2022 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 20

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Our first reliever has crossed the finish line, and predictably it is shooting star Caleb Freeman, with a dominant 39% (28 of 72 votes). Save for Tanner McDougal, no other prospect crossed into double-figure votes.

In 2020, Freeman was voted the No. 45 prospect. Last year, he was voted our (final) No. 35 prospect. He was also eighth among all right-handed relievers, so Freeman has made quite a leap in one year.

The No. 19-voted prospect in both 2020 and 2021 was Tyler Johnson.

First-timer Terrell Tatum had a strong first showing, in sixth place.

Next up on the ballot is our first catching prospect, Carlos Pérez.

South Side Sox Top White Sox Prospects for 2022

1. Norge Vera — 29% (Burger 18%, Rodríguez 14%, Céspedes 13%, Colás 12%, Montgomery 8%, Kath/Kelley 2.1%, Ramos 1.7%, Hernández 0.8%)
2. Jake Burger — 43% (Rodríguez 21%, Colás 12%, Céspedes 11%, Montgomery 9%, Kelley 1.3%, Ramos/Thompson/Kath/Hernández 0.6%)
3. José Rodríguez — 38% (Céspedes 21%, Colás/Montgomery 18%, Kath 2%, Thompson 1.2%, Kelley/Ramos/Dalquist/Hernández 0.6%)
4. Oscar Colás — 31% (Montgomery 28%, Céspedes 24%, Adolfo 8%, Kelley/Hernández 2.4%, Kath 1.8%, Thompson 1.2%, Ramos/Dalquist/0.6%)
5. Colson Montgomery — 41% (Céspedes 33%, Adolfo 8%, Sánchez 5%, Kelley 4%, Kath 3%, Ramos/Hernández 2%, Dalquist 1.3%, Thompson 0.6%)
6. Yoelqui Céspedes — 55% (González 13%, Sánchez 10%, Adolfo 7%, Kath 4.4%, Ramos/Hernández 3.7%, Kelley 3%, Dalquist 1%, Thompson 0%)
7. Yolbert Sánchez — 34% (González 25%, Kelley 11%, Adolfo 9.3%, Kath 8.8%, Thompson 3.1%, Ramos/Hernández 2.6%, Burke 2%, Dalquist 1%)
8. Romy González — 41% (Adolfo 16%, Kelley 15%, Kath 14%, Ramos 4%, Hernández/Dalquist 3%, Thompson 2%, Burke 1.4%, Lambert 0.7%)
9. Wes Kath — 30% (Adolfo 24%, Kelley 18%, Burke 10%, Ramos 6%, Hernández 4.1%, Freeman 3.6%, Thompson 2.3%, Lambert 1.8%, Dalquist 0.9%)
10. Micker Adolfo — 37% (Kelley 26%, Burke 14%, Ramos 7%, Mieses 5%, Hernández 4%, Freeman 3%, Dalquist 2.3%, Thompson 1.6%, Lambert 0%)
11. Jared Kelley — 33% (Burke 23%, Ramos 15%, Mieses/Hernández 7%, Thompson 6%, Freeman 4%, Lambert 3%, Dalquist 2%, McDougal 1%)
12. Bryan Ramos — 33% (Burke 23%, Hernández 13%, Thompson 10%, Mieses 8%, Lambert 6%, Freeman/Dalquist 3%, McClure 1.2%, McDougal 0.6%)
13. Sean Burke — 33% (Hernández 20%, Thompson 15%, Mieses 9.3%, Freeman 8.6%, Lambert 6%, Dalquist 5%, McClure/McDougal 1%, Bilous 0%)
14. Erick Hernández — 37% (Thompson 20%, Mieses 10.3%, Freeman 9.5%, Dalquist 7%, Veras/Lambert 2%, McClure 3%, Bilous 2%, McDougal 0%)
15. Matthew Thompson — 37% (Mieses 19%, Dalquist 16%, Freeman 15%, Lambert 8%, Veras 6%, Stiever/McDougal 5%, McClure 2%, Bilous 0%)
16. Luis Mieses — 25% (Freeman 21%, Dalquist 18%, Veras 15%, Lambert/McDougal 6%, Sosa 4%, McClure 3%, Stiever/Bilous 1%)
17. Drew Dalquist — 21% (Veras 19%, Freeman 17%, McDougal 14%, Lambert/Stiever 10%, Sosa 8%, González 2%, McClure/Bilous 0%)
18. Wilfred Veras — 26% (Freeman 23%, Lambert/McDougal 10%, Stiever 6%, Sosa/Gosswein/McClure/Bilous 5%, González 4%)
19. Caleb Freeman — 39% (McDougal 14%, Lambert/Stiever 12%, Sosa 8%, Tatum 6%, Gosswein/Bilous 4%, McClure/González 3%)

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Jason Bilous

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 24
2021 High Level Birmingham (AA)
Age vs. highest level -1.6
Overall 2021 pro stats 3-8 ▪️ 20 starts ▪️ 79 ²⁄₃ IP ▪️ 5.76 ERA ▪️ 106 K ▪️ 32 BB ▪️ 1.431 WHIP

Bilous dominated at Winston-Salem to start the season (2.45 ERA and 0.886 WHIP in three starts) but struggled at Birmingham. The White Sox may see if he can hang in a Double-A rotation (while still younger than league average) before moving him back into the bullpen, where his power arm may play better.

