2020 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 43

Rough ride: Frare had a tough 2019, and saw his prospect stock drop as a result. | Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Vote for the 43rd-best prospect in the White Sox system!

Three years in, we finally have our act together enough to kick off our prospect vote so the end doesn’t run into the regular season.

Here’s how 2018 wrangled out — all 42 picks. Also, here’s an archive of every article in the 2018 series. Here’s how 2019 came together, all 50 picks, and the archive as well.

There are some cursory stats attached to help you out in your decision-making, but all the great bio writing from WSM you’re used to seeing here is over at South Side Hit Pen, as we count down the Top 100 White Sox Prospects over there.

By starting our vote here and the Top 100 countdown at SSHP at the same time, by the time the SSHP Top 100 has counted from 100 to 50, this SSS poll vote will have counted down from 1 to 50. We’ll meet in the middle, with the SSS poll vote factoring in the order of our final 50 prospects.

Sound cool? Now, get voting!

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In a battle of top lefty relievers, Caleb Frare edged past Kodi Medeiros with 18% (21 of 115 votes). Frare was our 33rd prospect in last year’s Top 100.

There are now three left-handed relief pitchers among our first 42 picks:

Last year’s No. 42 prospect was Danny Mendick.

Newcomer Jason Bilous had a quiet debut in our poll, finishing with five votes and tied for last place. Kodi Medeiros appears to have smooth sailing ahead for Round 42.

