Resurgent Chicago White Sox Add Power Bat Of Prospect Jacob Gonzalez

BusinessSportsMoneyResurgent Chicago White Sox Add Power Bat Of Prospect Jacob GonzalezByChuck Murr,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chuck analyzes and writes about baseball, soccer & other sports.Follow AuthorMay 30, 2026, 01:20pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.CHICAGO: Former Ole Miss Rebels shortstop and first-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in the 2023 MLB Draft Jacob Gonzalez throws a ceremonial first pitch before a game against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sept. 16, 2023. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)Getty ImagesJacob Gonzalez’s emergence as a power hitter at Triple-A Charlotte has put him in the middle of the remarkable resurgence of the Chicago White Sox.The bad news is he will not be joining slugger Munetaka Murakami in the lineup. The American League’s home run leader with 20 will be sidelined with a hamstring injury for “several weeks”, according to manager Will Venable.That puts a damper on a season that has seen the White Sox get off to a 30-27 record. Sounds slightly better than ordinary until you realize the ballclub lost 323 games the past three years, going 61-101, an all-time worst 41-121 and 60-102.Paul Janish began to see some light at the end of the tunnel last year when Chicago went 9-2 from August 31 to September 11. “It obviously looks very different today than it did at the beginning of the season,” the team’s director of player development told Vinnie Duber of the Chicago Sun-Times a few days later. “You talk about some of those young guys . . . potentially a core position group starting to form, hopefully.”Janish has always been in Gonzalez’s corner. In so24, he told Scott Merkin of MLB.com: “His hit tool is going to be something that will be real. He has a good eye, he sees the baseball, diagnoses pitches early. He’s been good at baseball up to this point, so we are g...