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• Rangers Notes: Garcia, Latz, Mahle
Adolis García is out of the Rangers’ lineup today in Arizona. He pulled up while beating out a force play in the ninth inning of last night’s contest. He gingerly came around to score on Jake Burger’s RBI triple but was lifted for defensive replacement Alejandro Osuna in the next half-inning. Manager Bruce Bochy revealed this evening…...2025
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• AL Week 22 Strategy-August 23, 2025
In The Field SS Zach Neto left Wednesday's game early after getting hit on the wrist by a pitch. X-rays came back negative, and he was back in the lineup on Thursday. Neto has backed up his breakout 2023 season with an even better year (.267 AVG with 21 HR, 74 R, 55 RBI, and 22 SB). SS Ha-Seong Kim was not in the Rays lineup on Wednesday due to lower back tightness and was placed on the 10-day I...2025
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• Rangers 1B Burger to have tests on sore wrist
Rangers first baseman Jake Burger is headed home to Texas for tests on his sore left wrist and will miss at least two or three games....2025
• 3 Potential Deadline Trades For The Washington Nationals

The Nats lack quality players on the trading block, but they do have a solid quantity of them: here’s how they can make it work The Nationals are set to be sellers again at the trade deadline in less than 2 weeks, the 5th consecutive year they’ve been one. While they have no stars, such as Trea Turner or Juan Soto that they need to trade, or even high impact rentals, such as Jeimer Candelario or J...2025
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• Rangers To Select Rowdy Tellez
The Rangers will select the contract of first baseman/designated hitter Rowdy Tellez to the major league roster to start the second half, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post. He’ll step into the active roster spot of first baseman Jake Burger, who hit the injured list yesterday due to a strained left quadriceps. Texas…...2025
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• Braves News: All-Star break, draft signing tracker, more

Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday We are truly in the “break” part of the All-Star break now, but we continue to track the Braves’ draft pick signings. The Braves are in need of a near miracle to get into the playoffs at this point, over halfway into the season. Meanwhile, the trade deadline is rapidly approaching and the Braves seem likely to...2025
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• Not Yet Abel - July 3, 2025
Mick Abel, SP (PHI) Abel was obliterated on Wednesday. In his worst start as a major leaguer, Abel gave up five runs on five walks and two hits in less than two innings. He threw only 25 strikes out of 53 pitches, although he did strike out three batters. He really struggled with his fastball. Of his 32 fastballs or sinkers, only eight were thrown in the strike zone. It's his second straight subst...2025
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• Maikel’s multiple missiles maul Metroplex men, Royals roll Rangers 6-3

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Garcia fell a double shy of the cycle. Maikel Garcia had a huge night and the pitching righted the ship after a rocky first inning as the Kansas City Royals took down the Texas Rangers 6-3 tonight at Globe Life Field. After Patrick Corbin breezed through the top of the first inning, Kris Bubic needed just two pitches to find himself in trouble. Sam ...2025
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• Rangers series preview: Bobby heads home

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The Royals travel deep in the heart of Texas. The Royals travel deep in the heart of Texas this week to visit the Rangers. For Bobby Witt Jr., it is a homecoming as he plays the team his dad spent 11 years pitching for. The younger Bobby came back to Texas last year for the All-Star Game, putting on a show in the Home Run Derby. But in nine career games at Globe L...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: June 4

On this day 17 years ago, Paul Konerko ended a marathon game against the Royals with a home run. | Set Number: X156365 TK1 R3 F529 Six massive homers — and four to win games 1959 The 1959 season was filled with extra-inning games for the White Sox, including SIX against Baltimore. There were also three true marathon games, of 17, 17, and 18 games — ALL against the Orioles. This was the fir...2025
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• Game Thread: Rangers at White Sox

