White Sox Minor Keys: June 5, 2024

Noah Schultz is the new top White Sox prospect, at least if you buy into what Baseball America and Keith Law are selling.

Baseball America ranked Schultz No. 9, and the third-highest pitcher behind Paul Skenes (No. 1) and Jackson Jobe (No. 6). Law is slightly less enthusiastic by putting Schultz at No. 23, but when you consider that Law's preseason rankings slotted Schultz at José Abreu's number, the mood swing is more dramatic, as Schultz was 40th in BA's initial list.

In both cases, the only skepticism surrounds Schultz's repressed workload, as the White Sox are limiting him to four innings an outing no matter the efficiency involved.

Colson Montgomery is right behind Schultz in both cases -- No. 12 on BA, No. 34 for Law -- while Drew Thorpe (No. 41) and Edgar Quero (No. 90) filled out the rest of BA's top 100. Law stopped at 50.

Jacksonville 2, Charlotte 1

• Bryan Ramos and Colson Montgomery both were 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
• Adam Hackenberg walked twice and struck out twice.
• Joe Barlow is off the injured list for Charlotte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• Shane Drohan: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Tennessee 3, Birmingham 1

• Terrell Tatum and Jacob Gonzalez both were 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Brooks Baldwin was a plain old 0-for-4.
• Edgar Quero singled twice and struck out twice.
• Tim Elko went 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout.
• Wilfred Veras was 0-for-3 with a K.
• Drew Thorpe: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 53 of 83 pitches for strikes.

Notes:

*Elko was named the Southern League's Player of the Month for May, as he hit .337/.382/.535 with four homers and 19 RBIs in 25 games.

Winston-Salem 6, Rome 2

• Loidel Chapelli went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Eddie Park was 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Calvin Harris went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Ryan Galanie's High-A debut: 1-for-4.
• Wes Kath homered, singled and struck out twice.
• Samuel Zavala came a triple shy of the cycle during a 3-for-4 night. He was also picked off.

Kannapolis 7, Fredericksburg 2

• Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-5.
• Ronny Hernandez hit his first A-ball homer while going 3-for-4 with a walk.
• Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
• George Wolkow wore the platinum sombrero.
• Jake Peppers: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 53 of 79 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Hernandez's homer didn't look like one off the bat.