South Side Sox Top White Sox Prospects for 2020

1. Luis Robert — 86% (Kopech 7%, Madrigal 3%, Vaughn 2%, Basabe/Stiever 1%, Dunning 0% [2], Collins 0% [1], Johnson/Sheets 0% [0])
2. Michael Kopech — 57% (Madrigal 29%, Vaughn 11%, Collins 1%, Adolfo/Dunning/Stiever 0% [3], Basabe/Johnson/Sheets 0% [1])
3. Nick Madrigal — 70% (Vaughn 25%, Dunning 2%, Collins 1%, Basabe/Rutherford/Stiever 0% [3], Adolfo/Sheets 0% [2], Johnson 0% [1])
4. Andrew Vaughn — 74% (Dunning 8%, Collins 7%, Stiever 4%, Adolfo/Basabe 2%, Rutherford 1% [6], Thompson 1% [5], Johnson/Sheets 1% [4])
5. Dane Dunning — 48% (Collins 23%, Stiever 16%, Adolfo/Basabe 4%, Thompson 2%, Rutherford 1% [5], Sheets 1% [3], González/Johnson 0% [1])
6. Zack Collins — 42% (Stiever 32%, Adolfo 10%, Basabe 5%, Rutherford 3%, Thompson 2%, [12], Johnson 2% [9], Sheets 2% [8], Dalquist 1% [5], González 1% [3])
7. Jonathan Stiever — 51% (Adolfo 15%, Basabe 10%, Rutherford 9%, Sheets/Thompson 5%, Johnson 2% [9], Hamilton 2% [7], González 1% [4], Dalquist 1% [4])
8. Luis Basabe — 32% (Adolfo 27%, Rutherford 13%, Thompson 11%, Sheets 7%, Johnson 3% Dalquist 2%, González/Hamilton 1% [6], Heuer 1% [3])
9. Gavin Sheets — 45% (Adolfo 25%, Rutherford 12%, Thompson 8%, Bailey 3%, Johnson 2% [19], González 2% [17], Heuer 2% [15], Hamilton 1% [12], Dalquist 1% [10])
10. Blake Rutherford — 45% (Adolfo 29%, Thompson 9%, Mercedes 5%, Bailey 3% [22], Hamilton 3% [21], Dalquist 2% [15], Johnson 2% [12], González 2% [11], Heuer 1%)
11. Micker Adolfo— 50% (Thompson 16%, Mercedes 10%, González 5% [20], Johnson 5% [18], Bailey/Hamilton 4% [15], Dalquist 3% [12], Heuer 2%, Sosa 0%)
12. Matthew Thompson— 35% (Mercedes 17%, Lambert 10%, Bailey 9%, Johnson 8%, Hamilton 7%, González 6%, Dalquist 4%, Heuer 2%, Sosa 0%)
13. Andrew Dalquist — 20% (Mercedes 19%, Lambert 12% [39], Bailey/Johnson 12% [38], González 7% [23], Hamilton/Mendick 7% [22], Heuer 3%, Sosa 2%)
14. Yermín Mercedes — 25% (Bailey 17%, González 13%, Johnson 12%, Lambert 11%, Mendick 8%, Heuer 7%, Hamilton 5%, Zavala 2%, Sosa 0%)
15. Benyamin Bailey — 21% (González 18%, Mendick 16%, Johnson 14%, Lambert 13%, Hamilton 8%, Heuer 6%, Zavala 3%, Sosa 1% [5], Ramos 1% [2])
16. Danny Mendick — 30% (González 21%, Johnson 13%, Lambert 12%, Heuer 7%, Hamilton 5%, Flores Jr. 4%, Sosa/Zavala 3%, Ramos 1%)
17. Luis González — 28% (Lambert 21%, Johnson 16%, Heuer 11%, Hamilton 9%, Y. Sánchez 5%, Zavala 3%, [11], Flores Jr. 3% [9], Sosa 2% [7], Ramos 2% [5])
18. Jimmy Lambert — 24% (Johnson 22%, Hamilton 13%, Pilkington 10%, Heuer 9%, Y. Sánchez 8%, Flores Jr./Zavala 5%, Ramos 2% [8], Sosa 2% [6])
19. Tyler Johnson — 41% (Hamilton 14%, Heuer 10% [27], Pilkington 10% [26], Gladney 7%, Y. Sánchez 5% [14], Flores Jr. 5% [13], Zavala 5% [12], Sosa 2%, Ramos 1%)
20. Ian Hamilton — 34% (Heuer 16% [43], Pilkington 16% [41], Y. Sánchez 8%, Flores Jr./Gladney 7%, Zavala 5%, Ramos/Rodriguez 2% [6], Sosa 2% [5])
21. Jake Burger — 26% (Heuer 21%, Pilkington 15%, Gladney 13%, Y. Sánchez 8%, Rodriguez 5% Flores Jr. 4% [11], Zavala 4% [9], Sosa 2%, Ramos 1%)
22. Zack Burdi — 39% (Gladney 22%, Heuer 13%, Pilkington 12%, Y. Sánchez 4%, Flores Jr. 4%, Zavala 3%, Sosa 2% [10], Rodriguez 2% [8], Ramos 1%)
23. Andrew Perez — 50% (Heuer 15%, Pilkington 10%, Gladney 9%, Y. Sánchez 5%, Flores Jr. 4%, Zavala 3%, Rodriguez 2%, Sosa 1% [5], Ramos 1% [3])
24. Codi Heuer — 30% (Pilkington 25%, Gladney 10%, Y. Sánchez 9%, Zavala 8%, Flores Jr. 7%, Bush 5%, Rodriguez 3%, Sosa 2%, Ramos 1%)
25. Konnor Pilkington — 44% (Gladney 15%, Flores Jr./Y. Sánchez 9%, Bush 8%, Zavala 7%, Rodriguez 4%, Ramos 2%, Sosa 1%, Mieses 0%)
26. DJ Gladney — 21% [30] (Flores Jr. 21% [29], Y. Sánchez 14%, Bush 11%, Foster/Zavala 9%, Rodriguez 8%, Sosa 4%, Ramos 3%, Mieses 1%)
27. Bernardo Flores Jr. — 28% (Y. Sánchez 19%, Bush 11%, Rodriguez 10%, Zavala 9%, Foster 8%, Beard 5%, Ramos/Sosa 4%, Mieses 3%)
28. Yolbert Sánchez — 28% (Bush 18%, Rodriguez 15%, Foster 13%, Zavala 8%, Sousa 5%, Beard/Sosa 4% [8], Ramos 4% [7], Mieses 1%)
29. Bryce Bush — 28% (Rodriguez 21%, Zavala 14%, Foster 11%, Beard 9%, Sosa 7%, Ramos 5%, Kincanon 3%, Sousa 2% [4], Mieses 2% [3])
30. Will Kincanon — 41% (Rodriguez 18%, Beard 9% [35], Zavala 9% [34], Foster 8%, Sosa 4%, Ramos 3%, Sousa 2% [7], Lindgren 2%, [6], Mieses 1%)
31. Bennett Sousa — 27% (Rodriguez 21%, Beard 13%, Foster 11%, Zavala 9%, McClure 5% [14], Sosa 5% [12], Ramos 4%, Mieses 2%, Lindgren 2%)
32. José Rodriguez — 29% (Hansen 18%, Foster 16%, Zavala 10%, Beard 9%, Sosa 6%, McClure 5%, Ramos 3%, Lindgren/Mieses 2%)
33. Matt Foster — 55% (Hansen 11%, Zavala 8%, Beard/Ramos 5%, McClure 4%, Sosa/Weems 4%, Lindgren 3%, Mieses 0%)
34. Alec Hansen — 32% (Beard/Zavala 14%, Ramos 12%, McClure 7% [13], Weems 7% [12], Sosa 6%, Lindgren 4%, Medeiros 3%, Mieses 1%)
35. Seby Zavala — 24% (Beard 22%, Ramos 14%, McClure 10%, Sosa 9%, Frare 8%, Weems 7%, Lindgren 3%, Medeiros 2%, Mieses 1%)
36. James Beard — 32% (Sosa 14%, Weems 13%, McClure 12%, Ramos 10%, Frare 7%, Lindgren/Medeiros 6%, Guzman/Mieses 0%)
37. Lenyn Sosa — 26% (McClure 20%, Ramos 15%, Weems 13%, Frare 11%, Lindgren/Medeiros 6%, Mieses 3%, Guzman/Remillard 2%)
38. Bryan Ramos — 27% (McClure 21%, Weems 20%, Frare 11%, Medeiros 8%, Lindgren 5%, Remillard 4%, Mieses 2%, Dominguez/Guzman 1%)
39. Kade McClure — 29% (Weems 19%, Mieses 12%, Frare 11%, Medeiros 9%, Peralta 6%, Lindgren 5%, Remillard 3%, Dominguez/Guzman 2%)
40. Avery Weems — 34% (Medeiros 11%, Dedelow/Frare/Mieses 9%, 11%, Guzman/Peralta 8%, Lindgren 5%, Dominguez 4%, Remillard 3%)
41. Craig Dedelow — 33% (Medeiros 14%, Mieses 13%, Frare 12%, Freeman/Peralta 7%, Guzman/Lindgren 6%, Dominguez 3%, Remillard 2%)
42. Caleb Frare — 18% (Medeiros 17%, Guzman/Mieses 12%, Peralta 11%, Freeman 9%, Lindgren 7%, Remillard 6%, Bilous/Dominguez 4%)

