The 2021 Minor League Baseball season signals the close of a strong era in White Sox player development and begins the retooling of a predominantly depleted system. The pipeline of talent that gushed core components for the contention window has been reduced to a trickle. Fortunately, the truncation of the 2020 and 2021 MLB Drafts has provided the team with a talent-rich environment from which to reload.<\/p>\n
The performance of the 2021 draft class will go a long way in telling White Sox fans whether the system will return to its darkest days, or whether it will signal the beginning of a new golden age that evokes memories of 2017. That’s when the great debate centered around whether the Sox or Braves had the best farm system in baseball.<\/p>\n
For White Sox fans it will be fun to unpack all of this in the months ahead. Prospects1500 Tiers:<\/strong>
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\nWhite Sox Minor League Affiliates<\/strong>
\nCharlotte Knights – AAA
\nBirmingham Barons – AA
\nWinston-Salem Dash – High-A
\nKannapolis Cannonballers – Low-A
\nWhite Sox – Rookie (Arizona Complex League)
\nWhite Sox – Rookie (Dominican Summer League)<\/p>\n
\nTier 1<\/strong>: Players with high expectations of both making the majors and playing at an All-Star level for a number of years
\nTier 2<\/strong>: Players with an above-average expectation of making the majors and being a solid contributor
\nTier 3<\/strong>: Players with an average expectation of making the majors and being a solid contributor
\nTier 4<\/strong>: Players who have the potential of making the majors, or have a high likelihood of making the majors, but providing minimal impact (e.g. middle reliever, low-ceiling UT guys)
\nTier 5<\/strong>: Players of interest, worth keeping an eye on, who have an outside chance of making their team\u2019s 40 man roster<\/p>\n