2027 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 93: Jackson Appel

Jackson Appel

Catcher

5´11´´

200 pounds

Age: 25

2025 South Side Sox Top 100 Ranking 60

2026 South Side Sox Top 100 Ranking 77

2026 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)

Age relative to high level +2.0 years

SSS rank among all catchers in the system 9

Overall 2025 MiLB stats (ACL/High-A) 21 games ⚾️ 2 HR ⚾️ 7 RBI ⚾️ .197/.363/.311 ⚾️ 1-of-1 (100%) SB ⚾️ 13 BB ⚾️ 13 K ⚾️ 4-of-22 (18.2%) CS ⚾️ .995 FLD% ⚾️ 0.3 WAR

The Sox drafted Jackson Appel in Round 6 (No. 169) in 2024. The catcher played four years at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the prestigious Wharton School of Business. He then took an extra year of COVID-19 eligibility and served as the starting backstop for the 2024 College…