PHOENIX -- Spring or summer vacation destinations for diehard White Sox fans just might have to include Birmingham, Ala., in 2009, especially if they want a glimpse of the team's not-too-distant, but extremely bright future.

"It's going to be pretty nice to go sit and watch them," said a smiling White Sox general manager Ken Williams of the Barons.

After making their individual presence known during the past six weeks of Spring Training, some of the organization's top prospects will be making their way to the White Sox Double-A affiliate. The infield will include 20-year-old Dayan Viciedo at third base, 22-year-old Gordon Beckham at shortstop and 23-year-old Brandon Allen at first base, with 23-year-old Tyler Flowers behind the plate. Southpaw Aaron Poreda, 22, finds himself at the top of the Barons' rotation.

That alignment breaks down to the club's past two top picks in the First-Year Player Draft, in Beckham (2008) and Poreda (2007), a highly sought-after free agent from Cuba in Viciedo and an important piece in the Javier Vazquez trade in Flowers. Allen, a homegrown prospect as the fifth-round selection in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, emerged in 2008 with 29 home runs between stops at Class A Winston-Salem and Birmingham.

Allen also earned high marks from none other than White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen during the early stages of Spring Training, wrapping up this weekend at Chase Field.

"Ozzie is a funny guy and really takes care of us, gives us a real chance to play," said Allen, who hit .308 with one home run and six RBIs before being optioned to Birmingham on March 18. "He talks to us all like we are players. It was fun to be here in this atmosphere."

Birmingham won't be the only White Sox squad showing off Minor League talent which could soon help the big club. Pitchers such as Lance Broadway and Jack Egbert, who have been with the organization since 2005 and '04, respectively, survived to what amounted as Monday's final cuts before being reassigned to Triple-A Charlotte. Both pitchers were given strong consideration for a big league roster spot out of the bullpen, with Egbert set to continue on in relief with the Knights in 2009.

But White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper was happy with the overall core of young pitchers he watched in Arizona, a subset of one of the most talented group of young talent in the system over the past decade.

"We have better criteria to pick from now," Cooper said. "Broadway and Egbert did very well with the opportunity given, as did [left-handed reliever] Randy Williams. Some other guys we sent down early, a guy like Jhonny Nunez, he's going to play a part in this team's future down the road.

"Aaron Poreda is another name that is part of that future. With the guys we've had and the people we've seen at Spring Training, and another good Draft, we are looking to be in ever better position. I mean, our Major League team, to a large degree, is only as strong as our system."

One more official cut still has to be made to bring the active roster to 25, after Jerry Owens cleared waivers on Wednesday and was outrighted to Charlotte. That remaining move will have Donny Lucy going to Charlotte, where he will share catching duties with Cole Armstrong.

Lucy, a second-round pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, doesn't have the top prospect status as Flowers or any of the other frontline names at Birmingham, for that matter. But Lucy's strong performance during Spring Training, after missing most of last season when he blew out his right knee on a swing, gives Williams a little more confidence and depth at a position that previously didn't have much.

"Had he not been hurt last year and showed the things this Spring Training, Don Lucy might be our backup today," said Williams of Lucy, who lost out on the backup job to Corky Miller. "Very impressive, defensively and his growth offensively."