It is no secret that the White Sox have one of the deepest farm systems in all of baseball. A big testament to that is the fact that they have 18(!) minor league All-Stars announced (not including Triple-A).
The Kannapolis Intimidators will send a whopping 7 players to the low-A All-Star game. Headlining the group is OF Luiz Gonzalez and RHP Blake Battenfield. Gonzalez is the White Sox’s 18th ranked prospect in the system. He is batting .330 while also leading the team in home runs with 8. Battenfield is supporting a ridiculous 1.59 ERA so far this season. These two players are definitely worth keeping an eye on as the season moves forward.
High-A Winston-Salem will be sending 5 of their own players to their respective league All-Star game. RHP Dylan Cease, LHP Bernardo Flores, RHP Matt Foster, OF Luis Basabe, and OF Joel Booker all got the nod to participate. On top of that, you could easily argue that OF’s Blake Rutherford and Micker Adolfo got snubbed.
And finally we move to Double-A, where the Birmingham Barons will be sending 6 players to the All-Star game. Eloy Jimenez and Zack Collins are the two obvious locks that everyone expected, but the Barons are also sending RHP Dane Dunning, RHP Ian Hamilton, C Seby Zavala, and SS Danny Mendick to the game.
Everyone knows that the White Sox farm system has talent. But now people should finally start to see just how much depth there really is. We should start seeing some promotions through the system sooner rather than later.
