From high-upside teenage debuts to Mason Adams’ return from Tommy John surgery, the White Sox’s Arizona Complex League roster is loaded with names to watch.
As the Chicago White Sox won a series in San Diego and crept closer to a .500 record, another one of the team’s minor league affiliates had its first game of the 2026 season.
With the calendar now turned to May, the Arizona Complex League has started, and with it, there are some key White Sox prospects back in game action.
Between rehab stints and teenage prospects making their professional debuts, the ACL White Sox will be a daily box score worth monitoring for White Sox fans.
Let’s start with the teenagers. Left-handed pitcher Blake Larson was the 68th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. He’s been compared to Chris Sale, Max Fried, and Shane McClanahan for his electric fastball-slider combination, but he had Tommy John surgery before the 2025 season and has yet to make his professional debut.
Larson just turned 20 and is on the active roster to begin the 2026 season. He might be the one player on this team with the most upside for the future.
19-year-old catcher Landon Hodge was a fourth-round pick, selected 106th overall by the White Sox in the 2025 draft. The White Sox gave him just under $1.1 million to bypass his commitment to LSU and turn pro.
A quick, compact left-handed swing and a disciplined approach at the plate highlight his offensive game. His defense is very sound, and the question remains whether Hodge can develop enough offensively to be a quality professional hitter. We’ll get our first look at what he looks like as a pro this week in Arizona.
As far as rehab assignments are concerned, right-handed pitcher Mason Adams is the most notable. Adams posted a 2.92 ERA in 120.1 innings back in 2024, raising his stock and currently sitting as the No. 12 prospect in the White Sox organization. Evaluators believe he has a floor as an MLB rotation piece, and at 26 years old, the White Sox certainly want to cash in on some of his value.
While he was on the verge of making the big leagues in 2025, Adams underwent Tommy John surgery in April of last year and missed the entire season. There hasn’t been much of an update on his status in a while, but it now appears he’s on the mend and back in Arizona for a rehab stint that should eventually propel him back to the upper levels of the minor leagues.
If he looks healthy, and perhaps even better than he did before the injury, we could see Adams in Chicago by the summer.
Another prospect currently rehabbing in Arizona is third baseman Alexander Albertus, the No. 21 prospect in the White Sox organization. Albertus was part of the trade involving Erick Fedde, Michael Kopech, and Tommy Pham, the same deal that brought Miguel Vargas to the White Sox organization. He has a .867 career OPS and a .303 career batting average in the minor leagues, but he has only played 19 games in Low-A and has dealt with chronic injury issues since being acquired by the White Sox in 2024.
Albertus is now 21 years old, and the White Sox are hopeful he can finally put together a healthy season so they can move him through the minor leagues quickly and see if he plays up to the potential they saw when they traded for him.
Other rehabbing White Sox prospects include right-handed relief pitcher Phil Fox, infielder Drake Logan, and 2024 third-round pick Nick McLain.
There’s plenty to pay attention to here if you’re the kind of White Sox fan who likes to keep one eye on the minor leagues. And here at White Sox Roundtable, we’ll have regular updates on everything noteworthy that happens in the complex league and at every other stop in the White Sox organization.