Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Chicago White Sox organizations and rosters of their affiliates:
Mason Adams | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 23 February 2000 |
Birth Place: | Okeechobee, Florida, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Mason Allen Adams (born February 23, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Adams attended Okeechobee High School in Okeechobee, Florida and played college baseball at Florida SouthWestern State College and Jacksonville University. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 2022 MLB draft.[1]
Adams signed with the White Sox and made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League White Sox. He pitched 2023 with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, Winston-Salem Dash and Birmingham Barons and started 2024 with Birmingham.[2]
Sean Burke | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1999 |
Birth Place: | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Sean Michael Burke (born December 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Burke attended Saint John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and played college baseball at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]
Burke spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Kannapolis Intimidators.[5] He started 2022 with the Winston-Salem Dash before being promoted to the Birmingham Barons.
Adisyn Coffey | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1999 |
Birth Place: | Albany, Indiana, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Adisyn Matthew Coffey (born January 22, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Coffey attended Delta High School in Muncie, Indiana, where he played on the baseball team.[6] He graduated in 2017 and enrolled at Arizona State University to play college baseball.[7] He transferred after his freshman year to San Jacinto College, and then transferred once again to Wabash Valley College for the 2020 season.[8] Coffey was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[9] He signed for $50,000.[10]
Coffey underwent Tommy John surgery after signing with the White Sox, and thus did not make his professional debut until 2022 with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers.[11] He went 4-3 with a 5.23 ERA over 51 innings. He opened the 2023 season with the Winston-Salem Dash and was promoted to the Birmingham Barons in mid-July. Over forty relief appearances between the two teams, Coffey went 1-2 with a 4.82 ERA and 53 strikeouts. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[12]
Coffey opened the 2024 season with Birmingham and was promoted to the Charlotte Knights in late May. While playing for Charlotte on June 16, 2024, Coffey was part of a seven–pitcher no-hitter against the Durham Bulls.[13]
Andrew Dalquist | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 13 November 2000 |
Birth Place: | Redondo Beach, California, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Andrew R. Dalquist (born November 13, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Dalquist was born and grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and attended Redondo Union High School. As a senior, he went 9–0 with a 1.78 ERA and 103 strikeouts.[14] Dalquist had committed to play college baseball at the University of Arizona prior to being drafted.[15]
Dalquist was selected in the 3rd round of the 2019 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.[16] After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League White Sox where he made three one-inning appearances, all of which were scoreless.[17] [18] After the 2020 minor league season was canceled due to COVID-19, Dalquist was added to the White Sox's alternate training site midway through the Major League season.[19] [20]
Dalquist was assigned to the Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers for the 2021 season.[21] Over 23 starts, he went 3–9 with a 4.99 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 83 innings.[22]
Jake Eder | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Number: | 46 |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1998 |
Birth Place: | Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Jacob Andrew Eder (born October 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer, having spent a day on Chicago's active roster without making an appearance.
