The Chicago White Sox announced 22 non\u2011roster invitations to Major League Spring Training, headlined by three MLB Pipeline Top\u2011100 prospects: outfielder Braden Montgomery (No. 36), left\u2011hander Noah Schultz (No. 49) and left\u2011hander Hagen Smith (No. 72). The invites give the club and fans an early look at high-end talent that could factor into Chicago\u2019s depth charts as workouts begin.<\/p>\n
Workouts are scheduled to begin Feb. 10 at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, with pitchers and catchers reporting that day and the first full\u2011squad workout set for Feb. 15. One outlet reported a Feb. 20 start, a discrepancy that underscored the need to rely on the team\u2019s published schedule for final confirmation.<\/p>\n
The 22 non\u2011roster invites are a mix of 15 players already in the White Sox system and seven recent minor\u2011league free\u2011agent signings who received Minor League contracts and non\u2011roster invitations. The seven signed free agents are Tyson Miller, Ryan Borucki, Oliver Dunn, Tim Elko, LaMonte Wade Jr., Dustin Harris and Jarred Kelenic. The full set of invitees includes pitchers Mason Adams, Adisyn Coffey, Tyler Davis, Zach Franklin, Ben Peoples, Shane Murphy, Tyler Schweitzer and others; catchers and infield depth such as Michael Turner, Sam Antonacci, William Bergolla Jr., Jacob Gonzalez and Oliver Dunn; and outfielders Dru Baker, Braden Montgomery, Dustin Harris and Jarred Kelenic.<\/p>\n
Montgomery arrives as the highest\u2011rated prospect among the invites per Pipeline rankings and figures to draw attention in camp. Team materials described him this way: \u201cMontgomery is the highest-rated prospect among the White Sox at No. 36 overall, per Pipeline\u2026 He\u2019ll get a legitimate look but almost certainly won\u2019t break with the team after finishing with Double\u2011A Birmingham in a strong 2025 professional debut.\u201d That assessment sits alongside a conflicting account that recounted a pair of injuries: a fractured ankle at Texas A&M in 2024 that sidelined his first professional season, and a fractured right foot that cut short his 2025 campaign. Those divergent narratives should be reconciled with official minor\u2011league records as camp approaches.<\/p>\n
Schultz offers perhaps the most intriguing statistical pedigree among the three pitchers. One account summarized his 2024 run: \u201cAfter a dominant 2024 season \u2014 one in which he held Single\u2011A hitters to a .182 batting average before earning a promotion to Double\u2011A Birmingham, where he posted a 1.48 ERA over 61 innings \u2014 Schultz took a modest step back last season.\u201d That same reporting characterized Schultz as facing the longest odds of the trio to crack the Opening Day roster, but noted his track record of high\u2011end performance when healthy.<\/p>\n
Jarred Kelenic, one of the higher\u2011profile signings, drew a direct line from the front office. Chris Getz said, \u201cJarred Kelenic is a guy that we\u2019re excited about bringing in here. He\u2019s a higher\u2011profile player that played in Seattle and Atlanta. Hasn\u2019t quite been able to tap into his potential, but we\u2019re really excited to be able to work with Jarred and to be able to see what we can get out of Jarred and if he can help us out.\u201d Coverage has cast Kelenic as a likely platoon or bench option who could carve out playing time with a strong showing.<\/p>\n
The invite list doubles as a snapshot of Chicago\u2019s roster project: outfield depth and left\u2011handed pitching remain focus areas after a busy offseason that included the departure of Luis Robert Jr. Fans should view Spring Training as a proving ground rather than a guaranteed pipeline to Opening Day; multiple reports stressed that all three top prospects still face long odds to make the roster. What comes next is an intense month of workouts and exhibition games where Montgomery, Schultz, Smith and the veteran signees can either accelerate their timelines or reinforce the organizational depth that the White Sox will rely on during the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago White Sox announced 22 non\u2011roster invitations to Major League Spring Training, headlined by three MLB Pipeline…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,2561,30675,72697,4,169,72686,286,294,396,2562],"class_list":["post-551953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-white-sox","tag-baseball","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-chicagowhitesox","tag-current-events","tag-invite","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-news-analysis","tag-sox","tag-white","tag-white-sox","tag-whitesox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116005896680564000","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}