The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms with 20 of their 21 selections from the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, including first-round pick (fifth overall) left-handed pitcher Hagen Smith and eight undrafted free agents.
Smith, 20, is ranked by MLB.com as the №5 prospect in this year’s draft. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Smith went 9–2 with a 2.04 ERA (19 ER/84.0 IP), .144 (41–285) opponents average, 0.89 WHIP and 161 strikeouts over 16 starts with Arkansas this season. He was named National Pitcher of the Year by numerous outlets, including ABCA/Rawlings, the Collegiate Baseball Foundation and Perfect Game, and was a unanimous First Team All-American selection by Baseball America, D1Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
The White Sox agreed to terms with the following undrafted free agents, right-handed pitchers Colton McIntosh (University of Washington) and Gray Thomas (University of Oklahoma), catchers Jorge Corona (Louisiana Tech University) and Grant Magill (Indiana State University) and infielders Bryce Eblin (University of Alabama), Alec Makarewicz (North Carolina State University), Miguel Santos (Dallas Baptist University) and Grant Smith (University of Kentucky).
Following is a list of the White Sox 2024 draft selections and undrafted free agents who have signed:
Round Player Pos. Age Ht. Wt. School (Hometown)
1 Hagen Smith LHP 20 6–3 225 University of Arkansas (Bullard, Texas)
2 Caleb Bonemer SS 18 6–1 195 Okemos High School (Okemos, Mich.)
CB-B Blake Larson LHP 18 6–2 180 IMG Academy (Des Moines, Iowa)
3 Nick McLain OF 21 5–10 190 Arizona State University (Tustin, Calif.)
4 Casey Saucke OF 20 6–3 210 University of Virginia (Rochester, N.Y.)
5 Sam Antonacci INF 21 6–0 195 Coastal Carolina University (Springfield, Ill.)
6 Jackson Appel C 22 6–0 200 Texas A&M University (Houston, Texas)
7 Phil Fox RHP 21 5–9 185 University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
8 Aaron Combs RHP 22 6–3 190 University of Tennessee (Sarasota, Fla.)
9 Jack Young RHP 22 5–10 195 University of Iowa (LeClaire, Iowa)
10 Cole McConnell OF 23 6–1 210 Louisiana Tech University (Beaumont, Texas)
11 Blake Shepardson RHP 21 6–5 220 University of San Francisco (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
12 Nathan Archer OF 21 6–0 175 Bowling Green State University (LaGrange, Ohio)
13 Pierce George RHP 21 6–6 240 University of Alabama (Austin, Texas)
14 Justin Sinibaldi LHP 22 6–5 220 Rutgers University (Bridgewater, N.J.)
15 Mason Moore RHP 22 6–4 215 University of Kentucky (Morehead, Ky.)
16 T.J. McCants OF 23 6–3 200 University of Alabama (Cantonment, Fla.)
17 Lyle Miller-Green OF/RHP 23 6–5 235 Austin Peay State University (Burke, Va.)
18 Liam Paddack LHP 20 6–4 210 Gonzaga University (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)
19 Nick Pinto LHP 24 6–0 185 University of California-Irvine (Colo de Caza, Calif.)
UDFA Jorge Corona C 23 6–2 215 Louisiana Tech University (Miami, Fla.)
UDFA Bryce Eblin INF 22 5–11 185 University of Alabama (Greenwood, Ind.)
UDFA Grant Magill C 23 6–0 195 Indiana State University (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
UDFA Alec Makarewicz INF 23 6–2 235 North Carolina State University (Longwood, Fla.)
UDFA Colton McIntosh RHP 23 6–1 195 University of Washington (Phoenix, Ariz.)
UDFA Miguel Sanots INF 23 5–11 175 Dallas Baptist University (Fort Worth, Texas)
UDFA Grant Smith SS 23 6–0 190 University of Kentucky (Albuquerque, N.M.)
UDFA Gray Thomas RHP 21 6–3 210 University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
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