2018 GAME NOTES

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0-1) at (1-0) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 0-1 LHP Héctor Santiago (NR) vs. RHP Mike Leake (NR) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #2/Road #2 l Saturday, February 24, 2018 Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Sat. 2/24 at Seattle 1:10 p.m. l The Chicago White Sox continue Cactus League play this afternoon vs. the Seattle Mariners Sun. 2/25 Cincinnati WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Mon. 2/26 Oakland whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. at the Peoria Sports Complex. Tue. 2/27 at Cubs WGN 1:05 p.m. l LHP Héctor Santiago will make his 2018 Cactus League debut. Wed. 2/28 Texas whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The Sox play 16 games in Glendale (14 as the home team) and 15 on the road this spring, Thu. 3/1 at Cincinnati 1:05 p.m. including one exhibition game vs. Class AAA Charlotte on 3/26 at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C. Fri. 3/2 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l Chicago went 16-17-2 last spring, going 8-8-1 at home… the Sox are 119-150-22 since moving Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City 1:05 p.m. to Glendale in 2009 and 50-80-10 all-time at Camelback Ranch (48-72-7 as the home team). Sun. 3/4 San Diego whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/5 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. YESTERDAY'S RECAP Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The White Sox dropped their spring opener to the , 13-5, at Camelback Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Ranch – Glendale. at Texas (ss) 1:05 p.m. l Tyler Danish suffered the loss and blown save, allowing five runs (two earned) on four hits over Fri. 3/9 at San Diego 1:10 p.m. Sat. 3/10 at Cubs WGN WGN 1:05 p.m. 1.0 IP … starter Dylan Covey allowed one on two hits over 2.0 IP. l Sun. 3/11 Arizona WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. (1-3) connected on his first spring , a three-run shot in the third inning Mon. 3/12 at Seattle WGN 6:40 p.m. … Kevan Smith (1-2) recorded a two-run in the fourth. Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY l Both teams wore the caps of the Majory Stoneman Douglas High School Eagles baseball team Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. during the game to honor the victims and families who were impacted by the tragic shooting at Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels 6:10 p.m. Stoneman Douglas on 2/14. Fri 3/16 Cubs WGN NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. WHITE SOX AGREE TO TERMS WITH 26 PLAYERS Sun. 3/18 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/19 at Arizona NBCSCH 1:10 p.m. l The White Sox have agreed to terms with the following 26 players for the 2018 season: Tue. 3/20 Texas NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. , , , , , Gregory Infante, Reynaldo Wed. 3/21 San Diego NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. López, Juan Minaya, José Ruiz and Thyago Vieira; catchers Omar Narváez and Kevan Smith; Thu. 3/22 at Arizona 6:40 p.m. infielders Matt Davidson, Casey Gillaspie, , José Rondón and Tyler Saladino; and Fri. 3/23 Seattle WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers whitesox.com 12:05 p.m. outfielders Micker Adolfo, Luis Alexander Basabe, Ryan Cordell, Nicky Delmonico, , Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee WGN NBCSCH 12:05 p.m. Willy García, Eloy Jiménez, Daniel Palka and Charlie Tilson. Mon. 3/26 at @ 5:05 p.m. CT l The entire White Sox 40-man roster is now under contract for the 2018 season. All games are Arizona Time unless noted PROSPECT PROWESS Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) l The White Sox minor-league system is rated by as the fourth-best in baseball … this marks the fifth time the Sox minor-league system has been ranked in the BA's Top 5 since UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS 1984 (No. 1 in 2001, No. 4 in 1985-84, No. 5 in 2017), and the ninth time the in the Top 10. l Saturday, February 24 at Seattle (Peoria) - 1:10 p.m. l The Sox spring training roster features five of Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects: OF Eloy LHP Héctor Santiago vs. RHP Mike Leake Jiménez (No. 4), RHP (No. 11), RHP Alec Hansen (No. 57), OF l Sunday, February 25 vs. Cincinnati (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. (No. 58) and RHP Dane Dunning (No. 82) … Jiménez (No. 4), Kopech (No. 10), Robert (No.28), RHP Luis Castillo vs. LHP Jordan Guerrero Hansen (No. 54), RHP (No. 71), Dunning (No. 92) and OF (No. 99) are ranked in MLB.com’s Top 100. l Monday, February 26 vs. Oakland (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. RHP