The White Sox acquired Minor League right-handed pitcher Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa from the Texas Rangers on Wednesday in exchange for outfielder Robbie Grossman. The White Sox also have selected the contract of infielder Zach Remillard from Class AAA Charlotte. Hoopii-Tuionetoa, 23, is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (12.1 IP), 0.89 WHIP,

ST. PETERSBURG -- If you’re just tuning in and need a quick summation of the White Sox difficult season, Tuesday night’s 5-1 defeat against the Rays at Tropicana Field should get you up to speed. There was very little traffic on the bases -- five 1-2-3 innings in all --

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After a multi-season hiatus, Crooked Numbers returns with a heaping portion of Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. This edition, covering the start of the season through the end of April, has a disproportionate number of items from the Triple-A level. As for why that is, who knows? Maybe

ST. PETERSBURG -- White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger, in his first Major League start of the season after finalizing his contract on April 4, didn’t last long on Monday night. It was two innings and three batters, to be exact, before he was lifted after a 54-pitch outing in an

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ST. LOUIS -- The fact that Garrett Crochet dominated the Cardinals over six innings during a 5-1 White Sox victory at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon should be of no surprise to anyone who has watched the southpaw during much of his first season as a starter. But the fact

ST. LOUIS -- John Brebbia faced a precarious situation in the 10th inning of a 6-5 White Sox victory over the Cardinals Saturday afternoon, evening and eventually night at Busch Stadium. The bases were loaded with nobody out and rain was starting to come down. But three hours and three

ST. LOUIS -- Bryan Ramos wasn’t worried upon being pulled in the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory for Double-A Birmingham over the Rocket City Trash Pandas on Friday night. But the No. 4 White Sox prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, also didn’t completely expect a move to the Majors.

ST. LOUIS -- The public address announcement of Paul DeJong’s name came in the second inning of a 3-0 White Sox loss to the Cardinals on Friday night at Busch Stadium. DeJong was batting with two outs and Andrew Vaughn on third when the applause started to pick up, eventually

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Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of

CHICAGO -- The way Tommy Pham put it was simple. But perhaps the White Sox didn’t need to complicate how they hoped he could contribute to a lineup that needed a boost. “[To] just be me,” Pham said Friday of the expectations the team outlined for how he could contribute.

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly compendium of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. May's highlights include nonagenarian icons, Mardi Gras sweets, reinterpretations of local disasters and, of course, much more. Let's get to it.

CHICAGO -- There are a number of things manager Pedro Grifol likes about his 2024 White Sox. He likes how they are playing as a whole and he likes the collective energy of the group, as a couple of examples. What he doesn’t like is the dismal 6-24 overall record,

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April is in the books, but there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played this season, and you can follow all the action on MLB.TV for a new reduced price. MLB.TV’s All Teams Yearly package, which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your

CHICAGO -- Garrett Crochet wanted to work more than five innings and throw more than 77 pitches for the White Sox during a 3-2 loss to the Twins on Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. Ultimately, it was the decision of manager Pedro Grifol and pitching coach Ethan Katz to

The role of the reliever continues to evolve in baseball, but there’s still something to be said about closers. They’re the ones who get the entrance music and the light show just for coming out of the bullpen in the biggest of spots. (Think of what Edwin Díaz has done

CHICAGO -- Erick Fedde had never worked into the eighth inning of a Major League start, let alone the ninth, until a 4-2 victory for the White Sox over the Rays on Sunday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. At 100 pitches and with a three-run lead to work with thanks

Whenever a Draft list is updated for the first time since December, there are bound to be a lot of changes up and down the rankings. This year's new Draft Top 150 takes that to an extreme, speaking to the volatility and uncertainty of the class outside of the top

There's a longtime scout who likes to say, "The Draft is hard." The 2014 Draft was very hard. It's just one of three Drafts where the No. 1 overall pick finished his career without reaching the Majors, and the only one where neither of the top two selections made it.

CHICAGO -- White Sox hitting coach Marcus Thames spoke of his desire for a struggling Andrew Benintendi to focus on being a good hitter and to not think about power just a few days ago, when the team was playing at Target Field. Following an 8-7 walk-off victory over the