Two major prospect rankings have been updated and released to incorporate the recent influx of 2024 MLB draft picks, and while it's good news for the White Sox in terms of quantity, there's a little bit of a zero-sum nature to it.
Baseball America and Keith Law added Hagen Smith to their top prospects list, as he's No. 46 on the former, and No. 42 on the latter. The bad news is that Colson Montgomery has taken a hit in both. BA has him 30th after opening the season at No. 15, and he doesn't even rank in Law's top 60. Relatively speaking, it's not that drastic a drop since Law only had Montgomery 42nd to start the season, but his accompanying chat is fittingly bearish.
Brent: How far down has Colson Montgomery slid?
Keith Law: He hasn’t been the same player since the back injury, on offense or defense.
But if you're looking for any encouraging signs, Law ranks Noah Schultz 16th after opening the season at No. 79, while Edgar Quero moved up from 67th to 43rd. It's not all bad -- just on the position-player side, mostly.
Nashville 6, Charlotte 5
- Dominic Fletcher went 0-for5.
- So did Lenyn Sosa, with a strikeout.
- Oscar Colás went 1-for-2 with two walks, and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Edgar Quero was 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Colson Montgomery doubled, got hit by a pitch and struck out twice.
- Nick Nastrini: 5 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 52 of 85 pitches for strikes.
Tennessee 5, Birmingham 1
- Terrell Tatum went 0-for-3 with a walk.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-4 with a K.
- Tim Elko went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Riley Gowens: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 52 of 84 pitches for strikes.
Bowling Green 5, Winston-Salem 4
- Caden Connor went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer.
- DJ Gladney was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Wes Kath wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Ryan Galanie went 2-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
- Loidel Chapelli singled in a pinch-hitting appearance.
- Shane Murphy: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
ACL Mariners 2, ACL White Sox 0 (7 innings)
- Abraham Nunez singled, walked, struck out and stole three bases.
- Adrian Gil went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Stiven Flores, 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Javier Mogollon went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stole base.
- Angelo Hernandez was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
DSL Mariners 3, DSL White Sox 2 (8 innings)
- Christian Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a double.
- Jurdrick Profar was 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Eduardo Herrera struck out thrice while going 0-for-4.
- Jesus Premoli went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Jehancarlos Mendez went 1-for-3, and 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Yhoiker Fajardo: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
