BALTIMORE -- On a night when two of the higher-ranked right-handed pitching prospects in the White Sox farm system faced one of baseball’s best lineups, the feedback was clear, if not particularly profound. To turn stuff with potential into Major League success, Jairo Iriarte and Nick Nastrini need to command

CHICAGO -- Noah Schultz took the mound for Double-A Birmingham Saturday night, with the No. 1 White Sox prospect and No. 14 overall, per MLB Pipeline, striking out seven over four scoreless innings in his 21st start of the season and 14th for the Barons. Somewhere around 370 miles away,

CHICAGO -- Nick Nastrini’s first two stints with the White Sox could have been a direct hit to his confidence. The rookie right-hander pitched great during Spring Training and would have been the team’s original fifth starter if he hadn’t been battling pneumonia at the time. He joined the Major

CHICAGO -- With less than a handful of Major League starts under his belt, there’s something for Ky Bush to take from each time he toes the rubber, whether good or bad. In the White Sox 13-4 loss to the Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday, the rookie lefty

After being one of the most electric pitchers in college baseball, Hagen Smith started his Road to the Show on Saturday night for High-A Winston-Salem. And much like his time with the Arkansas Razorbacks -- where he set the program’s all-time career strikeout mark (360) -- the White Sox 2024

This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin’s White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- Hagen Smith’s first official professional pitch will be thrown Saturday night, as the No. 5 selection in the 2024 Draft makes

CHICAGO -- Left-handed pitcher Noah Schultz and shortstop Colson Montgomery are the top two prospects in the White Sox system, according to MLB Pipeline’s in-season re-rank announced on Tuesday. Back at the start of the 2024 season, it was Montgomery at No. 1 and Schultz at No. 2, but Schultz’s

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OAKLAND -- There is perhaps no pressure-free way to make a Major League debut, but Ky Bush drew a particularly tough assignment with a rather undesirable piece of AL history hanging in the balance. The White Sox fell to the A's, 5-1, in Monday night's series opener at the Coliseum.

CHICAGO -- Two young players were added to the White Sox rebuild Monday via a three-team trade with the Dodgers and the Cardinals. Minor League infielders Alexander Albertus and Jeral Perez were added from the Dodgers, along with infielder Miguel Vargas, with reliever Michael Kopech going to Los Angeles and

Hagen Smith, the left-handed pitcher out of Arkansas selected No. 5 overall in the 2024 Draft by the White Sox, signed with the team for $8 million, per MLB.com’s Jim Callis. The slot value at No. 5 was $7,763,700, with the White Sox overall pool checking in at $14,593,300. -

KANSAS CITY -- While the best pitcher on the Kauffman Stadium mound Sunday was Seth Lugo, who twirled a complete game to send the White Sox to a 4-1 loss to the Royals, Drew Thorpe offered a glimpse into Chicago’s future. In the present, the White Sox suffered their seventh

CHICAGO -- The White Sox 2024 Draft began with the selection of left-handed pitcher Hagen Smith at pick No. 5 a little after 7:30 p.m. CT Sunday.

This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin’s White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- When is it fair to judge the success or failure of the 2024 White Sox Draft? Three years? Maybe even four,

CHICAGO -- Say the name Caleb among a group of Chicago sports fans, and the feeling of hope immediately arises. Of course, that particular level of encouragement is attached to Caleb Williams, the No. 1 pick in the entire 2024 NFL Draft made by the Chicago Bears and the franchise’s

CHICAGO -- The White Sox selected shortstop Caleb Bonemer in the second round of the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday night, at pick No. 43 overall, followed by left-handed pitcher Blake Larson at No. 68 in the Competitive Balance Round B, a pick acquired from the Mariners in the offseason

CHICAGO -- Imagine the following 2025 White Sox rotation. Garrett Crochet at the top, with his '24 move from the bullpen quickly turning him into baseball’s most dominant starter and strikeout leader. The southpaw is followed by Erick Fedde, who has one year remaining on a two-year, $15 million deal.

Dave Van Horn couldn’t believe it. At the start of the fall 2021 semester, the Arkansas head baseball coach looked on as a tall, slim left-hander threw his first bullpen session as a Razorback. Still shy of his 18th birthday, the southpaw was one of the youngest players ever to