South Side Sox

Seemingly, it won’t be long before Noah Schultz is signing baseballs on the South Side for good; Baseball America ranks him the No. 30 prospect in all of baseball. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Southpaws Schultz at No. 30 and Smith 36, catchers Kyle Teel at No. 45 and Edgar Quero 76 Trade enough front-line talent, earn yourself a top-end system. The new White … [Read more...] about White Sox place seven in Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101

George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Sean Burke tops our Round 21 ballot. So, who is the 22nd-best prospect in the White Sox system? As three players on the ballot creep closer to setting the mark for longest time on the Prospect Vote ballot, Sean Burke advanced in his personal Round 10, running away with Round 21 by earning 49 of 221 votes (22%): … [Read more...] about 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 22

Jackson Appel (right) is a backstop with pop at, and behind, the plate. | Peter Aiken/Getty Images Another quality backstop to add to what’s becoming a long list Jackson Appel Catcher6´0´´200 poundsAge: 23First Appearance on the South Side Sox Top 1002024 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)Age relative to high level +1.5 yearsSSS rank among all catchers in the system 4 … [Read more...] about 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 60: Jackson Appel

It was during this outing back in September 2017 that Danny Farquhar realized the Houston Astros were trash-can cheating; the scandal persisted in part because no one bothered to ask him about it. | Juan DeLeon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Houston gets “punished” for the trash-can scandal; did the South Siders have a role in the sordid tale? 1922 Black Sox member … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: January 13

You may not remember Chris Stewart on the White Sox, but on this day 18 years ago Chicago sent him on an odyssey that would land the catcher on 11 more MLB teams before he hung up his mask. | Matthew Stockman/Getty Images A minor trade, setting in motion a long MLB career 1982 In the January phase of the amateur draft that no longer exists today, the White Sox unearthed … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: January 12