Miguel Vargas, seen here possibly questioning what led him to play first base this evening. | Ed Zurga/Getty Images Texas is in town for three Happy Friday! The Rangers (25-26) are in town for a three-game series against the White Sox on this holiday weekend. Before we address the interesting lineup, the White Sox had a fun Friday afternoon news dump for us. The good news? Andrew Beninte...2025
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• Is Bo Back? - May 22nd, 2025
Bo Bichette (SS - TOR) - Bichette was 2-6 with 2 R and 2 RBI in the 14-0 shellacking of the Padres on Wednesday. The 27 year old came into the game hitting 271/346/529 during the month of May, and there are a lot of positive signs to be found in what might appear on the surface to be a mediocre performance thus far. He's been noticeably more patient this season, cutting his swing% down by 5% from ...2025
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
In The Field C Alejandro Kirk missed Tuesday's game after getting hit on the head with a backswing on Sunday, but he was in the rest of the week. OF Yordan Alvarez (hand) is still day-to-day with his hand injury. He was able to hit in the cage on Thursday but did not play against the Rangers. He was expected back this weekend but did not return on Saturday. His return is expected soon. OF Byron ...2025
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• AL Week 6 Strategy-May 3, 2025
In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (September 26-October 5): Lance Lynn
Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox October dawns, and the dust of the pennant race has settled. What happens now? Where am I? On the South Side, this week feels a little like waking up during the second act of a Hangover movie: Tony La Russa is missing, empty bottles of Malört litter the clubhouse floor, and Ken Williams has a face tattoo. Rest assured, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed. B...2022
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"He’ll step into the active roster spot of first baseman Jake Burger, who hit the injured list yesterday due to a strained left quadriceps."

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"worked out a one-out walk in the third, stole second, and scored on an Ozzie Albies grounder that was misthrown by third baseman Jake Burger."

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"Infielder Jake Burger was recalled in a corresponding move."

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"Gilded prospects Jake Burger, Blake Rutherford (OK former guilded) and Lenyn Sosa had really awful games But none were worse than the recently-DFAd but no one bit on him off waivers Anderson Severino, who “singlehandedly” lost the game for Charlotte All right, push some blame to the offense as well, 2-for-13 with RISP and leaving 13 runners on base Plus 12 hits, 11 singles"

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"The White Sox are calling up infield prospect Jake Burger for his big league debut today, tweets The Athletic’s James Fegan."

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"The White Sox have added third baseman Jake Burger to their 60-man player pool, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports."

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"White Sox prospect Jake Burger has been diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon that will require surgery, per a club announcement."

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"The White Sox selected Jake Burger with the 11th pick overall in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft."

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• Rangers To Select Rowdy Tellez
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• Today in White Sox History: June 16

On this day 56 years ago, Luis Aparicio collected two hits in a win over the Seattle Pilots ... in Milwaukee, stretching the Sox streak of wins up north to five. | Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images The South Siders can’t stop winning ... up north 1969 By all accounts, during a horrible summer of baseball on the South Side, the White Sox found some relief — north o...2025
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• Five Months Later: Evaluating the Ripple Effects of the Nathaniel Lowe Trade

Nathaniel Lowe slides safely into one during the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. | Eric Hartline-Imagn Images On December 22, 2024, The Washington Nationals and the Texas Rangers made an under-the-radar trade involving two key contributors that have performed well in 2025. In the MLB, it is very rare to see a one-for-one trade especially involving a player under team cont...2025
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• Not Yet Abel - July 3, 2025
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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4 (11 innings): Late rallies fall short

In the clutch: Michael A. Taylor tied the game with a double in the top of the ninth as a pinch-hitter. | Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images The South Siders rallied from one-run deficits in the eighth and ninth innings, but Texas prevailed in the 11th The White Sox (23-48) dropped their fourth consecutive game in a back-and-forth battle against the Rangers (35-36) in Arlington. Rookie Mike V...2025
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• Rangers’ bullpen game handcuffs inept White Sox offense, 3-1

The White Sox are a bad offensive team, but tonight’s approach at the plate was abysmal. | Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images Over-aggressive and incompetent bats lead to 47th loss in 70 games In what should’ve been a competitive outing against the Rangers bullpen, the White Sox could only muster up six hits and one run in a pathetic showing in a 3-1 loss. The White Sox were retired in order to star...2025
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• Struggling Rangers come to town as Nationals look to get back on track

Lone Star Ball The Nationals begin a 3-game series with the 29-34 Texas Rangers tonight, kicking off with a return to DC for Patrick Corbin After a successful road trip, the Nats drop a series at home to the best club in the National League, the Chicago Cubs. The offense, which was on an all-time high just a week ago, has faltered, scoring just 7 runs in their last 4 games, less than they ...2025
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• Rays 5, Rangers 4: Can’t Knock The Hustle

