The White Sox have traded away many prospects over the last couple of years but to date none of them have come back to bite the Sox. Will this change with the prospects traded away in 2009?

It has been a very successful year for White Sox Minor League affiliates with four of the organizations six U.S. based teams reaching the postseason. I do a brief recap of them all here.

In one of Kenny Williams’ lower profile moves from this season he dealt a young 1st base prospect, Brandon Allen, to the Diamondbacks for reliever Tony Pena.

In this edition of JPNese, JPN talks about the season nearing an end and the struggles of John Shelby III.

The Barons have one of the best records in the minors, but have lost a lot of the talent that got them the first half title in the Southern League’s South Division.

Kevin Goldstein, Managing Partner of Baseball Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, and former senior writer for Baseball America, took the time out to speak to FutureSox.com about the Sox minor league system as a whole, as well as specific players currently in the organization.

In the wake of the Brandon Allen trade, there have been some promotions and demotions in the system.

The South Siders acquired reliever Tony Pena from Arizona.

Kannapolis 2B Drew Garcia has been a force for the I’s lately while Charlotte 1B Brandon Allen is hitting his first slump in AAA.

The team with the best record in the minors had 11 players named to the Southern League All-Star game that will take place in Birmingham July 13.