Blake Rutherford #29

Single...Graduated in 2016 from Chaminade (Calif.) College Preparatory … batted .577 (45-78) in 27 games as a senior...Played two summers (2014-15) for USA Baseball's Under-18 national team, winning the gold medal in Japan in 2015.

2020

Spent the entire season at the Schaumburg training facility...Preseason Baseball America Ranking: Sox No. 9 prospect...Preseason MLB.com Ranking: White Sox No. 12 prospect.

2019

Spent the entire season with Class AA Birmingham, playing 68 games in right field, 29 in left, 21 at DH and one in center ... Batted .307 (88-287) from 6/1 to the end of the season, raising his season average from .185 to .265 ... Hit .286 (87-304) with six home runs and 40 RBI vs. right-handers (.216 with one homer and nine RBI against lefties) ... Hit safely in a season-high seven straight games from 8/7-14, posting a .440 (11-25) average during the streak ... Reached base safely in each of his last 15 games, hitting .296 (16-54) with five doubles and seven RBI ... Played in 21 games with Glendale of the Arizona Fall League … was named to the AFL West All-Star team ... Preseason Baseball America Ranking: No. 6 prospect and Possessing the Best Strike-Zone Discipline in the Sox system ... Preseason MLB.com Ranking: No. 9 prospect in the Sox system; No. 77 in baseball.

2018

Was named to the South Atlantic League postseason All-Star Team at Class A Winston-Salem (first full season with Sox) ... Ranked among the SAL leaders in triples (T-1st, 9), hits (2nd, 131), RBI (2nd, 78), average (4th, .293), total bases (T6th, 195), OPS (7th, .781) and slugging percentage (9th, .436) ... Made 74 starts in right field, 14 in left and 13 in center, compiling a .993 fielding percentage (1 E/145 TC) ... Batted .338 (24-71) in April, .300 (27-90) with seven doubles, three home runs and 22 RBI in June and .347 (35-101) in July ... Recorded a 12-game hitting streak from 7/16-28, going 18-51 (.353) with two doubles, six RBI and four multihit efforts ... Was named an MiLB.com organizational All-Star ... Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 7 prospect in the White Sox organization and No. 99 in baseball.

2017

Combined to hit .260 (103-396) with 25 doubles, two triples, two home runs and 35 RBI over 101 games between Class A Charleston and Class A Kannapolis ... Was named to the South Atlantic League midseason All-Star team with Charleston ... Acquired by the Sox from Yankees on 7/18 as part of a seven-player deal (recommended by Joe Butler and Tony Howell) ... Was on the Charleston injured list from 6/5-15 with a right foot contusion and the Kannapolis IL from 8/14-22 (strained back).

2016

Appeared in 33 games between the Gulf Coast League Yankees and Advanced Rookie Pulaski in his professional debut, hitting a combined .351/.415/.570 (40-114) with eight doubles, four triples, three home runs, 12 RBI and 16 runs scored ... Began the season with the GCL Yankees, appearing in eight games … was transferred to Pulaski on 7/14 ... Reached base safely in 16 of his first 17 games with Pulaski (.446, 29-65), including back-to-back, four-hit efforts from 7/27-28 … was named Appalachian League POW for 7/25-31 ... Following the season, was rated by MLB.com as the No. 51 overall prospect in baseball.