vs. RHP Michael Kopech ROSTER FACTS l Tuesday, February 27 at Cubs (Mesa) - 1:05 p.m. l Chicago enters spring training with the third-youngest 40-man roster in the majors and the RHP Carson Fulmer vs. TBA youngest in the American League … the average age of the Sox 40-man roster is 26.6 years (source: STATS LLC) … the Sox currently have 21 players under the age of 26 on their 40-man SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION roster. Spring Records Home Attendance Overall: 0-1 Day: 0-1 Games: N/A CAMELBACK RANCH - GLENDALE CELEBRATES 10 SEASONS Home: 0-0 Night: 0-0 Total: N/A l Camelback Ranch – Glendale (CR-G), the spring training home of the Chicago White Sox and Road: 0-1 vs. AL: 0-0 Average: N/A Los Angels Dodgers, will celebrate its 10th season in 2018. Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 0-1 Largest crowd: N/A l CR-G yesterday debut a 30' x 50' Daktronics videoboard in right-center field … the new high definition video board will provide fans with a dramatic upgrade to the visual and interactive experi- 2018 SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) ence during spring training games. l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) , C l Two new 100' shade structures along the first base concourse were also added during the off- l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) , 3B season … the structures, designed by facility architect HKS, complement existing design features l 3) Alec Hansen, RHP l 8) Blake Rutherford, OF while providing additional shaded seating options for fans. l 4) Luis Robert, OF l 9) , 1B l The netting behind home plate was extended to the outfield ends of both dugouts, covering an l 5) Dane Dunning, RHP l 10) Dylan Cease, RHP additional 104 feet on each side. 2018 SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.COM) ACE PLAYERS AT THE NEXT LEVEL l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Dane Dunning, RHP l The White Sox Amateur City Elite (ACE) program currently has 60 former players playing col- l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Blake Rutherford, OF lege baseball this season, including the University of Minnesota, Univeristy of Michigan, Purdue l 3) Luis Robert, OF l 8) Jake Burger, 3B University, Duke University and Texas Christian University. l 4) Alec Hansen, RHP l 9) Zack Collins, C l ACE is a program designed to provide resources and hope to more than 100 inner city youth l 5) Dylan Cease, RHP l 10) Carson Fulmer, RHP each year. TODAY’S STARTING AT SEATTLE 2018 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING ROSTER l #21 LHP Héctor Santiago — Biography on page 142 of the White Sox media guide. PITCHERS (36): CATCHERS (6): Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 70 Avilán, Luis (L) 53 Castillo, Welington 2017 MINNESOTA 4-8 15-14 70.1 70 44 44 15 31 51 5.63 54 Beck, Chris (R) + 86 Collins Zack Rochester 1-2 7-7 23.2 21 16 14 4 17 25 5.32 39 Bummer, Aaron (L) 70 González, Alfredo MINOR TOTALS 26-22 166-37 395.1 355 187 163 26 187 412 3.71 85 Cease, Dylan (R) + 38 Narváez, Omar MLB TOTALS 40-46 189-130 785.0 707 382 349 119 347 683 4.00 41 Cedeño, Xavier (L) + 36 Smith, Kevan 75 Clark, Brian (L) + 90 Zavala, Seby ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH AT SEATTLE 64 Clarkin, Ian (L) INFIELDERS (12): l #84 RHP Dane Dunning — Biography on page 72 of the White Sox media guide. 68 Covey, Dylan (R) + 60 Danish, Tyler (R) + 79 Abreu, José Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 84 Dunning, Dane (R) + 7 Anderson, Tim 2017 Kannapolis 2-0 4-4 26.0 13 2 1 0 2 33 0.35 43 Farquhar, Danny (R) 91 Burger, Jake Winston-Salem 6-8 22-22 118.0 114 62 46 15 36 135 3.51 57 Fry, Jace (L) 24 Davidson, Matt MINOR TOTALS 11-10 34-34 179.2 153 72 55 16 45 200 2.76 51 Fulmer, Carson (R) + 93 Elmore, Jake + l #41 LHP Xavier Cedeño— Biography on page 57 of the White Sox media guide. 27 Giolito, Lucas (R) 62 Gillaspie, Casey Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 25 Gómez, Jeanmar (R) + 88 Leonard, Patrick + 10 Moncada, Yoán 2017 TAMPA BAY 1-1 9-0 3.0 7 5 4 3 4 0 12.00 58 González, Miguel (R) 71 Rondón, José MLB TOTALS 8-7 201-0 142.1 145 71 63 15 53 140 3.98 81 Guerrero, Jordan (L) + 20 Saladino, Tyler l #83 RHP Jordan Stephens — Biography on page 157 of the White Sox media guide. 82 Hansen, Alec (R) + 61 House, T.J. (L) + 5 Sánchez, Yolmer Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 45 Infante, Gregory (R) 89 Skole, Matt + 2017 Birmingham 3-7 16-16 91.2 84 38 32 4 35 83 3.14 65 Jones, Nate (R) MINOR TOTALS 10-17 54-44 250.1 222 98 87 16 86 259 3.13 OUTFIELDERS (13): 78 Kopech, Michael (R) + 77 Adolfo, Micker l #66 RHP Chris Volstad — Biography on page 161 of the White Sox media guide. 