Look for a big leap forward this summer
First Baseman
6´0´´
193 pounds
Age: 19
2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 75
2023 High Level ACL (Rookie)
Age relative to high level -1.8 years
SSS rank among all first basemen in the system 7
Overall 2024 stats 52 games ⚾️ 4 HR ⚾️ 30 RBI ⚾️ .225/.392/.391 ⚾️ 37 BB ⚾️ 58 K ⚾️ 10-of-14 (71.4%) SB ⚾️ 1.000 FLD%
This is a tough ranking for a player who held his own and remained an on-base machine despite it being his first year Stateside and playing almost two years younger his ACL peers. Simply put, Adrian Gil carries a ton of promise in this bat.
Gil hit the ground running with the White Sox in 2023, dominating DSL pitchers all summer. He led the team in batting average and on-base percentage, slashing .340/.481/.517 over 45 games. His patience was shown not only within his efficient OBP metrics, but he also walked four more times than he struck out in 2023, at a 13% walk rate against an 11% strikeout. He also led the team in doubles (11), was tied for second with 33 RBIs, and blasted five homers in 147 at-bats.
In 2024, Gil had a lot working against him (homesickness, truly challenging competition, position instability, a BABIP hit) but was steady. The big increase in swing-and-miss is a concern, and no one wants to see a batting average drop of more than 100 points, but in the early stages of a career, that’s nothing to fret over. Are we really going to wring our hands over a 19-year-old getting on base almost 40% of the time?
There’s not usually this level of variance from year to the next in the ratings, but the move up from the DSL can create some wonkiness in peer comps. The key takeaway is that Gil ranks above-average in every batting category below:
Gil’s Baseball Cube player ratings
RBIs 85 (-6 from 2023)
Power 72 (+6)
Hitting 69 (-28)
XBH 67 (+18)
Contact 66 (-31)
Runs 61 (+24)
Speed 52 (+10)
Depending on how much the White Sox think young Gil can handle, he could see an April assignment directly to Kannapolis; whether he gets a little more seasoning in Arizona, it seems certain that his batting eye and positional flexibility should result in a George Wolkow-esque move up to Low-A sooner than later.
100. Cole McConnell, CF
99. Drake Logan, LF
98. Marcelo Alcala, RF
97. Lyle Miller-Green, 1B
96. Jared Kelley, RHRP
95. Adrian Gil, 1B
