Trending on the Farm: Grant Umberger dazzles as Dash capture SAL Championship
Photo: Jeff Cohen
The Trending on the Farm series will highlight player trends from the top prospects in the White Sox system as well as any other notable performances across all active affiliates. Last week’s version can be found here.
Top of the Crop (Trending on the Farm)
NOTE: This piece will focus on players that are currently in the minor leagues. Hagen Smith and David Sandlin are omitted in this portion since they’ve been added to the White Sox roster.
| Rank | Player (Position) [Level] | Last Week (9/14 – 9/20) | Trend |
| 1 | Roch Cholowsky (SS) [A+] | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Caleb Bonemer (SS) [AA] | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Billy Carlson (SS) [A] | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Tanner McDougal (RHP) [AAA] | (two appearances) 4 IP, 4 H, R (ER), BB, 3 K | ⬉ |
| 6 | Cole Prosek (2B) [Rookie] | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | Jaden Fauske (OF) [A] | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | Landon Thome (SS) [Rookie] | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | Joey Volchko (RHP) [Rookie] | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | William Bergolla Jr. (SS) [AAA] | 60-day IL | 🩹 |
| 12 | George Wolkow (OF) [A+} | did not play | N/A |
Tanner McDougal – MLB Pipeline White Sox #7
Tanner McDougal made two appearances last week, and was solid in the second, which was a multi-inning outing. McDougal finishes the season with 27 appearances (seven starts), pitching 49.2 innings with a 4.71 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP across two levels, with 31 walks and 53 strikeouts.
Best of the Rest
Trending on the Farm: AAA (Charlotte)
Mario Camilletti
27-year-old Mario Camilletti batted .364/.563/.636 for an 1.199 OPS with six runs scored, a home run, four RBI, and five walks to just one punchout. Camilletti finished the 2026 season with a .263/.383/.387 slash line, a .770 OPS, 66 runs scored, nine home runs, 53 RBI, and seven steals in 12 tries.
Junior Perez
24-year-old Junior Perez slashed .313/.313/.625 for a .938 OPS over four games, scoring a run with two doubles, a home run, four RBI, and stole a base. Since being acquired from the Athletics, Perez batted .227/.322/.448 for the Knights with a .770 OPS, 35 runs scored, eight home runs, 22 RBI, and went 15-for-16 on stolen bases.
Shane Murphy
25-year-old Shane Murphy threw it well in his final outing of the season. Murphy concludes his 2026 season with 27 appearances (23 starts), hurling 146.1 innings with a 4.43 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, 36 walks, and 110 strikeouts.
Shane Smith
26-year-old right-hander Shane Smith made three scoreless appearances for the Knights in their final series, pitching three innings walking two and striking out two.
Aidan Anderson
29-year-old righty Aidan Anderson appeared in one game last week, pitching three shutout innings allowing one hit, three walks, and struck out three.
Tyler Davis
27-year-old right-hander Tyler Davis tossed two scoreless frames in his lone appearance, striking out one.
Pierce George – MLB Pipeline White Sox #19
23-year-old righty Pierce George made his AAA debut, pitching two scoreless innings allowing one hit, two walks, and struck out three. Appearing at all four full season affiliates, George made 51 appearances tossing 65.2 innings with a 3.56 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, 29 walks, and 82 strikeouts. George will have a brief layoff before heading to the AFL in a couple weeks.
Peyton Pallette
25-year-old right-hander Peyton Pallette made appeared in three games, tossing four innings allowing four hits, one run (earned), walked two, and struck out eight.
Tyler Gilbert
32-year-old left-hander Tyler Gilbert pitched three innings in his only appearance, allowing two hits, three runs (one earned), one walk, and struck out two.
Jaden Woods
24-year-old southpaw Jaden Woods made two appearances, tossing three innings allowing one hit, one run (earned), walked two, and struck out four.
Nick Altermatt
26-year-old right-hander Nick Altermatt made appeared in two games, hurling two and two thirds innings allowing two hits, one run (earned), and walked one.
Trending on the Farm: A+ (Winston-Salem)
Nick McLain
23-year-old Nick McLain homered, walked, and stole a base in the championship game.
Derek Cerda
23-year-old Derek Cerda had two hits for the Dash in the clinching game.
Grant Umberger
24-year-old Grant Umberger spun an absolute gem in the clinching game for the Dash, hurling seven and two thirds innings of shutout baseball with 11 punchouts.
Carlton Perkins
23-year-old right-hander Carlton Perkins came on in relief of UMVP and was nails, tossing a perfect inning and a third with three strikeouts.
Previous Trending on the Farm:
Trending on the Farm: Dash one win away from capturing SAL championship
Trending on the Farm: Nick McLain and the Dash clinch playoff berth, Grayson Fitzwater ends Kannapolis’ season on high note
Trending on the Farm: Nick McLain stays hot for the Dash, Caleb Bonemer debuts in centerfield for Barons
Trending on the Farm: Homerpalooza in Chattanooga for the Barons
Trending on the Farm: Caleb Bonemer continues to mash while Kannapolis’ pitching excels
Trending on the Farm: Roch Cholowsky make his debuts with the Dash
Trending on the Farm: Caleb Bonemer and Colby Shelton remain hot for Barons
Trending on the Farm: Caleb Bonemer sizzling in Montgomery, Sebastian Romero excellent again in the DSL
Trending on the Farm: Boston Smith excelling in Birmingham, Billy Carlson returns with a vengeance
Trending on the Farm: Ryan Burrowes paves the way for Dash’s offensive outburst
Trending on the Farm: Boston Smith outstanding in AA debut, Shane Smith & Tanner McDougal begin rehab assignments
Trending on the Farm: Mason Adams’ strong outing, George Wolkow nukes the Burgers
Trending on the Farm: Noah Schultz & Kyle Teel make rehab appearances, Sebastian Romero stays hot
Trending on the Farm: Caleb Bonemer earns promotion to Birmingham
Trending on the Farm: Braden Montgomery and Hagen Smith propel Knights to sweep
Trending on the Farm: Jacob Gonzalez promoted after torching International League
Trending on the Farm: George Wolkow incredible for the Dash, Carlson stays hot in Kanny sweep
Trending on the Farm: Jacob Gonzalez’s breakout season continues, Billy Carlson heats up for Ballers
Trending on the Farm: Javier Mogollon paces Cannon Ballers, Shelton and DePino promoted to Birmingham
Trending on the Farm: Caleb Bonemer and Jacob Gonzalez stay hot, Braden Montgomery promoted to Charlotte
Trending on the Farm: Colby Shelton continues terrorizing the South Atlantic League
Trending on the Farm: Antonacci promoted, Braden Montgomery and Colby Shelton sizzling at the plate
Trending on the Farm: Noah Schultz gets the call, Bonemer carves the Keys
Trending on the Farm: Welcome back baseball