Eder attended Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach, Florida as a freshman, sophomore, and junior before transferring to Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for his senior year.[23] [24] In 2017, his senior baseball season, he went 8–1 with a 1.25 ERA and 81 strikeouts.[25] He was selected by the New York Mets in the 34th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign, and instead chose to fulfill his commitment to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University.[26] [27]
In 2018, Eder's freshman year at Vanderbilt, he appeared in 11 games (nine starts), going 1–4 with a 5.45 ERA over 33 innings.[28] As a sophomore in 2019, he pitched innings in relief, compiling a 1–0 record, a 2.88 ERA, and 37 strikeouts.[29] He pitched the last three innings of the third game of the 2019 College World Series, clinching Vanderbilt's second national title.[30] [31] Following the end of the 2019 college baseball season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Firebirds.[32] [33] For his junior year in 2020, he pitched to a 1–1 record and a 3.60 ERA over four starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eder was selected by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft with the 104th overall pick and signed.[34] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.[35] In July, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field as an injury replacement.[36] In mid-August, he was placed on the injured list, and later that same month, it was announced that he would undergo Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the remainder of the 2021 season and all of 2022.[37] Over 15 starts for the 2021 season, Eder went 3–5 with a 1.77 ERA, striking out 99 batters over innings.[38]
After missing all of the 2022 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, Eder rehabbed with the Jupiter Hammerheads and then was assigned to Pensacola to open the 2023 season.[39] He opened the season on the injured list with a fracture foot.[40]
On August 1, 2023, Eder was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Jake Burger.[41] He was assigned to the Birmingham Barons. Over 14 starts for the season, he went 2-6 with a 6.35 ERA and seventy strikeouts over innings.[42] After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs.[43]
On November 14, 2023, the White Sox added Eder to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He was optioned to Double—A Birmingham to begin the 2024 season.[44] On July 10, 2024, Eder was promoted to the major leagues for the first time to serve as the 27th man in the team's doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.[45] He did not appear in either game and was optioned to the Triple–A Charlotte Knights the same day.[46]
Caleb Freeman | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1998 |
Birth Place: | Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Caleb Aron Freeman (born February 23, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Freeman attended Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas. He played college baseball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and in 2018 he played collegiate summer baseball for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[47] [48] A relief pitcher throughout his three seasons for the Red Raiders, he ended his junior year in 2019 2–0 with a 6.89 ERA over innings. After the season, he was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[49] [50] He signed for $25,000.[51]
Freeman spent his professional season in 2019 with the Rookie-level Arizona League White Sox, the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie Advanced Pioneer League, and the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League, going 4–2 with a 2.19 ERA and 38 strikeouts over innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[52] For the 2021 season, he split the year between the Winston-Salem Dash of the High-A East and the Birmingham Barons of the Double-A South with whom he made 39 relief appearances and went 2–3 with a 3.27 ERA and 55 strikeouts over 44 innings.[53] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs where he was named to the Fall Stars game.[54] He opened the 2022 season back with Birmingham, but missed nearly three months due to injury.[55] Over innings pitched with Birmingham, he posted an 8.79 ERA with 14 walks and 15 strikeouts.[56] He returned to Birmingham to open the 2023 season.[57]
Riley Gowens | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1999 |
Birth Place: | Libertyville, Illinois, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Riley Patrick Gowens (born October 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Gowens attended Libertyville High School in Libertyville, Illinois, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He played college baseball for the Illinois Fighting Illini. The Atlanta Braves selected him in the ninth round of the 2023 MLB draft.[58]
On November 16, 2023, the Braves traded Gowens, Michael Soroka, Jared Shuster, Nicky Lopez, and Braden Shewmake to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Bummer.[59]
Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 11 August 2000 |
Birth Place: | Wailuku, Hawaii, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Anthony David Maui La'akea Hoopii-Tuionetoa (born August 11, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Hoopii-Tuionetoa graduated from Henry Perrine Baldwin High School in 2018. He attended Pierce College.[60]
The Texas Rangers selected Hoopii-Tuionetoa in the 30th round of the 2019 MLB draft.[61] After the 2023 season, Hoopii-Tuionetoa pitched for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.[62] [63] On May 8, 2024, the Rangers traded Hoopii-Tuionetoa to the Chicago White Sox for Robbie Grossman.[64]
Jairo Iriarte | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 15 December 2001 |
