CHICAGO -- The call received Tuesday morning by Tanner McDougal from White Sox director of player development Paul Janish was direct and to the point. But in finding out he was being added to the team’s 40-man roster and avoiding being left unprotected and Rule 5 Draft eligible, McDougal happily

CHICAGO -- Hagen Smith's time with the White Sox covers 23 regular-season Minor League starts, two postseason starts, 92 1/3 cumulative innings pitched and 18 months in total. So, what’s the biggest change for the No. 5 White Sox prospect (and No. 88 overall, per MLB Pipeline), from when he

MESA, Ariz. -- The Glendale Desert Dogs had just lost in walk-off fashion. Braden Montgomery heard the calls of fans seeking autographs, pictures and a moment to rub shoulders with the White Sox No. 1 prospect. His uncle and grandmother, the latter of whom drove from Southern California to watch

LAS VEGAS -- Tanner McDougal’s overall 2024 performance did not go anywhere near as planned for the current No. 7 prospect in the White Sox organization, per MLB Pipeline. But the right-hander’s 0-11 combined record and 6.04 ERA in 22 starts between Single-A Kannapolis and High-A Winston-Salem set up his

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- For years, Bryce Cunningham and Hagen Smith have orbited one another without ever facing off. They’ve been close though. During a May 2023 series between Cunningham's Vanderbilt Commodores and Smith's Arkansas Razorbacks they both pitched, but on different days. When their collegiate careers concluded in 2024, Cunningham

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There were times during Braden Montgomery's recovery and rehab process from a right foot fracture that he wanted to jump right back in the box. After getting plunked on that foot during a Double-A Birmingham game on Sept. 6, he was added to the White Sox contingent

CHICAGO -- The 2024 season didn’t end the way Ryan Galanie wanted on an individual level, leaving a bitter taste with the White Sox Minor Leaguer. A quick way to get rid of that bitterness was to disengage from baseball. The first baseman/designated hitter purchased a Class C motor home

For some players, the Arizona Fall League can act like a last-chance saloon. The AFL is known widely as a showcase circuit, providing opportunity for some of the game’s best prospects to get in more work before the offseason begins. It’s also a shot for Minor Leaguers with upcoming Rule

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The 33rd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects. Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Hagen Smith provided three scoreless innings in his Arizona Fall League debut for the Glendale Desert Dogs on Wednesday night, yet he wasn't completely satisfied. The No. 5 overall pick in the 2024 Draft by the White Sox and one of the top left-handed pitching prospects in

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Braden Montgomery is one of the best right-field prospects in baseball. The 12th overall pick in the 2024 Draft, he's a switch-hitter with well above-average power and arm strength. Ranked No. 35 on MLB Pipeline's Top 100, Montgomery features at least average hitting ability, speed and defensive

NEW YORK -- The White Sox officially have gone back-to-back seasons with championships. No, Thursday’s celebration was not at the Major League level, where the White Sox dropped a 5-3 decision to the Yankees, marking their fifth straight loss and their 11th setback in 12 games. Not much good news

Birmingham reigns again. For the second straight year, the Double-A Barons are Southern League champions after outlasting the Montgomery Biscuits, 6-3, in a decisive Game 3 of the Championship Series that endured a pair of rain delays and took 19 hours and 40 minutes of real time to complete at

In a world of big tools and top prospects, these Minor Leaguer players stood out amongst the rest in 2025. They were the names that could be found atop the statistical leaderboards all summer, the top performers over the marathon that is the Minor League season. Here are the Minor

Birmingham may have fallen two outs shy of a combined no-hitter in a playoff game, but the White Sox Double-A affiliate was nothing short of dominant behind Hagen Smith. MLB's No. 87 prospect racked up 10 strikeouts across five hitless innings while issuing two walks Thursday for the Barons en

CHICAGO -- Neither Noah Schultz nor Hagen Smith were in attendance for the White Sox 4-1 loss to the Orioles on Monday night at Rate Field, marking the South Siders fourth straight defeat and fourth straight game where they scored two runs or fewer (four in total). Smith, the No.

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CHICAGO – Outfielder Braden Montgomery, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 1 White Sox prospect and No. 32 overall, was placed on the 7-day injured list Monday by Double-A Birmingham with a small fracture in his right foot.

Talk about the Sunday Scaries. Try showing up at the ballpark, stepping into the box and seeing these guys staring back at you. That was the scenario Sunday across the Minor Leagues as multiple top pitching prospects returned to the hill in fearsome fashion, most notably the second dominant performance

Cycles! Three-homer games! Stars … well, doing star things! The game’s top two prospects -- the Pirates' Konnor Griffin (who made his Double-A debut) and the Tigers' Kevin McGonigle -- wore fantastic alternate uniforms on the same night. The Mets’ pitching pipeline continued to chug along and 2024 first-rounder Hagen

A few Top 100 prospects reached the fences, but there were just as many notable pitching performances across the Minor Leagues on Thursday night. Max Clark (Tigers), Ryan Waldschmidt (D-backs) and Jhostynxon Garcia (Red Sox) all went deep while Tyson Lewis (Reds) walloped the first salami of his pro career.

CHICAGO -- White Sox players dig the long ball, as do their entertained fans, especially since the All-Star break. Their total of 42 homers leads the Majors during that time, with four of the next five teams at the top of that list being playoff contenders. But it wasn’t about

Scouts talk all the time about bat-to-ball skills -- the ability to make contact on pitches anywhere over the plate, no matter the circumstances. White Sox prospect George Wolkow went next level with that concept when he drove in a run on a one-handed single Tuesday night on a pitch