Tl;dr at bottom!
* The DSL Sox (14-17) lost to the DSL Reds (19-12) 8-1.
* The ACL Sox (11-21) lose to the ACL Dodgers (18-12) 10-8.
* The Cannonballers (45-41) beat the Carolina Mudcats (Brewers, 44-39) 9-7, after blowing a 7-5 lead.
* The Winston Salem Dash (43-40) beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws (Philliess, 42-44) 13-11. Colson had a monster game, more on that later.
* The Birmingham Barons (33-53) beat the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds, 46-40) 7-2.
* The Charlotte Knights (38-54) beat the Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals, 46-47) 3-1.
**Notable Lines from the Night**
* Ryan Burrowes (ACL Sox) – 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 2 K’s, 1 solo HR.
* Bryce Willits (A) – 3 for 5, 6 RBIs, 1 K, 1 solo HR, 1 1B, 1 2B
* Ryan McCarthy (A) – 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
* **Noah Schultz** (A) – He didn’t pitch, just wanted to inform people he is now the Sox #2 overall prospect, and is now the #100 overall top prospect in MLB. Schultz has started 6 games and thrown 14.1 innings, surrendering 5 hits, 2 walks, and 21 strikeouts. Batters are batting .106 against him and he has a .49 WHIP.
* **Jacob Burke** (A+) – 0 for 2, 2 BB’s – Burke now extends his on base streak to 51 games, which ties an organizational record. In Burke’s last 90 days, he’s played in 50 games (A and A+), and is slashing .332/.432/.503 for an OPS of .935. He has 4 homers and 28 RBIs in that timeframe, not counting today’s results. Burke recently found his way onto the Sox top 30 prospects list, going from Unranked to 25th.
* **Colson Montgomery** (A+) – 2 for 4, 3 RBIs, one MAMMOTH 2-run HR off a lefty (Montgomery is a lefty), 1 1B. In 10 games at A+ Montgomery is now batting .455/.633/.697 for an OPS of 1.330. In 33 AB’s he has 13 walks to 6 strikeouts.
* Wilfred Veras (A+) – 2 for 4, 1 RBI on a sac fly, 2 1B
* **Tim Elko** (A+) – 1 for 4, 2 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 1B. In Elko’s last 90 days (A and A+) hes played in 69 (nice) games and gone .279/.333/.539 for an OPS of .872. He has 16 homers and 56 RBI’s in that timeframe, not counting today’s results. Unfortunately, Elko did not find his way onto the top 30 list (which is dumb imo), but should be there soon.
* **Michael Turner** (A+) – 2 for 4, 3 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 monster 3-run HR, 1 2B and caught another runner trying to steal on him. In his last 90 days (All A+) Turner has played 55 games, and slashed .300/.425/.417 for an OPS of .842. He has 1 HR and 23 RBI’s in that timespan, not counting today’s results.
* Cabrera Weaver (A+) – 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 1B
* Johan Dominguez Rehab (A+) – 1 inning, 1 BB, 1 strikeout
* Eric Adler (A+) – 1.1 innings, 1 hit, 1 BB, 3 strikeouts. Adler earned the 4 pitch save, his 2nd since being promoted on June 27th. Adler has pitched 6.1 innings at A+, and has a 1.42 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP.
* One would have to hopefully assume now that Colson has played 10 games at A+ (2 series, MiLB series are 5 games each) that he’s ready to be promoted to AA. He’s being IBB in big situations, because teams know he shouldn’t be here. I hope to see Colson, Elko, Burke, and Turner all promoted to AA soon.
* Alsander Womack (AA) – 2 for 3, 1 RBI (Sac fly), 2 1B
* Jose Rodriguez (AA) – 1 for 5, 1 K, 1 1B
* Bryan Ramos (AA) – 1 for 3, 1 RBI (Sac fly), 1 BB, 1 3B
* **Terrell Tatum** (AA) – 2 for 2, 2 RBIs, 1 3B, 1 1B. In his last 90 days (A+ and AA) Terrell is slashing .254/.421/.379 for an OPS of .800. He has 38 stolen bases this year, 32 at A+ and 6 at AA. He also has 4 homeruns, and 23 RBI’s, not counting today’s results. Terrell finds himself onto the Sox top 30 list for the first time, moving from Unranked to #23. Terrell has done very well in his time at AA, where his splits are .262/.425/.443 for an OPS of .868 in 17 games (61 AB’s).
* Cristian Mena – 6.1 innings pitched, 7 hits, 2 runs (earned), 2 walks, 6 strikeouts. He earns the win and is now 5-6.
* Tristan Stivors (AA) – 1.1 innings pitched, 1 hit, 3 strikeouts.
* Jonah Scolaro (AA) – 1.1 innings pitched, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts.
* Victor Reyes (AAA) – 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 K’s, 2 1B,
* **Lenyn Sosa** (AAA) – 2 for 4, 2 RBIs, 1 K, 2 1B
* Nate Mondou (AAA) – 2 for 4, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 1B
* Erik Gonzalez (AAA) – 2 for 4, 2 1B
* Garrett Davila (AAA) – 5 innings pitched, 5 hits, 1 run (earned), 3 walks, 8 strikeouts.
