7 White Sox top prospects receive NRIs to Spring Training
CHICAGO — Colson Montgomery, the No. 1 White Sox prospect per MLB Pipeline, and Billy Hamilton, a veteran who strongly resonated with the fan base from a bench position in 2021, had been two of the 26 gamers prolonged non-roster invitations to 2023 Spring Training. The crew agreed to phrases on Minor League contracts with 9 free brokers and added 17 gamers from inside their system.
Montgomery, 20, was the crew’s high choose and twenty second general choice within the 2021 Draft. The left-handed-hitting shortstop will probably be joined on the non-roster invite listing by six gamers additionally within the White Sox Top 30 prospects listing in outfielder Oscar Colas (No. 2), right-handed pitchers Sean Burke (No. 9) and Matthew Thompson (No. 15), outfielders Yoelqui Céspedes (No. 12) and Luis Mieses (No. 21) and catcher Adam Hackenberg (No. 30).
Right-handed pitchers Declan Cronin, Edgar Navarro, and Lane Ramsey, left-handers Fraser Ellard, Samuel Peralta and Andrew Perez, catcher Evan Skoug, infielders Moisés Castillo and Zach Remillard and outfielder Adam Haseley additionally obtained invitations to Major League camp from throughout the White Sox Minor League system.
Colas, 24, hit .314 with an .895 OPS, 23 residence runs, 24 doubles and 79 RBIs over stops with Triple-A Charlotte, Double-A Birmingham, and High-A Winston-Salem in the course of the 2022 season. He has a official probability to interrupt camp because the White Sox beginning proper fielder, whereas Montgomery will get huge league expertise for the primary time.
An earlier Tweet of Hamilton’s return to the White Sox on a Minor League deal produced a massively constructive social media response from followers, because the fleet-footed outfielder had 9 stolen bases and was an lively clubhouse presence in ’21 when the membership gained the American League Central. Joining Hamilton on a Minor League contract are right-handed pitchers Keynan Middleton and Jesse Scholtens, left-hander Nate Fisher, catcher Sebastián Rivero, infielders Hanser Alberto and Erik González and outfielders Jake Marisnick and Victor Reyes.
White Sox pitchers and catchers who usually are not collaborating within the World Baseball Classic will report back to Spring Training on Feb. 15 for physicals and a exercise. Position gamers will report and endure physicals on Feb. 20. The first full-squad exercise takes place the identical day in Pedro Grifol’s first camp because the crew’s new supervisor.
On Thursday, the White Sox added 11 extra free brokers to their worldwide signing class, all from Venezuela. They are catchers Angelo Hernández ($500,000), Stiven Flores ($250,000) and Elías Riera ($35,000); infielders Javier Mogollón ($75,000), Eyke Ugueto ($60,000) and Adrián Gil ($40,000); outfielder Marcelo Alcalá ($50,000); and right-handed pitchers Óscar Hernández ($75,000), José Malavé ($50,000), Jordany Chirinos ($50,000) and Fabián Ysalla ($50,000).
