Noah Schultz #22

Is a 2022 graduate of Oswego (Ill.) East High School…Was ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 1 overall prospect in Illinois...Committed to attend Vanderbilt University before signing with the White Sox...Is an avid sports card collector...Both of his sisters, Emily and Ashley, played collegiate softball…Emily play at Stanford University, while Ashley played at Northwestern University.

2025

Combined to go 4-5 with a 4.68 ERA (38 ER/73.0 IP) and 76 strikeouts over 17 starts between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte...Limited left-handed hitters to a .219/.319/.313 (21-for-96) slash line, while right-handers hit .320/.427/.463 (56-for-175)...Began the season at Birmingham, where he made 12 starts…Threw five scoreless IP in his second start on April 12 (G1) at Chattanooga and also on April 24 at Rocket City...Earned his first win on April 30 vs. Pensacola (two ER/6.0 IP)…Struck out a season-high seven batters over five IP in a victory on May 13 vs. Chattanooga...Went 2-1 with a 1.31 ERA (three ER/20.2 IP) over a four-start stretch from May 24-June 12, allowing 13 hits with 19 strikeouts...Earned the win on May 24 at Pensacola, giving up one hit over five scoreless IP…Threw 5.2 scoreless IP on June 12 at Montgomery, allowing one hit with seven strikeouts...Was promoted to Charlotte on June 18 and made his Knights debut on June 19 vs. Gwinnett (L; six ER/5.1 IP)...Pitched in his second All-Star Futures Game on July 12 at Truist Field in Atlanta…Suffered the loss, allowing four runs on four hits over 0.2 IP...Was on the seven-day injured list from July 20-Aug. 23 with right patella tendinitis…Made two starts before being placed on the injured list on Sept. 4 with a right knee sprain and missed the rest of the season...Preseason rankings: No. 16 prospect in baseball, No. 1 LHP prospect and No. 1 prospect in the Sox organization (MLB.com)…No. 10 prospect in baseball and No.1 prospect, Best Fastball and Best Slider in the White Sox system (BA).

2024

Combined to go 0-4 with a 2.24 ERA (22 ER/88.1 IP), 0.98 WHIP, .196 (63-for-322) opponents average, 24 walks and 115 strikeouts (11.7 per 9 IP) in 23 starts with Class A Winston Salem and Class AA Birmingham...Did not throw more than four IP in any of his starts…recorded more strikeouts than IP in 16 of his 24 starts...Was named Southern League Pitcher of the Year after recording a 1.48 ERA (10 ER/61 IP) with 73 strikeouts and a 1.02 WHIP in 16 starts with Birmingham...His average of 11.7 strikeouts per nine IP would have ranked eighth among full-season Minor-League teams with the required IP, and his 4.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio would have ranked 10th...Limited left-handed hitters to a .138/.265/.184 (12-for-87) slash line and right-handers to a .217/.281/.306 (51-for-235) mark...Pitched for the American League at the All-Star Futures Game on 7/13 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … allowed three runs on three hits over one IP…struck out Cam Collier, the No. 5 prospect in the Cincinnati organization...Began the season with Winston-Salem, where he threw four IP in seven of his eight starts…made his season debut on 4/6 at Asheville, striking out a season-high 10 batters over four scoreless IP...Was promoted to Birmingham on 5/21…made his Barons debut on 5/25 at Biloxi, allowing one hit with no walks and five strikeouts over four scoreless IP...Struck out seven batters on 6/1 vs. Rocket City (3.2 IP), 6/16 vs. Pensacola (4 IP) and 6/29 vs. Tennessee (3.2 IP)…Recorded a 0.80 ERA (3 ER/33.2 IP) over his last nine regular season starts from 7/20-9/14...Made six scoreless starts in a seven-game stretch from 7/20- 8/31, allowing one earned run on 11 hits over 26 IP (0.35 ERA)…Started Game 1 of the SL Championship series at Montgomery, giving up two runs on four hits with six strikeouts over 3.1 IP of a no decision … the Barons won the game, 7-2...Was selected to the inaugural Spring Breakout game on 3/15 at the Cubs, but the game was canceled due to rain.

Preseason Rankings: No. 40 prospect in baseball (BA) and No. 50 (MLB.com)…No. 2 prospect in the White Sox organization (MLB.com and BA) … Best Slider in the Sox system (BA).

2023

Made 10 starts (eight scoreless) with Class A Kannapolis in professional debut...Averaged 12.67 strikeouts per 9 IP (38 SO/27.0 IP) with a 6.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio (6 BB)...Held opponents to .175/.231/.309 (17-for-97) average, including a .118/.167/.147 (4-for-34) mark with 16 strikeouts vs. left-handers...opponents went 1-for-18 (.056) with 11 strikeouts with RISP...Threw 14.1 scoreless IP over his first six starts…made his debut on 6/2 vs. Fayetteville, allowing one hit with no walks and five strikeouts over 2.0 IP. l Went four straight starts without allowing a hit from 6/9-7/8 (10 IP) … struck out six over three IP on 6/16 at Down East...Suffered his first loss on 7/22 at Carolina (4 ER/1.1 IP), but recorded a 0.00 ERA (11.1 IP) over his final three starts...Earned his first win on 7/29 vs. Delmarva, throwing four scoreless IP...struck out a season-high eight over four scoreless IP on 8/5 at Charleston...Was placed on the injured list on 8/19 with left shoulder inflammation and missed the remainder of the season...Preseason Rankings: No. 4 prospect in the organization (MLB.com and BA) … Best Slider in the system (BA).

2022

Did not pitch after being selected in the first round (No. 26 overall) of the First-Year Player Draft...Was recommended by White Sox scout J.J. Lally.