Noah Schultz #75

Single...Is a 2022 graduate of Oswego (Ill.) East High School … was ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 1 overall prospect in Illinois.

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.