Birth Place: | La Guaira, Venezuela |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Jairo Alejandro Iriarte (born December 15, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Iriarte signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent on July 2, 2018, for a $75,000 signing bonus.[65] He made his professional debut in 2019 with the DSL Padres of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, going 1–2 with a 3.31 ERA and 21 strikeouts over innings.[66] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Iriarte split the 2021 season between the AZL Padres of the Rookie-level Arizona League and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Low-A West, going a combined 0–5 with an 11.40 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 30 innings. He returned to Lake Elsinore for the 2022 season, going 4–7 with a 5.12 ERA and 109 strikeouts over innings.[67] Iriarte opened the 2023 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League, going 3–3 with a 3.10 ERA and 77 strikeouts over 61 innings.[68] [69] [70] He was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League on July 14.[71]
On November 14, 2023, the Padres added Iriarte to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[72]
On March 13, 2024, the Padres traded Iriarte, Steven Wilson, Drew Thorpe, and Samuel Zavala to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dylan Cease. Upon his acquisition, he was optioned to the Triple–A Charlotte Knights.[73]
Wes Kath | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Third baseman |
Birth Date: | 2 August 2002 |
Birth Place: | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Weston Douglas Kath (born August 3, 2002) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Kath attended Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.[74] He committed to play college baseball at Arizona State University.[75] [76] He played in both the Area Code Games and the World Wood Bat Association World Championship in 2020.[77] In 2021, as a senior, he helped lead Desert Mountain to a 5A State Championship title.[78] He was subsequently named the Arizona Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year after batting .486 with 11 home runs, 29 RBIs, and 34 runs scored.[79]
Kath was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the second round with the 57th overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[80] He signed for $1.8 million.[81] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League White Sox.[82] Over 104 at-bats in 28 games, he slashed .212/.287/.337 with three home runs and 15 RBIs.[83] He was assigned to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers of the Single-A Carolina League to begin the 2022 season.[84] In mid-August, he was promoted to the Birmingham Barons of the Double-A Southern League.[85] Over 112 games between the two teams, Kath batted .230 with 13 home runs, 45 RBIs, and 21 doubles.[86] For the 2023 season, he was assigned to the Winston-Salem Dash of the High-A South Atlantic League.[87] Over 95 games, he hit .193 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs.[88]
Trey McGough | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1998 |
Birth Place: | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Trey Scott McGough (born March 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
McGough attended Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School and played college baseball at Mount St. Mary's University. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 24th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[89]
McGough signed with the Pirates and made his professional debut with the Bristol Pirates before he was promoted to the West Virginia Black Bears.[90] Over 18 relief appearances between the two teams, he went 3–1 with a 3.86 ERA over innings. McGough did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[91] He opened the 2021 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers and was promoted to the Altoona Curve in early June.[92] He appeared in 24 games (19 starts) for the year, going 6–5 with a 3.19 ERA and 90 strikeouts over 130 innings.[93] He was assigned to the Indianapolis Indians to begin the 2022 season, but pitched only innings due to injury.[94] [95]
On December 7, 2022, McGough was claimed by the Baltimore Orioles in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.[96] For the 2023 season, he pitched innings and had a 3.05 ERA. After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox.[97]
In 2024, McGough made 28 appearances split between the Double–A Bowie Baysox and Triple–A Norfolk Tides, compiling a 1.99 ERA with 55 strikeouts across innings pitched.[98]
On July 30, 2024, the Orioles traded McGough to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eloy Jiménez and cash considerations.[99]
Edgar Quero | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Catcher |
Birth Date: | 6 April 2003 |
Birth Place: | Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Bats: | Switch |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Edgar Yoel Quero (born April 6, 2003) is a Cuban professional baseball catcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Quero signed with the Los Angeles Angels as an international free agent in February 2021 and received a $200,000 signing bonus.[100] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Angels to begin his professional career and was later promoted to the Low-A Inland Empire 66ers and batted .240 with five home runs for the 2021 season.[101] Quero returned to Inland Empire to begin the 2022 season. On June 13, Quero earned his first Prospect Team of the Week selection after going 7-for-18 (.389) with two home runs and eight runs batted in (RBI).[102] On July 18, he earned another selection after going 11-for-23 (.478) with one home run and three RBI.[103] On August 8, Quero earned his third selection to the weekly team after he went 10-for-25 (.400) with two home runs and eight RBI.[104] On August 17, Quero was ranked as the third-best prospect in the Angels farm system, behind organizational newcomers Logan O'Hoppe and Zach Neto.[105]
On July 26, 2023, Quero and Ky Bush were traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López.[106]
Jeral Pérez | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Infielder |
Birth Date: | 6 November 2004 |
Birth Place: | La Romana, Dominican Republic |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Jeral Pérez (born November 6, 2004) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.
