On the heels of updates for its leaguewide and team-by-team prospect lists, MLB Pipeline also reranked the 30 farm systems, and it leaves the White Sox plenty of room for improvement.
Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra placed the White Sox 11th, the most bearish of the revised rankings to date. FanGraphs had the White Sox third, while Baseball America and ESPN had them eighth.
It represents a sizeable jump from their 20th-place ranking before the season, but 1) that was before the Dylan Cease trade, and 2) this one's after the White Sox held the fifth-overall pick and were supposed to corner a seller's market at the deadline. It also comes on the same day the four full-season affiliates were held to nine runs total in regulation, although they still managed to go 2-2 because they spun a couple of shutouts. See the note under the Birmingham box score for why adding position players is paramount.
Toledo 6, Charlotte 4 (12 innings)
- Bryan Ramos went 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP and a strikeout. He was also caught stealing.
- Oscar Colás and Colson Montgomery both went 1-for-5 with a double, but Colás struck out thrice, and Montgomery only once.
- Tim Elko topped them both by striking out four times around his double.
- Jake Eder: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 48 of 81 pitches for strikes.
Birmingham 1, Tennessee 0
- Wilfred Veras went 1-for-3.
- Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Terrell Tatum was 0-for-3 wiht a K.
- Juan Carela did his best Mason Adams impression: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 40 of 62 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Birmingham scored its lone run on a solo shot by Canaan Smith-Njigba, who was playing his first game since June. The Pirates released him in early July after he hit .212/.344/.330 for Triple-A Indianapolis. I suppose it's only fair since he scored the only run in his only game against the Sox, tripling and scoring in a 1-0 victory for Pittsburgh on April 9, 2023. You may better remember that game for being the one where Oneil Cruz wrecked his ankle sliding into Seby Zavala. Anyway.
Winston-Salem 2, Jersey Shore 0
- Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-4 with a walk.
- William Bergolla went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Wes Kath, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Ryan Galanie was 1-for-4.
- Calvin Harris returned to the lineup, going 1-for-3 with an HBP.
- Samuel Zavala went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Eddie Park scored both runs during a 2-for-4 night, striking out once.
- Aldrin Batista did his best Juan Carela impression: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 48 of 67 pitches for strikes.
- Peyton Pallette: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Charleston 5, Kannapolis 2
- Nathan Archer went 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Ryan Burrowes, 1-for-4 with a K.
- George Wolkow didn't strike out, while going 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Jeral Perez, 1-for-4 with a double.
- Ronny Hernandez was 1-for-4 without the double.
- Lyle Miller-Green, 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Sam Antonacci was 0-for-3 with an HBP.
