Class AAA Charlotte outfielder Eloy Jiménez has been named the Chicago White Sox Minor League Player of the Month for July, while Class AA Birmingham right-hander Dylan Cease has been named Pitcher of the Month as voted by a panel of Chicago-area media members.
 
Jiménez, 21, batted .435 (27-62) with seven doubles, six home runs, 13 RBI, 13 runs scored, a .455 on-base percentage, .839 slugging percentage and 1.293 OPS over 16 games in July with Charlotte. He hit safely in 14 of the 16 games, including a 10-game hitting streak from July 19-30. Jiménez leads the International League in batting average (.376) and ranks second in on-base percentage (.423) since his promotion on June 21.
 
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Jiménez, who also was named White Sox Minor League Player of the Month for May, is hitting .337 (103-306) with 23 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 59 RBI, 52 runs scored, a .386 on-base percentage and .601 slugging percentage over 80 games between Birmingham and Charlotte this season. He was a 2018 Southern League midseason All-Star. 
 
Cease, 22, went 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA (4 ER/30.0 IP), 42 strikeouts and a .165 (17-103) opponents average over five starts in July with Birmingham. He owns a 17.0 scoreless IP streak since July 20. Cease represented the White Sox in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on July 15, tossing 0.2 scoreless IP. 
 
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Cease is 11-2 with a 2.71 ERA (32 ER/106.2 IP), 131 strikeouts and a .201 (76-378) opponents average over 19 starts between Class A Winston-Salem and Birmingham this season. He was named to the 2018 Carolina League midseason All-Star team. Cease is tied for fifth in wins and tied for ninth in strikeouts among all minor-league pitchers this season.