White Sox Minor Keys: July 2, 2025

Colson Montgomery's furious finish to June didn't net him his first major league call-up, but it did get him back on at least one top 100 prospects list.

Both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America revised their rankings for the start of July, and Montgomery reappeared on the former list at No. 95, citing Montgomery's rising barrel rate as a sign that he's back to being a power threat, which is one of the pillars of his stock. He joins Noah Schultz (No. 17), Kyle Teel (24), Braden Montgomery (32) and Hagen Smith (38) to give the White Sox five prospects on the board.

BA's list features the same quantity, except it swaps out Colson Montgomery with Caleb Bonemer (No. 71). Bonemer is the fourth of five prospects listed, behind Schultz (24), Teel (35) and Braden Montgomery (53), and ahead of Smith (78). All players moved within the top 100 in accordance with their recent performances except for Bonemer, who jumped 15 spots despite hitting just .192/.326/.231 over 95 plate appearances in June.

Paul Janish talked a little about Bonemer during his Futures Game-related Zoom call on Monday, and the White Sox's director of player development said he's watching to see how Bonemer holds up in the kind of unrelenting heat and humidity he probably didn't encounter much in Michigan, and other situations that are new to him:

"Honestly, now, at this point, it's the second half of the season. How's he going to deal with it physically, those kinds of things, and seeing some of the guys in that league for the second and third time and making some of those adjustments."

Charlotte 4, Jacksonville 3

• Colson Montgomery went 1-for-4 with an HBP and a strikeout, but the hit was a walk-off single.
• Tim Elko was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
• Bryan Ramos, 1-for-4 with a double and a strikeout.
• Dru Baker singled twice, bunted and struck out.
• Mike Clevinger: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3 HR, 51 of 76 pitches for strikes.
• Wikelman González improved to 6-0: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 17 of 31 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*Montgomery's heroics:

Chattanooga 3, Birmingham 2

• Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-4 with a walk, and was picked off.
• William Bergolla went 0-for-3 with two walks, a strikeout and a stolen base.
• Ryan Galanie went 0-for-2 with two walks.
• Jacob Gonzalez was 1-for-3 with a sac fly and a strikeout.
• DJ Gladney, 0-for-4.
• Jake Palisch: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP, 56 of 74 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 6, Hub City 4 (Completion of Tuesday's game)

• Sam Antonacci went 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Jeral Perez went 1-for-3 with a homer, walk and strikeout.
• Braden Montgomery was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Samuel Zavala doubled, singled, walked twice and was caught stealing.

Hub City 2, Winston-Salem 1 (Game 2, 7 innings)

• Sam Antonacci had the only hit, going 1-for-3.
• Jeral Perez was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
• Braden Montgomery struck out all three times.
• Christian Oppor: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 1 HR, 48 of 69 pitches for strikes.

Hickory 4, Kannapolis 2

• Ryan Burrowes went 2-for-4 with a stolen base.
• Caleb Bonemer, 1-for-4 with his sixth homer.
• Lyle Miller-Green was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Ronny Hernandez was 2-for-4 with a stolen base.
• George Wolkow wore the golden sombrero.
• Abraham Nuñez went 0-for-4 with a K.
• Grant Umberger: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 61 of 87 pitches for strikes.
• Pierce George: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Highlights:

*Bonemer's blast, his first since June 4: