CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on minor-league contracts with the following nine free agents: right-handed pitchers Keynan Middleton and Jesse Scholtens, left-hander Nate Fisher, catcher Sebastián Rivero, infielders Hanser Alberto and Erik González and outfielders Billy Hamilton, Jake Marisnick and Víctor Reyes.
All nine players, in addition to 17 others from within the organization, have received non-roster invites to the club’s spring training camp in Glendale, Ariz.
Right-handed pitchers Sean Burke, Declan Cronin, Edgar Navarro, Lane Ramsey and Matthew Thompson, left-handers Fraser Ellard, Samuel Peralta and Andrew Perez, catchers Adam Hackenberg and Evan Skoug, infielders Moisés Castillo, Luis Mieses, Colson Montgomery and Zach Remillard, and outfielders Yoelqui Céspedes, Oscar Colás and Adam Haseley received invites to major-league camp from within the club’s minor-league system.
Montgomery (No. 1), Colás (No. 2), Burke (No. 5), Thompson (No. 12), Céspedes (No. 16), Mieses (No. 20) and Hackenberg (No. 30) rank among the White Sox top prospects according to Baseball America. Montgomery (No. 39) and Colás (No. 89) also rank among the publication’s Top 100 prospects in baseball.
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training on Wednesday, February 15, including physicals and a workout. Position players will report and undergo physicals on Monday, February 20. The first full-squad workout also takes place on the 20th.
