White Sox Invite Noah Schultz to 2025 Spring Training

Peru, Ill. - 2022 Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp left-handed pitcher Noah Schultz continues his rapid rise up the professional ranks with an invite from the Chicago White Sox to big-league camp during 2025 Spring Training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona.

Schultz, who was drafted 26th overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2022 MLB Draft, ranks as the #16 Prospect in all of baseball, the #1 Left-Handed Pitching Prospect, and the #1 Prospect in the Chicago White Sox Farm System according to MLB Pipeline.

In 115.1 innings and 33 minor league games, Schultz has a 2.03 earned run average with 153 strikeouts pitching for the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, the White Sox Low-A affiliate, the Winston-Salem Dash, the White Sox High-A affiliate, and the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox Double-A affiliate across two professional seasons.

Shultz, originally from Naperville, Illinois, spent the 2022 summer with the Pistol Shrimp appearing in 6 games and recording a 0.93 ERA in 19.1 innings with 37 strikeouts and a 0.78 WHIP.

About Pistol Shrimp Baseball: The 2024 Prosepct League Champion Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp are an amateur wood-bat summer league baseball team, made up of top college players from around the country who aspire to a career in professional baseball! Established in 2019, the Pistol Shrimp are part of the Prospect League, an 18-team league that spans across the midwest from Iowa to Tennessee to Pennsylvania. The Pistol Shrimp play their home games at Schwieckert Stadium in Peru, Illinois from late May to early August each year, and pride themselves on providing fun, affordable, family-friendly entertainment to the communities of Peru and the towns throughout the entire Illinois Valley region!

ABOUT THE PROSPECT LEAGUE
The Prospect League is a premier Midwestern wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league with 18 teams across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. The League provides college players with a professional setting with excellent competition and high-quality facilities while delivering exciting baseball action and affordable all-ages entertainment to its communities. More than 1.2 million fans attended Prospect League games over the past two seasons and in both 2023 and 2024, the League achieved new attendance records and led all collegiate summer baseball in growth.

Known as the Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1963-2008, the Prospect League has more than 60 years of proud tradition as one of the original and most recognizable summer leagues. The League's rich history includes Hall of Famers, NCAA and World Series Champions, over 200 alumni in Major League Baseball, and more than 800 professional players. For more information visit prospectleague.com and follow on social media @prospectleague.

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