40 López, Reynaldo (R) 73 Basabe, Luis Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 37 Minaya, Juan (R) 49 Cordell, Ryan 2017 WHITE SOX 1-2 6-2 19.1 16 11 10 4 5 10 4.66 55 Rodón, Carlos (L) 30 Delmonico, Nicky Charlotte 3-10 27-18 118.0 161 82 73 12 23 71 5.57 44 Rondón, Bruce (R) 15 Engel, Adam MINOR TOTALS 67-68 214-199 1204.2 1349 643 553 86 323 747 4.13 67 Ruiz, José (R) 26 García, Avisaíl MLB TOTALS 36-53 137-125 725.0 793 422 396 93 253 452 4.92 21 Santiago, Héctor (L) + 28 García, Leury 52 Scahill, Rob (R) + l #61 LHP T.J. House — Biography on page 105 of the White Sox media guide. 18 García, Willy 33 Shields, James (R) Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 74 Jiménez, Eloy 48 Soria, Joakim (R) 32 May, Jacob + 2017 TORONTO 0-0 2-0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1 4.50 83 Stephens, Jordan (R) + 63 Palka, Daniel Buffalo 9-11 24-24 133.1 149 73 64 11 8 108 4.32 50 Vieira, Thyago (R) 92 Robert, Luis + MINOR TOTALS 52-69 206-183 1005.0 1027 522 445 70 418 779 3.99 66 Volstad, Chris (R) + 22 Tilson, Charlie MLB TOTALS 5-7 29-22 119.2 143 62 59 11 35 90 4.44 80 Walsh, Connor (R) + l #25 RHP Jeanmar Gómez — Biography on page 96 of the White Sox media guide. 76 Ynoa, Michael (R) + Bold Italics = optioned, outrighted, Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA released or reassigned to MiLB camp + = NON-ROSTER INVITEE 2017 AZL Brewers 0-0 1-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Colo. Springs 0-0 7-0 8.1 7 2 2 1 1 7 2.16 TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS Tacoma 1-0 5-0 5.2 3 1 1 1 2 4 1.59 PHILADELPHIA 3-2 18-0 22.1 31 19 18 7 7 21 7.25 STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS: 28 Leury García (SS) 94 Yeyson Yrrizarri MINOR TOTALS 58-45 159-145 830.2 836 421 359 80 264 624 3.89 20 Tyler Saladino (2B) 96 Diego Goris MLB TOTALS 27-28 273-46 515.0 567 277 251 57 168 321 4.39 30 Nicky Delmonico (LF) 97 Brandon Brennan SUNDAY’S STARTING PITCHER VS. CINCINNATI 24 Matt Davidson (3B) 98 Matt Tomshaw 53 Welington Castillo (C) l #81 LHP Jordan Guerrerro — Biography on page 102 of the White Sox media guide. 63 Daniel Palka (RF) Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 62 Casey Gillaspie (1B) 2017 Birmingham 7-12 25-25 146.1 150 71 68 8 43 136 4.18 15 Adam Engel (DH) MINOR TOTALS 33-30 114-89 543.2 529 254 237 37 183 136 3.92 22 Charlie Tilson (CF) 21 Héctor Santiago (LHP) MANAGER RICK RENTERIA l Rick Renteria enters his third season with the White Sox and second as the manager RECENT TRANSACTIONS … the White Sox finished with a 67-95 record in 2017, going 13-9 over the last 22 games FEBRUARY … served as the Sox bench coach during the 2016 season … is one of two managers (also Hall-of-Famer Johnny Evers) to manage both the White Sox and the Cubs … 23 Agreed to terms on 2018 contracts with RHPs Carson Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Gregory Evers managed the Sox in 1924 and the Cubs in 1913 and 1921 … was named the Infante, Reynaldo López, Juan Minaya, José Ruiz and Thyago Vieira; LHPs Aaron 53rd manager in Cubs history on 11/7/13 and guided the Cubs to a 73-89 record in Bummer, Ian Clarkin and Jace Fry; Cs Omar Narváez and Kevan Smith; INFs Matt 2014 … spent six seasons on the coaching staff, serving as bench Davidson, Casey Gillaspie, Yoán Moncada, José Rondón and Tyler Saladino and OFs coach from 2011-13 and first base coach from 2008-10 … also managed Team Mexico Micker Adolfo, Luis Alexander Basabe, Ryan Cordell, Nicky Delmonico, Adam Engel, in the 2013 … played professionally for 15 seasons (1980-94) Willy García, Eloy Jiménez, Daniel Palka and Charlie Tilson. … appeared in 184 games over parts of five major-league seasons with Pittsburgh WHITE SOX IMPORTANT DATES (1986), Seattle (1987-88) and Florida (1993-94), batting .237 (100-422) with four home l runs and 41 RBI. March 25: Exhibition game at Charlotte Knights (5:05 p.m. CT) l March 28: Workout Day at Kauffman Stadium WHITE SOX ON WGN RADIO l March 29: Opening Day at Kansas City (3:15 p.m. CT) l WGN Radio and the Chicago White Sox agreed to a multiyear agreement naming WGN Radio AM 720 as the team's flagship radio station on 2/14 … it marks the second l April 5: Home Opener vs. Detroit (3:10 p.m. CT) time in franchise history White Sox games will be broadcasted on WGN Radio … games were aired on the station from 1927-43. 2018 WHITE SOX MEDIA GUIDE l Former Sox pitcher Ed Farmer (play-by-play) and former outfielder Darrin Jackson l The 2018 Chicago White Sox media guide is availble on whitesoxpressbox.com … (analyst) return for their 10th season as the on-air duo in the radio booth. media may access the site by using the username: media and password: media. l The 2018 guide may also be found on mlbpressbox.com … media may login to the site by using their personal credentials for the site.