{"id":908111,"date":"2026-11-06T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/908111\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:02:13","slug":"2027-south-side-sox-prospect-vote-round-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/908111\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is the 10th year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox!<\/p>\n

First, let us review past years:<\/p>\n

Here is how 2018 wrangled out<\/a> \u2014 all 42 picks. Also, here is an archive<\/a> of every article in the 2018 series.Here is how 2019 came together,<\/a> all 50 picks, and the archive<\/a> as well.Now 2020<\/a>, with the archive<\/a>.Here is the 2021 wrap-up of just 35 picks<\/a> due to flagging participation, along with the full archive<\/a>.Here is the 2022 link to the 27-pick wrap<\/a>, along with the full archive<\/a>.Round 24<\/a> of voting was the last of 2023 (we did not do an actual wrap for the voting, but Jordan Sprinkle ended up being our final pick), and the full archive<\/a>.In 2024 Abraham N\u00fa\u00f1ez was our 34th pick to end the series, and here is the wrap-up post<\/a> and full archive of each profile<\/a>.In 2025, we did 31 picks, ending with Eric Adler. Here is the wrap<\/a> and full stream, of every article<\/a>.And last year, we got through 37 picks, ending with Reudis Diaz. Here is the wrap<\/a>, and full stream of every article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are starting the Top 100 Prospect countdown on the same day as our first poll, with the goal of running a new poll every day. At that rate, we should get through 35 Votes before the Top 100 meets our polling, giving SSS readers 35 chances to weigh in on our Top 100. From there, we will stop the polling and run through the remaining players, finishing up as all players report to camp in mid-February.<\/p>\n

As of now our countdown will start with Fidel Montero as our Mr. 100 this year. We\u2019ve customarily turned over the Prospect Vote to the next round as soon as the top vote-getter seems to have an insurmountable lead, but if there\u2019s a rout, we\u2019ll call it in a day. In order to get as many votes as possible in, we\u2019ll try to wait no longer than two days before the next round.<\/p>\n

Four players from last year\u2019s Top 10 Prospects have lost their prospect status due to MLB service (Braden Montgomery at No. 1, Noah Schultz at No. 3, Hagen Smith at No. 4 and Sam Antonacci at No. 7). As an indication that there is some continuity in the system, four players on last year\u2019s initial ballot appear in this year\u2019s as well. With Mason Adams having been traded, that means just one player, Christian Oppor, performed poorly enough to drop off of our initial ballot.<\/p>\n

Six of the 10 players on this first 2027 ballot played in the White Sox system in 2026, including two who made their major league debuts during the season. As to be expected drafting so early, we have four 2026 draft choices rounding out on the first ballot.<\/p>\n

This year, the grandfather of our Top 100 is Tanner McDougal, marking his sixth year on our list and having moved from No. 21 to 22, 26, 63 and 6 so far. If all goes well, it will be his last, as he\u2019ll see significant MLB time.<\/p>\n

All right, let\u2019s have some fun. And get voting!<\/p>\n

We took a little downturn in total votes this round, which hopefully isn\u2019t an enthusiasm signal going forward. Initially two shortstops, Billy Carlson and William Bergolla Jr., were deadlocked. But Carlson pushed ahead and prevailed, with 21 of 56 votes (38%):<\/p>\n

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Carlson, drafted in the first round in 2025, was voted our No. 7 prospect last year.<\/p>\n

As you might have imagined in a shortstop-heavy system, we already have two shortstops among our picks:<\/p>\n

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Past No. 4s in the SSS Top Prospect Vote
2026 Noah Schultz (49%)
2025 Hagen Smith (23%)
2024 Edgar Quero (36%)
2023 Lenyn Sosa (43%)
2022 Oscar Col\u00e1s (31%)
2021 Nick Madrigal (70%)
2020 Andrew Vaughn (74%)
2019 Luis Robert Jr. (58%)
2018 Alec Hansen (64%)<\/p>\n

Right fielder Alex Weingartner, a 2026 draft choice, joins the ballot this round.<\/p>\n

South Side Sox Top-Voted White Sox<\/a> Prospects for 2027Caleb Bonemer \u2014 71% (Cholowsky 25%, Fauske 3%, Prosek 2%, Bergolla Jr.\/Carlson\/McDougal\/Sandlin\/Thome\/Volchko 0%)Roch Cholowsky \u2014 75% (Sandlin 8%, Bergolla Jr. 6%, Carlson 5%, McDougal 3%, Fauske\/Mogoll\u00f3n 2%, Prosek\/Thome\/Volchko 0%)David Sandlin \u2014 30% (Carlson 23%, Fauske 10%, Bergolla Jr.\/McDougal 9%, Prosek 8%, Lodise\/Thome 4%, Mogoll\u00f3n 3%, Volchko 0%)Billy Carlson \u2014 38% (Bergolla Jr. 27%, Fauske 13%, McDougal\/Prosek 7%, Thome 4%, Lodise\/Mogoll\u00f3n\/Wolkow 2%, Volchko 0%)<\/p>\n

William Bergolla Jr.
Shortstop
Age 22
2026 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 15
2026 high level Charlotte (AAA)
Age relative to high level -5.1 years
Overall 2026 stats (ACL\/AAA) 11 games \u25aa\ufe0f 0 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 9 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .444\/.524\/.556 \u25aa\ufe0f 2-of-4 (50.0%) SB \u25aa\ufe0f 5 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 4 K \u25aa\ufe0f 1.000 FLD%\u25aa\ufe0f 0.6 WAR<\/p>\n

The epitome of a \u201cChris Getz player,\u201d Bergolla offsets his Punch-and-Judy bat with deft baserunning, a killer glove and incredible plate discipline. Well young for his level, this legacy player (dad, also William Bergolla) has cut through the White Sox system like butter since his acquisition at the 2024 trade deadline (from Philly, for Tanner Banks). After getting some heavy run in Spring Training 2026, Bergolla was on the fast track to Chicago before a collision with left fielder Sam Antonacci in an April game for the Knights gave him a serious bone bruise in his leg; after a lengthy stint on the IL, Bergolla broke his injured leg in his first rehab game in the ACL.<\/p>\n

Jaden Fauske
Center Fielder
Age 20
2026 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 11
2026 high level Kannapolis (Low-A)
Age relative to high level -1.3 years
Overall 2026 stats 118 games \u25aa\ufe0f 4 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 48 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .250\/.388\/.360 \u25aa\ufe0f 46-of-56 (82.1%) SB \u25aa\ufe0f 94 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 125 K \u25aa\ufe0f .948 FLD%\u25aa\ufe0f 2.8 WAR<\/p>\n

A year ago, we were not certain where Fauske would play, as a high school catcher announced at the draft as an outfielder-only. That proved to be the case in his first professional season, but what ho, Fauske saw more time in center than right field. And with quicks that saw Jaden snatch 46 bags in 118 games, the youngster might well stick in center.<\/p>\n

Kyle Lodise
Shortstop
Age 22
2026 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 24
2026 high level Winston-Salem (High-A)
Age relative to high level 0.0 years
Overall 2026 stats 111 games \u25aa\ufe0f 20 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 77 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .230\/.380\/.440 \u25aa\ufe0f 42-of-51 (82.4%) SB \u25aa\ufe0f 92 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 141 K \u25aa\ufe0f .957 FLD%\u25aa\ufe0f 3.6 WAR<\/p>\n

Lodise made a return visit to Winston-Salem in 2026, and his first full professional season went extremely well. With a low average and slug to burn, the shortstop fits right in with the org profile of swinging hard, damn the contact. Thankfully, Lodise is selective enough at the plate to produce astronomical OBPs. And his power bat is showing better than advertised at this point.<\/p>\n

Tanner McDougal
Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
Age 23
2024 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 33
2025 SSS Prospect Poll ranking N\/R
2026 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 6
2026 high level Chicago (MLB)
Age relative to high level -6.2 years
Overall 2026 stats (High-A\/AAA\/MLB) 2-3 \u25aa\ufe0f 27 games (7 starts, 3 finishes) \u25aa\ufe0f 50 IP \u25aa\ufe0f 4.86 ERA \u25aa\ufe0f 53 K \u25aa\ufe0f 34 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 1.480 WHIP \u25aa\ufe0f0.2 WAR<\/p>\n

The good news is that McDougal was enough of a core piece to be promoted to Chicago in the second half of 2026. The bad news \u2026 well, where to start. McDougal\u2019s presumptive march to the South Side rotation was stopped dead early in the season, when he was sidelined for weeks with forearm tightness. While the injury was thankfully not severe enough to necessitate a second TJS, Tanner was a relief arm for the rest of the season and not a stable one at that. His brief cameo in Chicago saw him rack up one out along with three walks.<\/p>\n

Javier Mogoll\u00f3n
Second Baseman
Age 21
2026 high level Winston-Salem (AA)
Age relative to high level -2.0 years
Overall 2026 stats (Low-A\/High-A) 91 games \u25aa\ufe0f 14 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 57 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .262\/.368\/.448 \u25aa\ufe0f 36-of-44 (81.8%) SB \u25aa\ufe0f 53 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 123 K \u25aa\ufe0f .965 FLD%\u25aa\ufe0f 2.5 WAR<\/p>\n