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Mangum and J. Lowe steal bags, Aranda scores from second on a ground ball to first as Tampa Bay wins series vs. Rangers Kumar Rocker gave the Dawg a bone, as Brandon Lowe connected on a solo shot for his 12th of the year to open this evening’s scoring. 1-0 Rays. Brandon Lowe hit a Home Run to dead center that bounces off the batters eye and hits Evan Ca...2025
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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4: Stopping short of a sweep

Austin Slater celebrates a home run in the sixth inning, but it wasn’t enough for the win. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images South Siders give up the lead in the ninth, as they blow the game at home The Chicago White Sox have lost the finale against the Texas Rangers, as they come up short of the sweep yet again, 5-4. This was a tight game all the way through, but Jordan Leasure was unable ...2025
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• Sean Burke pitched a gem while the offense put on a small ball masterclass

Sean Burke kept the Rangers quiet, in a bounce-back performance. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The White Sox win 4-1 in the first game against the Rangers The White Sox struck early and maintained the lead for the rest of the night, as it turns out that even a good Rangers pitcher is no match for the Friday night City Connects power. Yes, the White Sox are 4-0 on Friday nights at home. Sea...2025
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• Rangers series preview: Bobby heads home
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• Today in White Sox History: June 4
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• Is returning home the key to victory for the Braves?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Nobody imagined that the Braves would be coming back home without a single win. The Atlanta Braves are limping back home after embarking on what turned out to be one of the worst road trips in franchise history. They’re heading into this game 0-7 and will likely be desperate to avoid making it an 0-8 start as they get set for their home o...2025
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• White Sox trim roster, announce Spring Breakout players, and shares sell to Justin Ishbia

It seems the wheels have been set in motion for Justin Ishbia to eventually take over the reins of the Chicago White Sox. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Our Thursday roundup looks at Chicago’s roster cuts, rising stars, and ownership moves Welcome to News Dump Thursday! We’ve got several updates for you, including the first roster moves of spring, the announcement of Spring Breakout playe...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 14

Chuck Garfien/Twitter George Wolkow tops our Round 13 ballot. So, who is the 14th-best prospect in the White Sox system? This round, 2023 draft coup George Wolkow was the decided winner, running away with the vote in our usual 200ish ballots by taking 49 of 204 votes (24%): Wolkow moved up one slot from his debut position on the ballot in 2024 (No. 14). He’s the second right f...2024
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• Royals Review holiday mailbag

Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images You give the gift of questions about the Royals! December can be the most wonderful time of the year for baseball fans. Michael Wacha realized there’s no place like home for the holidays, and the Royals acquired Jonathan India as a present without a bow. But since then, baby, it’s cold outside. It has been a silent night for Royals f...2024
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 9

Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Who is the ninth-best prospect in the White Sox system? The trade of Garrett Crochet to Boston, bringing in four top prospects from a system at least as good as ours, is a good enough time as any to signal a transition in the voting and to get rid of the expended Prospect Vote history that topped each of the first seven votes. Given th...2024
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• Big Bear’s brilliant blast bails out Braves in 9-7 bashing of Marlins

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The Braves blew a 5-1 lead, but Marcell Ozuna got a barrel over the wall with the team down to its last strike to turn things around Nietzsche once wrote that the abyss gazes into those that gaze into it, but on Sunday afternoon, Marcell Ozuna gazed into the abyss of what could have been a ridiculous series loss in Miami, and then pretty much said, “Screw that!...2024
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• White Sox Place Eloy Jiménez On IL With Hamstring Strain
The White Sox announced that outfielder Eloy Jiménez has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 4, with a “low-grade” left hamstring strain. Infielder Jake Burger was recalled in a corresponding move. Jiménez is expected to miss about two to three weeks, per James Fegan of The Athletic. More to come....2023
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• Marlins To Acquire Jake Burger
The Marlins and White Sox have agreed to a deal sending infielder Jake Burger from Chicago to Miami in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Jake Eder, reports Craig Mish of SportsGrid and the Miami Herald (Twitter links). It’s a surprise deal given that the White Sox’ focus has generally been on trading short-term assets during…...2023
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• Cubs 10, White Sox 7: What a comeback!
Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs went into this series needing to win a pair to keep in contention and avoid being sellers, and they did it after being down five runs. The Cubs went down two runs in the first inning Wednesday night on the South Side, came back, then were down five going into the fifth inning. Things seemed bleak for the North Siders. But as ...2023
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• White Sox To Promote Jake Burger
The White Sox are calling up infield prospect Jake Burger for his big league debut today, tweets The Athletic’s James Fegan. Scott Merkin of MLB.com suggested last night (via Twitter) that Burger was likely to be with the club in Detroit this weekend, and the White Sox themselves have even tweeted a not-so-subtle indication that…...2021
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• White Sox tab a power bat in Burger at No. 11
The White Sox selected Jake Burger with the 11th pick overall in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He played his college ball at Missouri State....2017
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• White Sox 8, Athletics 7: South Siders salvage a win
Jake Burger celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of today’s game and presumably putting the game out of reach. | Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports And to make it even better, Luis Robert Jr. is an All-Star! The Chicago White Sox grabbed a much-needed win against the Oakland Athletics to avoid a sweep at the hands of the worst team in baseball, 8-7. The game got a littl...2023
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• Meet the New Guy: Jake Eder
Jake Eder has huge upside, more than you’d expect given the cost was only Jake Burger. The White Sox flip Jake Burger at the trade deadline for Marlins top pitching prospect Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the White Sox turned a player from their underperforming offense into a college lefty with promise. MLB's No. 9 LHP prospect Jake Eder (@Marlins) was lights-out for @Blue...2023
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: July 7

