{"id":907589,"date":"2026-11-06T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907589\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:04:13","slug":"2027-south-side-sox-top-prospect-no-95-mario-camilletti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907589\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 95: Mario Camilletti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mario Camilletti
Third Baseman
5\u00b47\u00b4\u00b4
195 pounds
Age: 27
2023 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking<\/a> 50
2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking<\/a> 40
2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking <\/a>56
2026 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking <\/a>82
2026 High Level Charlotte (AAA)
Age relative to high level +0.9 years
SSS rank among all third basemen in the system 5
Overall 2026 stats 113 games \u26be\ufe0f 9 HR \u26be\ufe0f 53 RBI \u26be\ufe0f .263\/.383\/.387 \u26be\ufe0f 70 BB \u26be\ufe0f 102 K \u26be\ufe0f 7-of-12 (58.3%) SB \u26be\ufe0f .960 FLD% \u26be\ufe0f 2.4 WAR<\/p>\n

With pick No. 251 in the 2022 MLB draft<\/a>, the White Sox<\/a> snagged Camilletti, then a second baseman, out of Central Michigan.<\/p>\n

A high OBP player with great plate discipline, Camilletti amassed a very impressive 207 walks over five college seasons. He was a first team All-Region and All-American selection back in 2020, carried mostly on the back of an absurd .502 OBP and a walk rate that was double that of his strikeout rate (22% vs 11%) for Central Michigan.<\/p>\n

His small frame doesn\u2019t project much for power, but with a god-given gift to get on base, Camilletti is an interesting prospect coming into the White Sox<\/a> system. Add in some plus baserunning and manageable defense in his career, and there are more than a few things to make Camilletti and intriguing name to watch rise up through the Sox system.<\/p>\n

Like several other draftees, Camilletti merely dipped his toe into pro play in the ACL late in 2022, getting into two games and, what new, walking twice.<\/p>\n

He made a swift move (necessary, as he is significantly older than even A-ball competition) up to High-A during the course of 2023, following his usual pattern of selectivity at the plate and sharp but modest contact when swinging. Following a bit of a pattern established even back at college, Camilletti also saw time at third base; not much, but enough to earn additional playing time in a middle infield-heavy low minors.<\/p>\n

Toward the end of 2023, we ran a direct piece on Camilletti via this great Q&A<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Camilletti got off to a late start, with an injury out of the gate that pretty well killed off his April. From there, he split time between High-A and Double-A, landing in Birmingham in time to aid the Barons\u2019 run to the Southern League title. His power game waned, but frankly it pales worse for a positive reason \u2014 Camilletti\u2019s astronomical on-base rate.<\/p>\n

Come 2025, things were looking more dire for Camilletti despite him seeing his first Triple-A action. Two factors stand out, most so his dwindling OBP. What was Mario\u2019s calling card into pro ball turned pedestrian, and without a power or speed game, getting on base was crucial if he hoped for a South Side look-see. Second was, on the face of it, a positive: Camilletti moving to third base as a primary position, given that third base depth was nonexistent in 2025 for the Sox \u2014 but that wasn\u2019t a product of his ability there, but rather a case of gotta-put-him-somewhere prioritizing other middle infielders over him. Camilletti could have turned that move into a positive, as other players have, but he\u2019s pretty much just backed into the hot corner.<\/p>\n

The 2026 season was more positive for Camilletti, benefiting from a full season in the pinball machine that is Charlotte\u2019s ballpark and punching up his offensive numbers across the board (the exception being stolen base efficiency, a tool\/stat that seems to matter not to the White Sox these days). There really isn\u2019t a universe where Camilletti plays himself to the South Side, and third base is not a position of weakness any longer for the White Sox, with Miguel Vargas, Colson Montgomery, Chase Meidroth minimally able to be stationed there. But stranger things have happened.<\/p>\n

Camilletti will ship back to Triple-A for 2027, if not occupying on-deck for a call-up, at least helping a Knights push toward the International League postseason.<\/p>\n

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