White Sox Minor League Update: May 3, 2025
Kannapolis continues to maul, and unfortunately the Knights get mauled — just not in the same game
Norfolk Tides 11, Charlotte Knights 1 (Statcast box)
Perhaps appropriate on a day of the surprise retirement of Trey McGough, phenomenal 2024 reliever who’d failed so far in 2025, Charlotte’s pen’s only show of life was flatulence. Is that fair, given closer Eric Adler tried to fool failed starter Nick Nastrini into a good outing by pitching the first inning as an opener (man, the White Sox are really crushing that new-decade-old strategy at every level now, huh)? Not really. But it fits my narrative and requiem for McGough, who deserved better — at least a year ago. And as long as weird role-bending was the thing in Charlotte today, let’s add that the best pitcher for the Knights — mere days after Dominic Fletcher homered in and saved the same game — was Zach DeLoach, outfielder and now two-way player, who mopped up in the ninth with just one walk and somehow holds a 0.00 ERA despite having thrown 7-of-11 pitches out of the zone.
Charlotte doesn’t mess around, win streaks, lose streaks, hey man these guys play two three four at a time. The Knights now sit 15-17.
Birmingham Barons 4, Pensacola Blue Wahoos 0 (opener) (7 innings)
White Sox system Pitcher of the Month Grant Taylor (that’s the White Sox’s award, not ours, which probably would have gone to Lucas Gordon, ask Joe on Wednesday) got the start and was brilliant over three scoreless innings. However, this 2025 Noah Schultz will find himself without a win this season, disallowed from throwing as many as five innings in a start. Buckle up, Grant.
Pensacola Blue Wahoos 4, Birmingham Barons 1 (nightcap) (7 innings)
Turnabout is fair play, as the home team nearly evened the run diff for Saturday with a 4-1 triumph. Shane Murphy had a boffo start, but the Birmingham offense — not exactly prodigious in the first game — hit the snooze alarm.
After the split, Birmingham sits 13-12.
Winston-Salem Dash at Greensboro Grasshoppers, PPD, rain, makeup on May 4
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 11, Augusta GreenJackets 2
Here’s a way to end these recaps, another tasty blowout by a CBs team really starting to put some distance between itself and the rest of the Sally. Luis Reyes looked really good once again, digging out of the ditch he slipped into at the start of the season (5.40 ERA and falling). Offensively, holy damn, the lumber was smoking for 12 hits, with five for extra bases, and when the boys got tired, what ho, 11 walks. Those kinds of eyes almost excuses the 12 Ks. Good luck picking an MVP for this one. Kanny climbs to 16-10.
ACL Brewers 7, ACL White Sox 6
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