Meet the Prospects: Spencer Adams

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The White Sox rebuild is in full swing. While it might still be a year or two before the big league team is expected to start competing for championships, the minor leagues are stocked with highly touted talent fans will be eagerly following in 2018. With that in mind, it's time to Meet the Prospects and get to know the future of the South Side.

Spencer Adams

Adams, the 21-year-old right-handed hurler, has been around since well before the rebuild officially began last winter.

A Georgia native drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft, Adams has already spent four professional seasons in the White Sox organization. He burst onto the scene in 2014 with 59 strikeouts in 41.2 innings of rookie ball. In 2015, he posted a 2.99 ERA in 24 starts between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem. His ERA jumped to 3.98 in 27 starts between Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham in 2016. Last year, Adams spent the whole season at Birmingham, making 26 starts, posting a 4.42 ERA and striking out 113 batters in 152.2 innings of work.

As of their most recent rankings, MLB Pipeline had Adams rated as the No. 13 prospect in the White Sox organization.

Get to know Adams in the video above.

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