White Sox LHP Noah Schultz (22) made his major league debut Tuesday night, allowing three earned runs in 4.1 innings with four hits and four walks at home against the first-place Rays. He will head to Sacramento where he will start a fresh start before facing the Nationals at home in his third major league outing. That’s where you should start him first, I suspect, if you put him in your dream teams.
Pale Hose wasn’t done shuffling the deck with Schultz. They traded Lenyn Sosa to the Blue Jays and it is said that they were planning to recall 2B Sam Antonacci (23) to take his place. Antonacci has garnered national attention as a key part of Italy’s success in the World Baseball Classic and will bring a polished approach to Chicago. In 14 Triple-A games this year, he’s averaged 15 minutes with just eight strikeouts (11.9%) and two home runs, five stolen bases and a .313/.500/.479 slash line. He didn’t end up on the South Side this week. Instead, he’ll stay in the minors and get reps in the outfield, but leaks suggest that someone in that front office has been thinking about it, and that Antonacci’s big moment isn’t far off. I’m glad to see the team give up so easily on Sosa. He was their only son for the year 2025. Toronto likes to take flyers exactly his type: a skilled hitter who struggles with swing decisions.
Remember the Reds Rece Hinds (25) after he hit five home runs in 13 Triple-A games, slashing .354/.475/.771 and a 24.6% slugging percentage. He had two plate appearances three times in Cincinnati on Tuesday, but if he can hit under 30 percent, he will make enough of an impact to fill a roster spot.
Mets RHP Jonah Tong (22) strives to hit his marks. In 15.1 innings over four starts, he allowed four home runs and ten walks. He’s still striking out 33.8 percent of the guys he sees, but his ERA is 5.93 and his WHIP is 1.37. Despite striking out 10 on his side, the Triple-A Yankees allowed him six runs in 4.2 innings on Tuesday.
Three shortstops dominate Double-A and prove themselves ready for a new challenge. Brewers SS Jesus Made (18), Athletics SS Leo De Vries (19) and Red Sox SS Franklin Arias (20) all posted a wRC+ of 150 or higher. Arias is .237 through seven games, hitting .524/.577/.762 with one home run, which is very encouraging after his bat took a step back last year.
Brewers SS Luis Pena (19, A+) is having a bounceback spring, slashing .500/.593/.650 with more walks (6) than strikeouts (4) in six games. He hit just .168 in 25 High-A games at the end of last season, so I’m sure he’s feeling pretty good about starting the season off hot.
The 69th overall pick in the 2025 draft out of Georgia, Orioles RHP JT Quinn he struck out 48.5 percent of the batters he faced in nine innings over two starts. He’s listed at 6’6 205 pounds and has never been a full-time starter, so it’s hard to predict how the command will hold up. So far so good on that front: 16 strikeouts against two walks and a 0.78 WHIP. This sounds like an add-now-ask-questions-later situation.
Rays 1B Taitn Gray (18, A) was a third-round pick in the 2025 draft and looks like a steal at first. A switch hitter at 6’4″ 220 pounds, he is slashing .370/.512/.704 with two home runs and seven hits (17.1%) in nine games. Click here to see him strike out three times.
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