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2027 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 87: Riley Eikhoff
Riley Eikhoff
Right-Handed Starting Pitcher
5´10´´
185 pounds
Age: 25
2026 South Side Sox Top 100 ranking 92
2026 High Level Winston-Salem (A+)
Age relative to high level +0.8 years
SSS rank among all right-handed starters in the system 13
Overall 2026 season stats (Low-A/High-A) 4-5 ⚾️ 16 games (14 starts) ⚾️ 83 2/3 IP ⚾️ 3.76 ERA ⚾️ 1.157 WHIP ⚾️ 81 K ⚾️ 17 BB ⚾️ 1.2 WAR
The White Sox selected righthander Riley Eikhoff out of Coastal Carolina in the ninth round of the 2025 MLB Draft. On paper, it looked like they’d landed a sleeper. And his first professional season, in 2026, gave that idea a little more life — even though an injury cut the introduction short.