White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 30, 2024

Two White Sox pitching prospects of note made their returns from the injured list on Friday:

*Mason Adams, whose Triple-A debut on Aug. 10 was marred by uncharacteristic wildness before departing with a trainer in the fourth inning, returned to the mound for Charlotte and threw three scoreless innings that looked a lot more like it. Namely, he only struck out one, but he didn't walk anybody because he threw 30 of 44 pitches for strikes. Statcast only had him at 91-92, which is about a tick lower than usual, but he struggled to hit 90 toward the end of his last start, so it's progress.

*Seth Keener, who was last seen on July 4 leaving a start against Fayetteville after 1 2/3 innings because he walked four batters and hit three others, had the more complicated task of returning from a long layoff at a new level. The Brooklyn Cyclones batted him around while batting through in Keener's first High-A inning, scoring five runs while sending nine to the plate. He bounced back with a scoreless second inning, due in large part to Casey Saucke cutting down Nick Morabito at home after he walked, took second on a balk and stole third.

Keener, the White Sox's third-round pick out of Wake Forest in 2023, had posted a 3.36 ERA with 75 strikeouts over 64⅓ innings with Kannapolis, so he was ticketed to return to Winston-Salem as a Dash instead of a Demon Deacon to start next season regardless. The Dash's season is over after next week, so while the numbers may be grisly, there's no real harm in a head start.

Chattanooga 2, Birmingham 1

• Wilfred Veras went 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• DJ Gladney, 1-for-4 with a K.
• Jacob Gonzalez was 0-for-4 with a K.
• Juan Carela: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 47 of 62 pitches for strikes.

Brooklyn 9, Winston-Salem 2

• Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-5 with his 103rd run scored and a stolen base.
• Eddie Park was 0-for-3 with two walks.
• Caden Connor, 1-for-4.
• Casey Saucke was 1-for-4 with a walk.
• Wes Kath homered and struck out thrice.
• Ryan Galanie was 3-for-4.
• Samuel Zavala went 0-for-2 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Seth Keener in his High-A debut: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 27 of 42 pitches for strikes.
• Tommy Vail: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Kannapolis 4, Fredericksburg 3

• Sam Antonacci went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
• George Wolkow, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ronny Hernandez was 0-for-4.
• TJ McCants went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, and was caught stealing.
• Ryan Burrowes, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
• Nathan Archer was 0-for-2 with a walk.
• Aaron Combs: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 18 of 25 pitches for strikes.

Charlotte vs. Nashville, PPD