Chicago White Sox minor league players

Brooks Baldwin

Riley Brooks Baldwin (born August 15, 2000) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Chicago White Sox organization.

Baldwin attended Whiteville High School in Whiteville, North Carolina and played college baseball at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. After his junior season, he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and returned to Wilmington for his senior season.^[1] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2] Baldwin was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 2022 MLB draft and signed.^[3]

Baldwin spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. He played 2023 with Kannapolis and Winston-Salem Dash and started 2024 with the Birmingham Barons.^[4]

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Sean Burke

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.^[5] He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.^[6]

Burke spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Kannapolis Intimidators.^[7] He started 2022 with the Winston-Salem Dash before being promoted to the Birmingham Barons.

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Andrew Dalquist

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.^[8] Dalquist had committed to play college baseball at the University of Arizona prior to being drafted.^[9]

Dalquist was selected in the 3rd round of the 2019 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.^[10] 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.^[11][12] 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.^[13][14]

Dalquist was assigned to the Low-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers for the 2021 season.^[15] Over 23 starts, he went 3–9 with a 4.99 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 83 innings.^[16]

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Shane Drohan

Shane Liam Drohan (born January 7, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Drohan attended Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 23rd round of the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft.^[17] He did not sign with the Phillies and played college baseball at Florida State University. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[18] After three years, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft.^[19][20]

Drohan made his professional debut in 2021 with the Salem Red Sox. He played 2022 with the Greenville Drive and Portland Sea Dogs and started 2023 with Portland.^[21]

On December 6, 2023, the Chicago White Sox selected Drohan from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft.^[22] On February 22, 2024, Drohan underwent a nerve decompression procedure on his left shoulder,^[23] and was placed on the 60–day injured list to begin the season.^[24]

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Jake Eder

Jacob Andrew Eder (born October 9, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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.^[25][26] In 2017, his senior baseball season, he went 8–1 with a 1.25 ERA and 81 strikeouts.^[27] 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.^[28][29]

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.^[30] As a sophomore in 2019, he pitched 34+1⁄3 innings in relief, compiling a 1–0 record, a 2.88 ERA, and 37 strikeouts.^[31] He pitched the last three innings of the third game of the 2019 College World Series, clinching Vanderbilt's second national title.^[32][33] Following the end of the 2019 college baseball season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Orleans Firebirds.^[34][35] 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.^[36] 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.^[37] In July, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game at Coors Field as an injury replacement.^[38] 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.^[39] Over 15 starts for the 2021 season, Eder went 3–5 with a 1.77 ERA, striking out 99 batters over 71+1⁄3 innings.^[40]

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.^[41] He opened the season on the injured list with a fracture foot.^[42]

On August 1, 2023, Eder was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Jake Burger.^[43] 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 56+2⁄3 innings.^[44] After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs.^[45]

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.^[46]

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Caleb Freeman

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 15+2⁄3 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 24+2⁄3 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 14+1⁄3 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]

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Riley Gowens

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]

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Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa

Anthony David Maui La'akea Hoopii-Tuionetoa (born August 11, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher for 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]

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Jairo Iriarte

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 35+1⁄3 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 91+1⁄3 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]

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Wes Kath

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]

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Edgar Quero

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.^[89] 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.^[90] 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).^[91] On July 18, he earned another selection after going 11-for-23 (.478) with one home run and three RBI.^[92] 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.^[93] 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.^[94]

On July 26, 2023, Quero and Ky Bush were traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López.^[95]

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Jordan Sprinkle

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.^[96]

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.^[97] 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.^[98] He was named second team All-Big West after hitting .285 with 32 RBIs, 44 runs scored, and 25 stolen bases.^[99] Following the end of the season he entered the NCAA transfer portal and committed to play at Arkansas.^[100]

Sprinkle was selected in the fourth round of the 2022 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.^[101] He signed with the team on July 27, 2022, and received a $452,900 signing bonus.^[102]

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Tristan Stivors

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.^[103] 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.^[104] In 2022, Stivors led the NCAA in saves and was a consensus All-American selection. He also won the Stopper of the Year Award.^[105] The Chicago White Sox selected Stivors in the 16th round, with the 491st overall selection, of the 2022 MLB draft.^[106]

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Terrell Tatum

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.^[107] 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.^[108] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. Tatum started 2023 with Winston-Salem before being promoted to the Birmingham Barons.

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Samuel Zavala

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.^[109] 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.^[110][111] 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]

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