**Promotions/Demotions/Signings/Trades July 8th-Today**
* 07/10/23 Chicago White Sox optioned RHP Nicholas Padilla to Charlotte Knights. (He was then activated)
* 07/12/23 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers transferred RHP Tanner McDougal to the Development List.
* 07/13/23 Charlotte Knights released RHP [Nash Walters](https://www.milb.com/player/nash-walters-663534).
* July 13, 2023 Kansas City Royals traded RHP [Mike Mayers](https://www.milb.com/player/mike-mayers-594577) to Chicago White Sox for cash. (He was then activated)
* 07/13/23 Charlotte Knights transferred RHP Alejandro Mateo to the Development List.
* 07/13/23 Birmingham Barons released RHP [Nick Ernst](https://www.milb.com/player/nick-ernst-663870).
* 07/14/23 RHP Manuel Veloz assigned to Kannapolis Cannon Ballers from Winston-Salem Dash. (He pitched in 1 game for the Dash and went 4 innings, with 1 ER. This is merely to make room for promotions you’ll see next)
* PROMOTION! 07/14/23 RHP Tristan Stivors assigned to Birmingham Barons from Winston-Salem Dash.
* PROMOTION! 07/14/23 RHP Adisyn Coffey assigned to Birmingham Barons from Winston-Salem Dash.
* PROMOTION 07/14/23 LHP Tyler Schweitzer (Sox #22 prospect) assigned to Winston-Salem Dash from Kannapolis Cannon Ballers.
* 07/14/23 LHP Brooks Gosswein assigned to Winston-Salem Dash from Birmingham Barons. (Brooks pitched well enough to stay but did have a 2.45 WHIP after 11 innings at AA. This was merely to make room for the promotions, IMO).
* 07/14/23 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers activated C Troy Claunch from the 7-day injured list.
* 07/14/23 LHP Ben Holmes assigned to Charlotte Knights from Birmingham Barons. (Older journeyman MiLB reliever, who gets moved around a lot. Doesn’t really mean much of anything imo.)
* 07/14/23 Chicago White Sox sent 2B Yoán Moncada on a rehab assignment to Charlotte Knights.
* 07/14/23 Birmingham Barons activated LHP Fraser Ellard from the 7-day injured list.
* PROMOTION! 07/15/23 RHP Jonathan Cannon assigned to Birmingham Barons from Winston-Salem Dash. (Cannon was promoted to AA after pitching in the futures game. You can read about his performance in my last? post I believe. Cannon went from Unranked to #9 in the Sox top 30 update).
* 07/15/23 Winston-Salem Dash placed 3B DJ Gladney on the 7-day injured list.
* 07/15/23 Winston-Salem Dash activated 3B Wes Kath from the 7-day injured list.
* 07/15/23 Birmingham Barons transferred RHP Brandon Bailey from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. (This shits so annoying. We signed him on June 7th to a MiLB contract. Placed him on the 7 day the next day. Now transfer him to the 60 day. Did we sign him injured intentionally? He has good MiLB splits overall, but so confused..)
* 07/16/23 Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Jake Bockenstedt to a minor league contract. (Catcher Dominic Tamez, RHP Carson Jacobs, RHP Luke Bell, RHP Connery Peters all also signed to MiLB contracts on the 16th.)
* 07/17/23 Winston-Salem Dash transferred RHP Ernesto Jaquez from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list retroactive to July 14, 2023.
* 07/17/23 DSL White Sox released RF [Fernando Vargas](https://www.milb.com/player/fernando-vargas-694028).
* 07/18/23 RHP Johnny Ray assigned to Winston-Salem Dash from Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. (This is merely to make room, he’s not good.)
* 07/18/23 Winston-Salem Dash sent RHP Jordan Mikel on a rehab assignment to ACL White Sox. (They also sent LHP Logan Lyle, C Luis Pineda on Rehab assignments as well)
* 07/19/23 RHP Jared Kelley assigned to Birmingham Barons from Winston-Salem Dash. (He got torched his first outing and couldn’t even get out of an inning. This happened cause of an injury).
* 07/19/23 Winston-Salem Dash transferred LHP Brooks Gosswein to the Development List.
* 07/19/23 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers transferred LHP Shane Murphy to the Development List.
* 07/19/23 Charlotte Knights placed CF Billy Hamilton on the 7-day injured list retroactive to July 18, 2023.
* 07/19/23 Birmingham Barons placed RHP Luke Shilling on the 7-day injured list retroactive to July 18, 2023.
* 07/20/23 C Ivan Gonzalez assigned to Charlotte Knights from Winston-Salem Dash. (Make space move)
* 07/20/23 C Colby Smelley assigned to Winston-Salem Dash from Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. (Actually a promotion I think? Hard to tell tbh.)
* 07/20/23 Charlotte Knights sent RHP Johan Dominguez on a rehab assignment to Winston-Salem Dash.
* 07/20/23 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers activated CF Johnabiell Laureano from the 7-day injured list.
Tl;dr – Sox farm is actually looking up. There’s some big names that could make big waves in the coming years. The top 30 Sox prospects is bound to shake up with the addition of the 2023 draft picks after the trade deadline. Hopefully we see Colson moved soon. MLB team won along with all MiLB teams. Development teams both lost. **PROMOTE COLSON MONTGOMERY**