Anderson Comás, a Chicago White Sox minor-leaguer, comes out as gay: ‘I wanna be an inspiration’

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox minor-leaguer Anderson Comás came out as gay in an Instagram post Sunday.

“I’m proudly and happily part of the LGBTQ+ community,” Comás wrote. “I’m also a human with a great soul, I’m respectful, I’m a lover, I love my family and friends and that’s what really matters.”

Comás, 23, signed with the Sox in 2016 as an international free agent from the Dominican Republic.

“I enjoy my work a lot,” he wrote. “Being a professional baseball player is the best thing that happened to me so I wanna say something to those people that say that gay people cannot be someone in this life, well look at me I’m gay and I’m a professional athlete so that didn’t stop me to make my dreams come true.

“I’m doing this cause I wanna be an inspiration for those like me out there fighting for their dream, please don’t listen to those stupid things that people say about us, fight for your dreams, believe in yourself and go for it.”

Comás played in the outfield from 2017-19 and in 2021. He appeared in 21 games between the Arizona Complex League Sox and Class A Kannapolis in 2021, hitting .169.

He went 1-0 with a 6.35 ERA in 11 relief appearances for the Arizona Complex League Sox in 2022.

“Anderson first shared his news with us last year,” Sox assistant general manager/player development Chris Getz said in a statement. “And I was very pleased that he was comfortable sharing with us in player development. I also was happy at the reaction across the organization, which as you would expect was to support, help and congratulate a teammate.

“With his social media post today, we all are so proud of Anderson and that he is comfortable sharing such an important personal part of his life so openly.”

Last summer, pitcher Solomon Bates became the second minor-league player to come out as gay, according to MLB.com, following infielder/outfielder David Denson in 2015.