A Michael Kopech meltdown on this day, one year ago, dropped the White Sox to an astounding 40 games worse than .500. | Rich Storry/Getty Images The South Siders sink to an unimaginable 40 games worse than .500 1931 In a 12-inning game in St. Louis won by the White Sox over the Browns, 10-8, neither team struck out. It remains the longest game ever played in the majors without a K. Tommy T...2025
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• Not Yet Abel - July 3, 2025
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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4 (11 innings): Late rallies fall short
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• Rangers’ bullpen game handcuffs inept White Sox offense, 3-1
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• Poll: What Will The Rangers Do At The Deadline?
While the 2023 World Series champs missed the playoffs last year, a healthy Jacob deGrom and offseason additions like Joc Pederson and Jake Burger seemed to leave the Rangers in a good place to fight their way back to the top of the AL West this year. That hasn’t worked out very well so far,…...2025
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• Struggling Rangers come to town as Nationals look to get back on track
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• The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1410 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 6

Paul and Justin discuss the shocking demotion of Jake Burger before diving into next week's 2-step starters including a shaky Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara, neither of whom are must-starts these days Source...2025
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins

Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Well, at least Sandy Alcantara’s back, because a lot of this roster looks bad. Ah, the Miami Marlins. Whether they’re serving in their usual position at-or-near the bottom of the NL East or they’re shocking the baseball world with an appearance (or even a deep run) in October, this is a team that’s spent most of its existence with one eye s...2025
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...2024
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 28-August 3): Jesse Scholtens

Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox The late-blooming rookie helps the White Sox limp (crawl?) through the dog days of summer with a pair of solid starts Jesse Scholtens’ South Side debut last April didn’t generate much of a buzz, but his recent pitching starts certainly have. After the trade deadline left the White Sox rotation as hollow as Rick Hahn’s head, Scholtens got his chance to shine ...2023
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• Another embarrassing Bummer
Go home, Bummer. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Stellar White Sox pitching by Cease is punished by nonexistent offense and the mother of all Bummers Happy Monday, White Sox fans, and Happy Wasted Dylan Cease Day. Chances are that you drifted off to dreamland shortly after the seemingly random 8:38 p.m. CST start, in which case I’m here to help you fill in those sleepy gaps. I hope you had ...2023
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• South Side Soxivus 2022: Best Games of the Year
Ouch! Dylan Cease’s one-hitter is among our best games of 2022. | Chase Agnello-Dean/Getty Images No pithy branding for this one, just some good fun in recounting the top contests of 2022 We started this Soxivus season with the Calling of Managers, then moving on to Grievances and Feats of Strength. Last week, we took a look at the Worst Games of 2022. And we still have more Soxivus celeb...2022
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• Charlotte Knights 2022 Season Review
In the midst of Charlotte’s strange pitching season and brief stop-off status between Birmingham and Chicago, Mark Payton was a Knights standout. A team without starting pitchers had to bullpen games by default, and didn’t do well. Surprised? The Triple-A Charlotte Knights, one step from the majors was the home to all the prospects and promotions made to the White Sox throughout this year....2022
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