While Noah Schultz usurped Colson Montgomery for the top spot on Baseball America's revised White Sox prospect list, Edgar Quero has built a decent case for consideration at No. 1 as well.
Quero reached base four times in Charlotte's 12-1 victory over Norfolk on Saturday night. He flied out in the first inning, but drew a bases-loaded walk in the second, singled in the fourth, singled in the sixth, then capped off his evening with a two-run double in the seventh.
He's now hitting .309/.433/.491 over 16 games with Charlotte, raising his line to .281/.373/.468 when combining his production from his first 72 games with Birmingham.
Charlotte 12, Norfolk 1
- Bryan Ramos went 1-for-3 with a homer and two walks.
- Edgar Quero was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk.
- Zach DeLoach doubled, singled and struck out thrice.
- Tim Elko went 1-for-5.
- Colson Montgomery was 1-for-4 with a triple and a strikeout.
Notes:
*Max Roberts parlayed a strong July in Winston-Salem (13 strikeouts against two walks over 8⅓ innings) into a fill-in role with the Knights. He pitched 1⅔ scoreless innings in his Charlotte debut, although he gave up a single and two walks. Statcast shows a breaking-ball-first profile.
Montgomery 3, Birmingham 0
- Terrell Tatum went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez, 0-for-4.
- Wilfred Veras was 1-for-4 with a steal.
- Jacob Burke, 0-for-3 with a K.
- Noah Schultz: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 35 of 60 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 5, Greensboro 3 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Rikuu Nishida went 1-for-2 with an HBP, and he was caught stealing.
- William Bergolla was 1-for-3.
- DJ Gladney, 0-for-3.
- Wes Kath, 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Eddie Park, 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Samuel Zavala, 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
- Juan Carela: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 43 of 67 pitches for strikes.
Salem 6, Kannapolis 5 (Completion of Friday's game, 10 innings)
- Ryan Burrowes went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Jeral Perez was 2-for-3 with two walks and a strikeout.
- George Wolkow went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts.
- Ronny Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Jake Peppers before the delay: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 29 of 50 pitches for strikes.
DSL Cardinals 2, DSL White Sox 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Christian Gonzalez was 0-for-4.
- Jurdrick Profar walked all three times up, and was 1-for-2 on the basepaths.
- Eduardo Herrera went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Jesus Premoli, 0-for-1.
- Jehancarlos Mendez went 1-for-3 with a K.
- Angel Bello: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
DSL Cardinals 8, DSL White Sox 3 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Christian Gonzalez went 2-for-5 with a double, strikeout and a CS.
- Eduardo Herrera was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Jurdrick Profar did the same, although he was also caught stealing.
- Alexandre Valdeviezo: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP
