hitting stock could possibly improve but validating that he can play LF and CF would be huge.

I possible late 2027 season call up?

30 minutes ago, Falstaff said:

I possible late 2027 season call up?

I think it's possible he's up well before that depending on how bats perform and defensive alignments are aligned.

I still think Antonnacci's future is a Ben Zobrist-type super sub.

46 minutes ago, Quin said:

I think it's possible he's up well before that depending on how bats perform and defensive alignments are aligned.

I still think Antonnacci's future is a Ben Zobrist-type super sub.

A lot more power required to get to Zobrist.

Those 23 or whatever hbp's are really boosting him to that 750ish ops ATM.

Except he's still grading out at best as an average overall LFer due to his defense. Obviously he could play second too, but not sure he has the arm strength for third or how often you would even sit Vargas/Bonemer/Colson there.

Maybe a combo of Chone Figgins/Zobrist, without the topline speed or light tower pop.

Edited September 2Sep 2 by caulfield12

I am interested to see how Shelton fares. Terrific in A+, struggled early in AA. Could go either way

Congrats on All MILB second team!!!

Andrew Fischer of the Brewers was the first team 3B with more than 50 homers.

Also, saw Angel Genao of the Guardians on the second team list.

3B: Caleb Bonemer, White Sox (No. 2/MLB No. 27)
A+/AA: .251/.380/.550, 132 G, 37 HR, 92 RBI, 100 R, 84 BB, 161 K, 17 SB, 139 wRC+

After earning Single-A Carolina League MVP honors last season, the 2024 second-rounder more than tripled his homer output in 2026 to 37. That was tied for fifth in the Minors, and everyone with more roundtrippers was older than Bonemer, who turns 21 in October.

If I attend this year one thing will be more noticeable will be more people wearing Sox hats.

Wonder what position he'll play. CF sorta looks covered at MLB level. Then again, so does 3B and 2B. He's not a MLB SS by anybody's grade, so this will be interesting. Good problem to have.

4 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Wonder what position he'll play. CF sorta looks covered at MLB level. Then again, so does 3B and 2B. He's not a MLB SS by anybody's grade, so this will be interesting. Good problem to have.

LF/DH

19 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Wonder what position he'll play. CF sorta looks covered at MLB level. Then again, so does 3B and 2B. He's not a MLB SS by anybody's grade, so this will be interesting. Good problem to have.

1B also isn't covered long-term if they want to move Vargas to 1B eventually for one of the other IFs. DH at bats exist too though I would rather not shove someone that young into a primary DH role. Would rather use that as a spot to rotate and keep guys healthy.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by Bob Sacamano

On 10/1/2026 at 11:55 AM, chitownsportsfan said:

Wonder what position he'll play. CF sorta looks covered at MLB level. Then again, so does 3B and 2B. He's not a MLB SS by anybody's grade, so this will be interesting. Good problem to have.

Peters had one season as an extreme late bloomer. He is not a known commodity. People anointed Colson in a small sample size and it’s questionable. Bonemer can’t win the job in spring training, but it’s pretty fluid competition in my opinion

Just now, Chick Mercedes said:

Peters had one season as an extreme late bloomer. He is not a known commodity. People anointed Colson in a small sample size and it’s questionable. Bonemer can’t win the job in spring training, but it’s pretty fluid competition in my opinion

At this time last year everyone had Shane Smith penciled in as the Ace of the Staff.

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

At this time last year everyone had Shane Smith penciled in as the Ace of the Staff.

At this time last year, I'd say this is where we were at. A lot can change in a year.

Core pieces:

• Colson Montgomery

• Kyle Teel

• Shane Smith

• Grant Taylor

Building blocks:

• Edgar Quero

• Chase Meidroth

• Miguel Vargas

• Lenyn Sosa

• Edgar Quero

• Brooks Baldwin

• Sean Burke

Some dudes:

• Tim Elko

• Curtis Mead

• Davis Martin

• Mike Vasil

Exciting prospects:

• Braden Montgomery

• Hagen Smith

• Noah Schultz

Trades are gonna happen. Maybe not right away, but. There won’t be a problem deploying Bonemer if he comes out hot next spring. He will have a spot.

23 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

LF/DH

Most likely he is playing CF for a reason in terms of his OF position

21 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:

Peters had one season as an extreme late bloomer. He is not a known commodity. People anointed Colson in a small sample size and it’s questionable. Bonemer can’t win the job in spring training, but it’s pretty fluid competition in my opinion

I'm going to be really curious what Dan and ZIPS projects for Peters next year. I'd imagine it's something like 230/290/350 and around 1.5 fWAR (8 runs with the glove or so). But, they don't play the game on a spreadsheet, otherwise the Sox would be in Cancun this week instead of the ALDS.