Noah Schultz Called Up

The Chicago White Sox plan to call up left-hander Noah Schultz for his Major League debut on Tuesday, April 14, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Rate Field. (mlb.com) Schultz is 22, throws left-handed, stands 6-foot-10 and opened 2026 with Triple-A Charlotte, where he posted a 1.29 earned run average with 19 strikeouts, two walks and a 0.43 WHIP in 14 innings. (milb.com) The White Sox drafted Schultz out of Oswego East High School with the 26th overall pick in 2022 and signed him for $2.8 million, ending a 21-year stretch without taking a high school pitcher in the first round. (mlb.com) His arrival gives Chicago another young arm during a rebuild that has pushed much of the club’s attention to the farm system. The promotion also fills a rotation opening after Opening Day starter Shane Smith was sent down this week. (mlbtraderumors.com) Schultz reached Triple-A late in 2025, but that move did not go smoothly. Major League Baseball reported that patellar tendinitis in his right knee bothered him on and off last season, and he had a 9.37 earned run average in five starts for Charlotte before he was shut down after an Aug. 30 outing. (mlb.com) Before that setback, Schultz had built his prospect status quickly. Major League Baseball’s 2026 White Sox rankings list him as the club’s No. 2 prospect, and Baseball America’s preseason system ranking put him at No. 1 in the organization. (mlb.com) (baseballamerica.com) Scouting reports center on a fastball-slider mix, with Major League Baseball grading his slider as a 70 on the 20-to-80 scouting scale. That is the pitch evaluators have long pointed to as his best weapon against upper-level hitters. (mlb.com) Chicago opens a three-game home series against Tampa Bay on Tuesday, and Schultz is now lined up to take the mound in the first game. For a last-place club looking for innings and upside, the next step starts there. (chicagotribune.com)