The diminutive (5\u00b48\u00b4\u00b4, 160) infielder wowed in rookie ball and though his climb has slowed, Mogoll\u00f3n has steadily risen up our ranks, from No.62 in our 2024 Top 100 to the cusp of the Top 10 today. That said, he\u2019s seen two straight seasons shortened by hamstring issues. At least in 2026, Mogoll\u00f3n was able to return before season\u2019s end, providing a clutch bat coming that provided a .313\/.389\/.813 slash and eight RBIs en route to sweeping to a SALLY title.<\/p>\n

Cole Prosek
Third Baseman
Age 19
2026 High Level Magnolia Heights (H.S.)
Overall 2026 stats (H.S) 41 games \u25aa\ufe0f 18 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 79 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .545\/.678\/1.177 \u25aa\ufe0f 62 R \u25aa\ufe0f 7 SB \u25aa\ufe0f 31 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 12 K<\/p>\n

Coming to Chicago as a second-rounder, Prosek seems more highly-regarded by evaluators than the guy picked ahead of him by the White Sox, low first round choice Landon Thome. That\u2019s a curious thing, but Prosek dominated his prep competition even more thoroughly than Thome. Plus, while the White Sox regard Prosek as a second baseman, his prep time was spent significantly at the hot corner, and he has experience behind the plate as well.<\/p>\n

Landon Thome
Shortstop
Age 19
2026 High Level Nazareth Academy (H.S.)
Overall 2026 stats (H.S) 7 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 29 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .545 AVG \u25aa\ufe0f 49-of-50 (98.0%) SB<\/p>\n

How crazy is it to have two high school teammates (Thome and Jaden Fauske) on our first ballot of the voting year \u2026 or any ballot, ever? The White Sox were so hot to dip back into Nazareth\u2019s roster that they dealt promising 2023 first-rounder Jacob Gonzalez to Pittsburgh to acquire the draft pick to snag him; clearly the club was not confident Thome would drop into the second round. Unlike his father, Hall-of-Famer and White Sox adviser Jim, Landon is better regarded for his speed and defense than his ability to put the ball over the fence. Slugging will come in time for junior, however.<\/p>\n

Joey Volchko
Right-handed starting pitcher
Age 21
2026 high level University of Georgia (NCAA)
Age relative to high level +0.1 years
Overall 2026 stats 11-2 \u25aa\ufe0f 18 starts \u25aa\ufe0f 1 CG \u25aa\ufe0f 95 1\/3 IP \u25aa\ufe0f 3.68 ERA \u25aa\ufe0f 119 K \u25aa\ufe0f 46 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 1.343 WHIP \u25aa\ufe0f 2.1 WAR<\/p>\n

This big-armed righty can touch 100 mph with his fastball, but wildness concerns might have precipitated Volchko\u2019s drop to the White Sox in the third round in spite of MLB ranking him as a second round (68th-best) talent. He\u2019s a big-game pitcher who dragged the Bulldogs to their first College World Series win in 18 years with a complete-game effort over the University of Texas. There\u2019s a chance Volchko ends up as a high-leverage bullpen arm, but he will get every chance to stick as a starter.<\/p>\n

Alex Weingartner
Right Fielder
Age 19
2026 high level St. Augustine College Prep (H.S.)
Overall 2026 stats 30 games \u25aa\ufe0f 7 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 36 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .495 AVG \u25aa\ufe0f .817 SLG \u25aa\ufe0f 33 SB \u25aa\ufe0f 21 BB<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, Weingartner may be a doppelganger for the player listed right below; both he and George Wolkow were prep plums selected lower than their skill and scout rankings indicated, and both players scored sweet bonuses from the White Sox to lure them from potential college commitments. Both have rocket arms (Weingartner, in fact, pitched for his St. Augustine Hermits in 2026) as well.<\/p>\n

George Wolkow
Right Fielder
Age 21
2024 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 14
2025 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 13
2026 SSS Prospect Poll ranking 16
2026 high level Winston-Salem (High-A)
Age relative to high level -2.0 years
Overall 2026 stats 123 games \u25aa\ufe0f 22 HR \u25aa\ufe0f 100 RBI \u25aa\ufe0f .239\/.317\/.446 \u25aa\ufe0f 15-of-22 (68.2%) SB \u25aa\ufe0f 50 BB \u25aa\ufe0f 179 K \u25aa\ufe0f .971 FLD%\u25aa\ufe0f 1.6 WAR<\/p>\n

Wolkow sacrificed speed and what batting eye he had for power in 2026, and while that made for some impressive counting stats (22-100 plays on the back of any baseball card) the hole in his swing hasn\u2019t been sewn. If the White Sox brass is having Wolkow bet on his best tool, power, at all others\u2019 expense, he\u2019s slipping into the Colson Category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is the 10th year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[361436,363,99],"class_list":["post-908111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-chicago-white-sox-prospects","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}