I figured I would start a recap of the White Sox minor league system by taking a look at the lowest level first, the Dominican Summer League. The Sox entered two teams this season after closing up shop on their Venezuelan Summer League team. But a quick scan of the stats (and birth dates) from the Sox two Dominican clubs yields little in the way of prospects.
While many of the Major's top stars have come from the Dominican, the league itself is probably comparable to junior college ball with some talented high-schoolers added. There are some players older than 21, but their numbers are limited thanks to the ever continuing search for the next top prospect. The average age is under 19, with the top prospects being 18 or younger. There are some stars, but the overall talent level isn't anything special. A vast majority of these players will never get off the island.
The average batting line in the DSL is .238/.338/.320. The average player has an IsoD of .100 and an IsoP of .82. In other words, they don't hit for much power in the DSL. And since we all know the old saying "you can't walk your way off the island," we can assume that the pitchers are really wild. Because of that, you have to discount some players high OBPs and walk totals, and really penalize anyone who isn't taking their fair share of free passes when evaluating a player solely on the numbers.
Now that we've got the caveats out of the way, let's look at some numbers. Here's a list of the White Sox offensive stars
Here's how they compare to other top offensive talents in the division.
Onto the pitching, where the White Sox have, well, nothing...
Now let's look at the top pitchers in our division
The fast rise of Fautino De Los Santos, who will rank #2 in my off-season White Sox top 10 prospects list, should give the Sox incentive to put forth a more concerted effort in the Dominican. The top international spenders are currently the Red Sox, Yankees, and Mets with Tigers starting to get into the fray as well. It's already paying dividends with Reynoso (Though I'm entirely unsure about the bonus he recieved). The White Sox rarely spend any noteworthy money on international signings, and it clearly shows in their lack of talent in the DSL this season.
More interesting pitchers
Age W L G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP +---+----------+---+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+---+----+----+------+----- SP A Morales CLE 17 0 8 14 13 53.2 52 39 30 4 21 35 5.03 1.36 SP S Mendez CLE 21 5 1 16 0 51.2 43 21 17 1 3 39 2.96 0.89 RP L Solano CLE 20 3 1 26 0 51.1 40 14 13 1 16 52 2.28 1.09 SP SR Marimon KC 18 1 2 14 10 44 28 14 10 2 18 40 2.05 1.05 SP S Garrido KC 17 1 4 14 9 43 34 22 16 0 28 34 3.35 1.44 RP A Bonilla KC 18 5 1 17 1 42.1 27 13 9 1 12 33 1.91 0.92 RP L Perez KC 17 4 1 16 5 40.2 31 14 13 2 23 40 2.88 1.33 SP D Santos KC 18 3 2 11 5 38.2 34 16 12 2 3 23 2.79 0.96 RP L Santiago KC 17 2 2 12 5 35.1 30 14 11 2 8 30 2.80 1.08 SP A Mendez DET 21 5 4 15 14 78.2 52 23 12 1 30 103 1.37 1.04 SP W Sierra DET 20 4 2 14 14 62 49 34 27 0 32 72 3.92 1.31 SP R Acosta MIN 20 4 5 14 14 83.1 71 32 23 2 23 48 2.48 1.13 SP M Munoz MIN 18 5 3 14 14 70.2 45 22 16 2 34 43 2.04 1.12 SP C Garcia MIN 20 4 5 14 12 60 45 23 22 1 29 57 3.30 1.23 RP E Alvarez MIN 18 5 1 26 2 58 41 10 5 0 11 48 0.78 0.90 SP E Cardenas MIN 19 2 3 13 12 52 38 20 12 0 22 56 2.08 1.15