Jacob Gonzalez and Gabe Davis headlined another strong week across the White Sox farm system as several prospects continued to build momentum in the minors.
The past week of Chicago White Sox baseball couldn't have gone much better at the big league level.
After sweeping a divisional opponent in the Kansas City Royals, the White Sox kept the good vibes rolling with a series win over the Chicago Cubs in the weekend’s Crosstown Classic.
The White Sox have now won three straight series and seven of their last eight games.
But what’s been going down throughout the other levels of the organization? As all affiliates take an off day on Monday, here’s a look down on the farm at the White Sox prospects who had a strong week.
Triple-A Charlotte
Outfielder Braden Montgomery just completed his second week at the Triple-A level, and he finished it riding a five-game hitting streak.
Montgomery is 8-for-22 with a .364 average and two home runs over his last five games. He’s now batting .300 with an .855 OPS since his promotion.
It feels like every night, Jacob Gonzalez launches another home run. He was on an absolute tear over the past week. He played in five games against Norfolk and went 10-for-21 at the plate with two doubles, four home runs, and 12 RBIs.
He now leads the International League in OPS at 1.061, home runs with 14, and RBIs with 48. He is also fifth in walks.
Rikuu Nishida hasn’t been talked about much since he was promoted from Birmingham on April 17, but he also had a hit in every game this week, going 10-for-20 at the plate. Nishida leads the International League in OBP by a wide margin. He’s currently getting on base at a .468 clip.
Kyle Teel started a rehab assignment in Charlotte this week and found success in four games, hitting .267 with a home run. Unfortunately, Teel tweaked his knee on his final swing of Saturday’s game. He did not play on Sunday and will be further evaluated by the organization on Tuesday. It’s a frustrating setback as the White Sox prepared to get Teel back in the fold this week for a West Coast road trip.
There wasn’t much of note happening on the mound, but Hagen Smith had a decent start in which he tied his season high with six strikeouts. Smith lowered his ERA down to 3.90, but he still struggles with walks.
Ben Peoples continues to make a case for himself to be in the big league bullpen. He made two appearances for Charlotte this week and threw two scoreless, hitless innings, recording all six outs by strikeout. Peoples now has a 0.83 ERA this season with 30 strikeouts in 21.2 innings.
Double-A Birmingham
There wasn’t too much of note in Birmingham this week, especially now that Braden Montgomery has made his way to Triple-A.
Colby Shelton and Anthony DePino both received promotions after dominating in Winston-Salem and played their first series in a Barons uniform. Both players were good, not great. Shelton went 5-for-22 with a home run. DePino went 6-for-22 with a home run.
Left-hander Jake Palisch, who made one brief appearance for the White Sox in the big leagues in 2025, has started to turn his season around as well. He made two very strong starts this week, and Palisch has now allowed just four earned runs over 17.2 innings in his last three starts combined. His season ERA is down to 3.86.
High-A Winston-Salem
Caleb Bonemer, the No. 1 prospect in the White Sox organization, had gone 3-for-24 over a seven-game stretch before breaking out of his slump on Sunday.
Bonemer had two hits, a home run, and three RBIs on Sunday, bringing his season power numbers up to 14 home runs and 34 RBIs. His OPS remains at 1.036 despite the slump.
Kyle Lodise had a three-hit game with a home run over the weekend. Lodise still has an .804 OPS despite a .204 batting average thanks to his .406 OBP.
Catching prospect Boston Smith had a pair of multi-hit games while launching his seventh home run of the season. Smith has an OPS of 1.090 since being promoted to Winston-Salem.
Gabe Davis continued his dominance. He’s been the most exciting White Sox pitching prospect so far in 2026, and he had another spectacular outing last week. Davis threw four scoreless innings with one hit allowed and five strikeouts. He now has a 1.50 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in seven starts.
Low-A Kannapolis
Down in Kannapolis, 2025 first-rounder Billy Carlson had two games with three hits last week. Carlson is still a work in progress offensively, but he’s raised his OPS for the year up to .704.
Right-handed pitcher Caedmon Parker was a 15th-round selection by the White Sox in the 2025 draft, and he recorded his first professional win with two strong outings over the past week. Parker threw 10 total innings with two runs allowed over his two appearances. He now has a 2.86 ERA for the season.
Max Banks was taken one round before Parker, in the 14th, by the White Sox last year. And he seems due for a promotion. Banks threw another six innings without allowing an earned run and lowered his season ERA to 1.42 in 38 innings.
We also finally got to see the dominance from Truman Pauley that made him an attractive prospect to the White Sox when they traded Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets.
Pauley has had a lot of problems this year with a 6.98 ERA on the season, but last week he allowed one run in 4.2 innings and struck out 10. It could be a sign he’s starting to settle in as a starting pitcher.
The White Sox have a lot to be excited about at the MLB level, but the minor leagues are no different.
Chicago has five of the top 53 prospects in baseball according to the new rankings from MLB Pipeline, and every week, it seems there are more unrecognized prospects shining in the minor leagues.
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