CHICAGO -- Austin Slater hit the first home run of the 2025 season for the White Sox and on Wednesday, prior to their scheduled series finale against the Phillies at Rate Field, the right-handed hitting outfielder became the team’s first significant move around what figures to be an active Trade

A day after many Minor League clubs celebrated "Christmas in July," there were plenty of presents under the tree for fans of some of the game's top prospects. We had the Marlins' top two prospects -- Thomas White and Robby Snelling -- both set career highs in strikeouts while combining

CHICAGO -- Colson Montgomery had 12 games of experience at third base before arriving in the Major Leagues with the White Sox on July 4, and eight of those games came for Glendale during the 2024 Arizona Fall League. So how has the 23-year-old looked so fluid and smooth at

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TAMPA -- There have been numerous times over the past three years when the White Sox have been asked postgame to describe their previous contest. Unfortunately for the rebuilding South Siders, that question usually came after a tough loss or some weird finish not going in their favor. This road

CHICAGO -- The White Sox had a focused plan over these two days of the 2025 Draft, involving input from numerous people and departments within the organization, and followed through. “Extremely excited about being disciplined with what we're trying to accomplish: Middle of the field players,” White Sox director of

CHICAGO -- Jaden Fauske, White Sox fan, to Jaden Fauske, White Sox stalwart? Nothing is guaranteed, but the first steps have been taken to execute said plan. Fauske, who played for Nazareth Academy at the high school in LaGrange Park, Ill., located 16 1/2 miles from Rate Field, was selected

CHICAGO -- White Sox director of amateur scouting Mike Shirley was preparing for Day 2 of the 2025 Draft immediately after what he considered a highly successful Day 1 came to a close Sunday night. “I’ve been on the phone with a couple of advisors to get ready for a

CHICAGO -- If there was an official Major League Baseball scouting grade for personality, then shortstop Billy Carlson, the White Sox No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, would rate an 80. And this judgement is based solely on an 11-minute Zoom with the 18-year-old following Sunday night’s

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The 26th annual All-Star Futures Game is coming this weekend to Truist Park, and a number of future stars seemed to be gearing up for the showcase on Wednesday. In his Triple-A debut, JJ Wetherholt (MLB No. 19) launched a homer, raced for a triple and added a double for

CHICAGO -- It was a couple of months ago, while Colson Montgomery was playing shortstop for Triple-A Charlotte, when White Sox general manager Chris Getz called the organization’s No. 5 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline.

Summertime is all about the bats. At least that's how it seemed to shake out around the Minor Leagues on Sunday as big performances at the plate took the spotlight to cap the first week of July. Among those were big hits from some of the top shortstop prospects in

DENVER -- Colson Montgomery picked up speed like a runaway freight train in his second career game, pacing the White Sox to a 10-3 win over the Rockies, securing the three-game weekend set and setting up a potential sweep on Sunday.

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DENVER -- Colson Montgomery, the White Sox No. 5 prospect and the No. 95 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, made one of the most unique -- and even historic -- Major League debuts on Friday night at Coors Field.

DENVER -- Colson Montgomery’s Major League debut was unique from the very start. In his first inning on the field in a big league game, the White Sox No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline (and No. 95 overall) made the first defensive play of the game for Chicago in a

There were some who thought Colson Montgomery, the No. 5 White Sox prospect and No. 95 overall, according to MLB Pipeline, could be the Opening Day shortstop on the team’s 2025 Major League roster.

In the summer of 2023, Colson Montgomery was one of the hottest prospects on the planet. Recovered from oblique and back injuries that cost him the first two months of his season, the left-handed-hitting shortstop was tearing the cover off the baseball: a 1.054 OPS in June, a .371/.547/.565 slash

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Any given Sunday, there’s plenty of MiLB action to go around, but this week’s edition featured yet another home run in a series finale by Carson Williams (Rays), the second multihomer game of the week by fellow shortstop Colson Montgomery (White Sox) and some near-perfect pitching by Connelly Early (Red

CHICAGO -- Colson Montgomery, the No. 5 White Sox prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, continued his torrid weekend for Triple-A Charlotte with two home runs Sunday during a 5-3 loss at Toledo.

CHICAGO -- Prior to the ultimately crucial bottom of the sixth during a 1-0 White Sox victory over the Giants Saturday afternoon at Rate Field, manager Will Venable went to Andrew Benintendi with a question. If the White Sox had runners on first and second in this scoreless battle, would