On January 15, 2022, Pérez signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as an international free agent.[107] He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers, hitting .278/.371/.500 with eight home runs and 28 RBI across 48 games.[108]
Pérez spent the majority of the 2023 campaign with the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Dodgers, also appearing in seven games for the Single–A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. In 53 games for the ACL Dodgers, he slashed .257/.389/.503 with a league–leading 11 home runs, 41 RBI, and nine stolen bases.[109]
During the 2023-24 offseason, Pérez made minor mechanical changes in his batting stance, which included standing closer to the plate.[110] Returning to Rancho Cucamonga, he hit eight home runs and posted an .825 OPS in his first 244 at–bats, a performance which earned him an invitation to the 2024 All-Star Futures Game.[111]
On July 29, 2024, the Dodgers traded Pérez to the Chicago White Sox as part of a three-team deal that also sent Alexander Albertus and Miguel Vargas to Chicago, sent Tommy Edman, Michael Kopech, and Oliver Gonzalez to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and sent Erick Fedde and Tommy Pham to the St. Louis Cardinals.[112]
Jordan Sprinkle | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Shortstop |
Birth Date: | 6 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Indio, California, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Jordan Tyler Sprinkle (born March 6, 2001) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Sprinkle grew up in Palm Springs, California and attended Palm Desert High School.[113]
Sprinkle played college baseball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos for three seasons. He played in three games and went hitless in two at-bats during his true freshman season before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[114] Sprinkle was named the Big West Conference Co-Freshmen Field Player of the Year as a redshirt freshman after batting .353 with 18 doubles, seven home runs, and 32 RBIs and led the conference with 26 stolen bases.[115] He was named second team All-Big West after hitting .285 with 32 RBIs, 44 runs scored, and 25 stolen bases.[116] Following the end of the season he entered the NCAA transfer portal and committed to play at Arkansas.[117]
Sprinkle was selected in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.[118] He signed with the team on July 27, 2022, and received a $452,900 signing bonus.[119]
Tristan Stivors | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Pitcher |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1998 |
Birth Place: | Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
Tristan Lee Stivors (born September 22, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Stivors graduated from Medina Valley High School in Castroville, Texas.[120] He enrolled at New Mexico Junior College and in 2019, he transferred to Texas State University to play college baseball for the Texas State Bobcats.[121] In 2022, Stivors led the NCAA in saves and was a consensus All-American selection. He also won the Stopper of the Year Award.[122] The Chicago White Sox selected Stivors in the 16th round, with the 491st overall selection, of the 2022 MLB draft.[123]
Terrell Tatum | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Outfielder |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1999 |
Birth Place: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Terrell Emmanuel Tatum (born July 27, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Tatum attended Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee and played college baseball at NC State University. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.[124] He signed with the White Sox and spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Winston-Salem Dash.
Tatum played 2022 with the Kannapolis Intimidators and Winston-Salem.[125] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. Tatum started 2023 with Winston-Salem before being promoted to the Birmingham Barons.
Samuel Zavala | |
Team: | Chicago White Sox |
Position: | Outfielder |
Birth Date: | 15 July 2004 |
Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Statleague: | MLB |
Samuel Elias Zavala (born July 15, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.
Zavala signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in January 2021.[126] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Padres.
Zavala played 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm.[127] [128] He started 2023 with Lake Elsinore.
On March 13, 2024, the Padres traded Zavala, Steven Wilson, Drew Thorpe, and Jairo Iriarte to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dylan Cease.[73]