Nearly two weeks into this year’s Arizona Fall League, a few Chicago White Sox prospects have been turning heads in the desert.

All participating White Sox prospects — assigned to the Glendale Desert Dogs, one of MLB’s developmental fall squads — have had uneven playing time thanks to multiple cancellations and postponements.

Glendale sits at just 2–4, but the team’s record isn’t reflective of how well Chicago’s top names have performed.

Sam Antonacci

Sam Antonacci launched his first home run of the Fall League earlier this week, earning league-wide recognition as one of the early standouts.

All this guy does is hit. That was his calling card at Coastal Carolina before being taken by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 2024 MLB Draft, and nothing has changed since entering the organization.

Antonacci hit .291 with 48 stolen bases and an .842 OPS this season, finishing the year in Double-A. Through five games in Arizona, he’s already notched a home run, two doubles, seven RBIs, and is carrying an .824 OPS.

Hagen Smith

Hagen Smith’s season was a roller coaster, but it ended on a high. The former fifth overall pick posted a 2.05 ERA with a staggering 15.1 K/9 over his final five starts, postseason included.

That momentum has carried straight into the Fall League. In two outings for Glendale, Smith has spun six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts.

The stuff has never been in question — it’s the command that wavers. But when he’s in the zone and attacking hitters, Smith's skeleton is that of a future ace. Each outing is giving White Sox fans more reason to feel confident that their 2024 first-round selection was the right one, even with other prospect from the draft class thriving.

Caden Connor

Caden Connor wasn’t a name on many radars entering the Fall League, but he’s forced his way into the conversation.

With a .400 batting average, three stolen bases, and a team-leading .983 OPS through his first five games, the 25-year-old corner outfielder looks even sharper than he did to close out 2025 with Triple-A Charlotte.

Connor appeared in 13 games for the Knights and hit .333 with a home run. His career minor league OPS sits at .752, and while he's never been a standout prospect, he might be one big year away from getting a cup of coffee on the South Side.

Selected in the 19th round of the 2023 MLB Draft, Connor is starting to show exactly why the organization took a chance on him — and why they’ve allowed him to climb the pro ball ladder quickly.

Other White Sox prospects have logged appearances for Glendale, but in limited sample sizes, it’s these three — Smith, Antonacci, and Connor — who have clearly emerged as the biggest winners of the fall so far.

They’ve each proven something — to themselves, and more importantly, to the organization.