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Misael González

Right Fielder
Age 20
2021 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)
Age vs. highest level -1.2
Overall 2021 stats 52 games ▪️ 8 HR ▪️ 33 RBI ▪️ .238/.333/.435 ▪️ 17 BB ▪️ 66 K ▪️ 5-of-7 SB

In the almost exactly age-appropriate ACL to start last season, González went crazy, with a .988 OPS in 21 games, before a promotion to Kanny cooled him off.

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Brooks Gosswein

Left-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 23
2021 High Level Kannapolis (Low-A)
Age vs. highest level +0.1
Overall 2021 pro stats 0-0 ▪️ 6 starts ▪️ 17 IP ▪️ 2.65 ERA ▪️ 15 K ▪️ 6 BB ▪️ 1.059 WHIP

Gosswein was snagged in the fourth round of last year’s draft, out of Bradley University, where as a senior he threw 52 ²⁄₃ innings over 12 games, with a 4-2 record, 5.13 ERA and 1.386 WHIP.

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Jimmy Lambert

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 27
2019 SSS vote ranking 21
2020 SSS vote ranking 18
2021 SSS vote ranking 18
2021 High Level Chicago (MLB)
Overall 2021 MiLB stats 3-3 ▪️ 19 starts ▪️ 64 1⁄3 IP ▪️ 4.76 ERA ▪️ 82 K ▪️ 32 BB ▪️ 1.259 WHIP

Lambert scuffled in Charlotte, and did not acquit himself well in spot MLB work, either (1-1, 6.23 ERA, 6.48 FIP, 1.692 WHIP in 13 innings).

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Kade McClure

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 26
2020 SSS vote ranking 39
2021 SSS vote ranking 25
2021 High Level Charlotte (AAA)
Age vs. highest level -2.0
Overall 2021 stats 4-7 ▪️ 24 starts ▪️ 105 ¹⁄₃ IP ▪️ 4.87 ERA ▪️ 35 BB ▪️ 113 K ▪️ 1.367 WHIP

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Tanner McDougal

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 18
2021 High Level ACL White Sox (Rookie)
Age vs. highest level -2.9
Overall 2021 MiLB stats 1-2 ▪️ 6 games (4 starts) ▪️ 9 2⁄3 IP ▪️ 9.31 ERA ▪️ 17 K ▪️ 5 BB ▪️ 1.552 WHIP

The McDougal signing was quite a score for the White Sox after drafting him in last year’s fifth round out of Silverado H.S. in Las Vegas. However, his cursory pro assignment in Arizona ended in injury, and McDougal will miss the 2022 season after Tommy John surgery.

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Carlos Pérez

Catcher
Age 25
2021 High Level Charotte (AAA)
Age vs. highest level -2.4
Overall 2021 stats 111 games ▪️ 13 HR ▪️ 59 RBI ▪️ .258/.309/.410 ▪️ 27 BB ▪️ 46 K ▪️ 30-of-71 (42%) CS

This winter, Pérez had an .855 OPS in 22 games for the Bravos de Margarita in Venezuela.

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Lenyn Sosa

Shortstop
Age 22
2020 SSS vote ranking 37
2021 High Level Birmingham (AA)
Age vs. highest level -3.5
Overall 2021 stats 115 games ▪️ 11 HR ▪️ 56 RBI ▪️ .271/.300/.401 ▪️ 16 BB ▪️ 105 K

After being promoted to Double-A for his final 33 games, Sosa was deployed at shortstop 20 times, nine games at second base, and four at third.

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Jonathan Stiever

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 24
2021 SSS vote ranking 7
2021 High Level Chicago (MLB)
Triple-A 2021 stats 5-5 ▪️ 17 starts ▪️ 74 IP ▪️ 5.84 ERA ▪️ 88 K ▪️ 28 BB ▪️ 1.459 WHIP

Stiever pitched in one game last year for the White Sox, giving up three earned runs without retiring a batter. He had lat surgery in late August but was expected to be ready for spring training.

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Terrell Tatum

Center Fielder
Age 22
2021 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)
Age vs. highest level -1.9
Overall 2021 stats 26 games ▪️ 1 HR ▪️ 12 RBI ▪️ .256/.438/.397 ▪️ 25 BB ▪️ 34 BB ▪️ 7-of-7 SB

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