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10 in 100: The White Sox prospects ranked among the best 100 in baseball

Position: Second baseman Age: 22 How acquired: Chris Sale trade with Red Sox in December 2016 Current level: Being called up from Triple-A Charlotte to White Sox on Wednesday Stats: .282 batting average, nine doubles, 12 homers, 36 RBIs, 49 walks, 102 strikeouts, 17 stolen bases and a .377 on-base percentage over 80 games with Charlotte. 1-for-6 with a triple, a walk, four RBIs and no strikeouts in two games with the Sox. ETA: Wednesday

Position: Second baseman

Age: 22

How acquired: Chris Sale trade with Red Sox in December 2016

Current level: Being called up from Triple-A Charlotte to White Sox on Wednesday

Stats: .282 batting average, nine doubles, 12 homers, 36 RBIs, 49 walks, 102 strikeouts, 17 stolen bases and a .377 on-base percentage over 80 games with Charlotte. 1-for-6 with a triple, a walk, four RBIs and no strikeouts in two games with the Sox.

ETA: Wednesday

  (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

By Colleen Kane
Chicago Tribune
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The White Sox now have 10 players on MLB.com’s Top 100 prospects list.

No. 8 Eloy Jimenez

Position: Outfielder

Age: 20

How acquired: Jose Quintana trade with Cubs on July 13, 2017

Current level: Class-A Winston-Salem

Stats: .285 batting average, nine doubles, nine homers, 39 RBIs, 22 walks, 39 strikeouts and a .366 on-base percentage over 49 games with two Class-A teams.

ETA: 2019

  (Ross D. Franklin / AP)

No. 11 Michael Kopech

Position: Right-handed starting pitcher

Age: 21

How acquired: Chris Sale trade with Red Sox in December 2016

Current level: Double-A Birmingham

Stats: 6-6, 3.51 ERA, 55 walks, 114 strikeouts, 1.29 WHIP, 92 1/3 innings pitched over 18 starts with Birmingham.

ETA: 2018

  (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

No. 23 Luis Robert

Position: Outfielder

Age: 19

How acquired: Signed as international amateur free agent out of Cuba for $26 million bonus in May 2017

Current level: Dominican Summer League

Stats: .250 batting average, four doubles, a homer, four RBIs, 17 walks, 15 strikeouts, eight stolen bases in 18 games in the DSL.

ETA: 2020

  (Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)

No. 28 Lucas Giolito

Position: Right-handed starting pitcher

Age: 23

How acquired: Adam Eaton trade with Nationals in December 2016

Current level: Triple-A Charlotte

Stats: 3-9, 5.38 ERA, 48 walks, 106 strikeouts, 1.49 WHIP, 97 innings pitched over 19 starts with Charlotte.

ETA: 2017

  (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

No. 30 Blake Rutherford

Position: Outfielder

Age: 20

How acquired: Todd Frazier/David Robertson/Tommy Kahnle deal with Yankees on July 18, 2017

Current level: Class A

Stats: .283 batting average, 21 doubles, 32 RBIs, 25 walks, 56 strikeouts, nine stolen bases, .342 on-base percentage over 73 games with two Class-A teams.

ETA: 2019

  (Lenny Ignelzi / AP)

No. 36 Reynaldo Lopez

Position: Right-handed starting pitcher

Age: 23

How acquired: Adam Eaton trade with Nationals in December 2016

Current level: Triple-A Charlotte

Stats: 6-5, 3.65 ERA, 40 walks, 107 strikeouts, 1.23 WHIP, 106 innings over 19 starts with Charlotte.

ETA: 2017

  (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

No. 59 Carson Fulmer

Position: Right-handed starting pitcher

Age: 23

How acquired: First-round pick in 2015 draft

Current level: Triple-A Charlotte

Stats: 6-6, 5.42 ERA, 48 walks, 66 strikeouts, 1.52 WHIP, 94 2/3 inning in 19 starts with Charlotte.

ETA: Played with the White Sox in 2016. Could be back in 2018.

  (Nell Redmond / Special to the Chicago Tribune)

No. 63 Dylan Cease

Position: Right-handed starting pitcher

Age: 21

How acquired: Jose Quintana trade with Cubs on July 13, 2017

Current level: Class-A Kannapolis

Stats: 1-3, 2.86 ERA, 27 walks, 78 strikeouts, 1.24 WHIP over 56 2/3 innings in 14 starts with two Class-A teams.

ETA: 2020

  (John Mersits / AP)

No. 68 Zack Collins

Position: Catcher

Age: 22

How acquired: First-round pick in 2016 draft

Current level: Class-A Winston-Salem

Stats: .218 batting average, 14 doubles, 14 homers, 40 RBIs, 64 walks, 98 strikeouts, .364 on-base percentage over 83 games with Winston-Salem.

ETA: 2019

  (Ross D. Franklin / AP)

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Colleen Kane

Colleen Kane is a Bears reporter for the Chicago Tribune. She has worked at the Tribune since 2007, starting in high school sports before moving to the White Sox and then the Bears. Before the Tribune, Kane was a sports reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer following her graduation from the University of Illinois.

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