SoxFest Live at the Ramova Theatre served as the weekend warmup act for six White Sox prospects, who were part of the 25 players receiving non-roster invites to big league Spring Training, as announced Friday by the team.

Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith won’t be prominent big league performers for the White Sox during the 2025 season. There’s a chance neither young hurler reaches the Majors in ’25, and if they do, it would probably be later in the campaign.

Friday is a huge day in the world of MLB Pipeline -- it’s Top 100 Day! Hopefully, you’ve whetted your appetite with our Top 10 by position lists in advance of Friday's big reveal of the Top 100 prospects at 7 p.

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.

As it stands, Brooks Baldwin is projected to serve as Chicago's Opening Day shortstop. The 24-year-old made his big league debut in 2024 – just two years after he went in the 12th round of the 2022 MLB Draft – and he wound up batting .211 with a .566 OPS and 0.0 WAR in 33 games.

As the Chicago White Sox move to the new Chicago Sports Network for the 2025 season, they are bolstering their coverage. Connor McKnight (seen above during a guest appearance on the Locked on White Sox podcast),

Colson Montgomery, ranked by MLB Pipeline as the No. 4 White Sox prospect and No. 37 overall, could break camp as the team’s starting shortstop. The 22-year-old left-handed hitter clearly will be a key figure at the Major League level for the 2025 White Sox,

Ron Marinaccio, who was designated for assignment earlier this week, has been sent from Chicago to San Diego in exchange for cash considerations.

MLB Pipeline unveiled its list of the top 10 catching prospects in baseball on Tuesday, and the Chicago White Sox had Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero both earn spots.

The Sox hired McKnight to help improve a broadcast that Awful Announcing's fan poll last July rated as the most disliked local call in MLB.

According to MLB.com, the Chicago White Sox are entering 2025 with the top two left-handed pitching prospects in all of baseball with Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith.

The Boston Red Sox’ top priority this offseason remains the same in late January as it was after the World Series ended. The Red Sox have already reshaped their pitching rotation, acquiring Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox via trade and signing Walker Buehler to a one-year deal.