Sam Antonacci #17

Played his junior season at Coastal Carolina University in 2024, batting .367/.523/.504 (83-for-226) with 13 doubles, six home runs, 47 RBI, 90 runs scored and 50 walks over 61 games...Began his career at Heartland Community College, where he was named 2023 NJCAA DII Baseball National Player of the Year after leading the nation in average (.515), RBI (103), hits (106), doubles (32) and on-base percentage (.618) … helped lead the program to its first national championship...Is a 2021 graduate of Sacred-Heart Griffin High School in Springfield, Ill. … played baseball and basketball.

2025

Batted .291/.433/.409 (118-for-406) with 21 doubles, six triples, five home runs, 57 RBI, 78 runs scored, 69 walks and 48 stolen bases in 116 games with the Arizona Complex League White Sox, Class High A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham...Led the White Sox organization in runs scored (first) and on base percentage (first) and ranked among the leaders in steals (second), triples (second), average (third), walks (third), OPS (fourth, .842), hits (sixth), doubles (tied-seventh) and total bases (tied-eighth, 166)...Was named to the South Atlantic League postseason All-Star...Was successful on 82.8 percent (48-for-58) of his stolen base attempts … stole 10-plus bases in four of six months...Slashed .307/.434/.444 (94-for306) against right-handers … hit .323 (40-for-124) with RISP, .283 (13-for-46) with RISP/two outs and .500 (8-for-16) with the bases loaded...Began the season with Winston-Salem, reaching base safely in each of his first 30 games, slashing .294/.451/.450 (32-for-109)...Hit his first career home run on 4/6 at Rome (two-run shot)… recorded a season-high four RBI on 5/2 at Greensboro … connected on a leadoff homer on 5/4-2 at Greensboro...Was on the seven-day injured list from 5/28-6/4 with a fractured right ring finger … homered on 6/6 at Asheville and 6/10 vs. Bowling Green...Was promoted to Birmingham on 7/14 … earned Southern League Player of the Week honors for the period of 7/21-27 after hitting .412/.600/.588 (7-for-17)...Matched his season high with four RBI on 8/1 at Rocket City … hit his only home run with Birmingham on 9/14 vs. Biloxi...Playoffs: Slashed .375/.429/.458 (9-for-24) with two doubles, six RBI and four runs scored over six games in the SL playoffs … helped guide the Barons to their second straight SL title...Batted .378/.505/.541 (28-for-74) with three doubles, three homers, 14 RBI, 24 runs scored, 15 walks and 11 steals over 19 games with Glendale in the Arizona Fall League … was named an AFL Rising Star.

2024

Made his professional debut with Class A Kannapolis … reached base safely in 20 of his 23 games...Recorded a 13-game hitting streak from 8/22-9/7, batting .440/.569/.580 (22-for-50) with five doubles, one triple, 12 RBI, 18 runs scored, 12 walks and six stolen bases...Was named Carolina League Player of the Week for the period of 9/2-8...Hit .286 (6-for-21) with a double, five walks and two RBI over six postseason games with Kannapolis...Was signed by White Sox scout Kevin Burrell.