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Jason Bilous

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 22
Age Difference (Top Level) -0.8
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 79
2019 High Level Kannapolis (A)
Overall 2019 stats 6-10 ▪️ 31 games/17 starts ▪️ 104 ⅔ IP ▪️ 3.70 ERA ▪️ 113 K ▪️ 61 BB ▪️ 1.395 WHIP

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Johan Dominguez

Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 24
Age Difference (Top Level) 1.2
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 89
2019 High Level Kannapolis (A)
Overall 2019 stats 6-5 ▪️ 24 games/15 starts ▪️ 90 ⅔ IP ▪️ 2.98 ERA ▪️ 90 K ▪️ 33 BB ▪️ 1.279 WHIP

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Caleb Freeman

Right-Handed Relief Pitcher
Age 22
Age Difference (Top Level) -0.8
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 High Level Kannapolis (A)
Overall 2019 stats 4-2 ▪️ 17 games ▪️ 24 ⅔ IP ▪️ 2.19 ERA ▪️ 38 K ▪️ 9 BB ▪️ 0.973 WHIP

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Ronaldo Guzman
Left-Handed Starting Pitcher

Age 17
Age Difference (Top Level) -2.3
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 High Level DSL (Rookie)
Overall 2019 stats 2-3 ▪️ 14 games/12 starts ▪️ 51 ⅔ IP ▪️ 4.53 ERA ▪️ 76 K ▪️ 29 BB ▪️ 1.394 WHIP

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Jacob Lindgren

Left-Handed Relief Pitcher
Age 27
Age Difference (Top Level) 2.8
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 55
2019 High Level Winston-Salem (A+)
Overall 2019 stats 2-2 ▪️ 21 games ▪️ 28 ⅔ IP ▪️ 2.83 ERA ▪️ 28 K ▪️ 7 BB ▪️ 1.291 WHIP

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Kodi Medeiros

Left-Handed Relief Pitcher
Age 24
Age Difference (Top Level) -1.3
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 23
2019 High Level Birmingham (AA)
Overall 2019 stats 4-8 ▪️ 28 games/9 starts ▪️ 83 IP ▪️ 5.10 ERA ▪️ 75 K ▪️ 51 BB ▪️ 1.578 WHIP

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Luis Mieses

Center Fielder
Age 20
Age Difference (Top Level) -1.6
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 45
2019 High Level Great Falls (Rookie)
Overall 2019 stats 59 games ▪️ 4 HR ▪️ 28 RBI ▪️ .241/.264/.359 ▪️ 7 BB ▪️ 46 K

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Sammy Peralta

Left-Handed Relief Pitcher
Age 22
Age Difference (Top Level) -0.5
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 High Level Great Falls (Rookie)
Overall 2019 stats 2-1 ▪️ 18 games ▪️ 36 ⅔ IP ▪️ 1.96 ERA ▪️ 58 K ▪️ 10 BB ▪️ 0.955 WHIP

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Zach Remillard

Shortstop
Age 26
Age Difference (Top Level) -1.3
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 70
2019 High Level Birmingham (AA)
Overall 2019 stats 122 games ▪️ 7 HR ▪️ 43 RBI ▪️ .277/.350/.367 ▪️ 8-of-11 stolen bases ▪️ 46 BB ▪️ 125 K

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Taylor Varnell

Left-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 25
Age Difference (Top Level) 0.8
2018 SSS poll ranking N/R
2019 SSS poll ranking 67
2019 High Level Winston-Salem (A+)
Overall 2019 stats 8-6 ▪️ 24 starts ▪️ 127 ⅓ IP ▪️ 3.25 ERA ▪️ 136 K ▪️ 44 BB ▪️ 1.178 WHIP