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2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES

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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (11-10-1) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (10-10-2) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 10-10-2 LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0, 13.50) vs. RHP Miguel González (0-0, 16.88) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #23 | Home #11  Saturday, March 17  Glendale, Arizona Sat. 2/24 at Seattle W, 5-3 5,107 1-1 Sun. 2/25 Cincinnati W, 8-5 2,703 2-1 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Mon. 2/26 Oakland W, 7-6 2,826 3-1  The Chicago White Sox have won three of the last fi ve games at as they Tue. 2/27 at Cubs L, 5-6 10,769 3-2 continue Cactus League play this afternoon vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers in Glendale, Ariz. Wed. 2/28 Texas W, 5-4 2,360 4-2 Thu. 3/1 at Cincinnati L, 7-8 2,271 4-3  RHP Miguel González will make his third CL start today vs. the Dodgers … he allowed fi ve Fri. 3/2 LA Dodgers L, 6-7 7,423 4-4 runs on four hits in just 0.2 IP in his last outing on 3/7 vs. Cincinnati. Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City W, 9-5 5,793 5-4  The White Sox today will wear grean hats to mark St. Patrick's Day … later this season, select Sun. 3/4 San Diego L, 6-7 3,777 5-5 hats will be auctioned off to benefi t Chicago White Sox Charities. Mon. 3/5 at Oakland T, 9-9 4,302 5-5-1  Today's game will be broadcast on whitesox.com with Russ Langer and Rich King on the call Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee W, 6-4 3,954 6-5-1 Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati W, 14-12 3,586 7-5-1 … following today's game, the Sox will broadcast four games on NBC Sports Chicago, two on Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) L, 0-12 3,419 7-6-1 WGN Radio (720-AM) and two on whitesox.com (see schedule at right). at Texas (ss) L, 4-5 3,739 7-7-1  Chicago has 10 games remaining this spring (six at Camelback Ranch), including an exhibition Fri. 3/9 at San Diego L, 0-2 5,331 7-8-1 game on 3/26 against Class AAA Charlotte at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C. Sat. 3/10 at Cubs T, 4-4 15,508 7-8-2 Sun. 3/11 Arizona W, 6-5 7,289 8-8-2 ROSTER MOVES Mon. 3/12 at Seattle W, 4-2 7,287 9-8-2  The White Sox yesterday made the following roster moves: optioned INF Casy Gillaspie to Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee L, 3-11 5,497 9-9-2 Class AAA Charlotte; and reassigned RHP Chris Beck, RHP Dane Dunning, INF , Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels W, 7-2 6,083 10-9-2 INF Patrick Leonard, RHP Conor Walsh and C to minor-league camp. Fri 3/16 Cubs L, 3-6 13,044 10-10-2  With the moves, the White Sox have 38 players remaining in major-league camp: 21 , Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time three catchers, seven infi elders and seven outfi elders. Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. YESTERDAY'S RECAP VS. Sun. 3/18 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/19 at Arizona NBCSCH 1:10 p.m.  The Cubs scored four times in the fourth and twice in the second as they earned a 6-3 win over Tue. 3/20 Texas NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. the White Sox in the Cactus League Crosstown Cup fi nale at Camelback Ranch. Wed. 3/21 San Diego NBCSCH 1:05 p.m.  Reynaldo López suff ered his fi rst CL loss after allowing four runs on eight hits with one walk and Thu. 3/22 at Arizona 6:40 p.m. three strikeouts over 4.1 IP … he surrendered homers to Willson Contreras and Mike Freeman. Fri. 3/23 Seattle WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m.  RHP Dane Dunning allowed two hits over 2.0 scoreless IP, and LHP Robbie Ross Jr. worked Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers whitesox.com 12:05 p.m. Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee WGN NBCSCH 12:05 p.m. 1.0 scoreless IP in relief. Mon. 3/26 at @ NBCSCH+ 5:05 p.m. CT  Avisaíl García, who fell a triple shy of the cycle, hit his fi rst spring homer … connected on his second homer of the spring, and Wellington Castillo was 2-3 with a double. All games are Arizona Time unless noted Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) UPCOMING TRAVELS  Chicago will conclude Cactus League play on 3/25 vs. Milwaukee … following the game, the UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS team will travel to Charlotte for an exhibition game on 3/26 vs. the Knights.  Saturday, March 17 vs. Los Angeles-NL (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m.  The Sox will travel to Kansas City on the night of 3/26 and be off on 3/27 … the club will hold LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu vs. RHP Miguel González a workout on 3/28 at Kauff man Stadium and play the Royals on Opening Day on Thursday, 3/29.  Sunday, March 18 at Oakland (Mesa) - 1:05 p.m. CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS RHP James Shields vs. LHP Jesus Luzardo  ranks among the CL leaders in RBI (1st, 16), hits (T7th, 15), total bases (T7th,  Monday, March 19 at Arizona (Scottsdale) - 1:10 p.m. 29), slugging percentage (7th, .630) and on-base percentage (8th, .404). RHP vs. TBA  Yolmer Sánchez is tied for fourth in triples (2) and tied for fi fth in average (.350).  Tuesday, March 20 vs. Texas (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m.  Yoán Moncada is tied for the CL lead with 12 RS … Leury García is tied for the lead in triples TBA vs. RHP (3) … Jacob May is tied for second with six steals … José Rondón is tied for fourth in triples (2) … is tied for sixth with four HRs … is tied for sixth in doubles (5). SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Spring Records Home Attendance WHITE SOX IN THE COMMUNITY Overall: 10-10-2 Day: 8-10-2 Games: 10  Members of the Chicago White Sox and their wives on Thursday visited the Childern's Center, a Home: 6-4 Night: 2-0 Total: 50,702 non-profi t agency off ering educational/therapeutic programs for special needs children and adults. Road: 4-6-2 vs. AL: 6-2-1 Average: 5,070  Yolmer and Moralis Sánchez, Matt and Julianne Davidson, and Tyler Saladino held a mini- Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 4-8-1 Largest crowd: 13,044 (3/16 vs. Cubs) clinic and shared breakfast with the students. WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) 2018 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON-SALE  1) Eloy Jiménez, OF  6) , C  Individual game tickets to 2018 Sox home games are now on sale … fans can purchase tickets  2) , RHP  7) , 3B at whitesox.com, at the Box Offi ce or by calling 866-SOX-GAME.  3) Alec Hansen, RHP  8) , OF  4) , OF  9) , 1B  Individual games include new giveaways, such as the 1983 Road Replica Jersey giveaway  5) Dane Dunning, RHP  10) , RHP on 6/2, Hawk "Solo" Bobblehead on Star Wars Night, presented by TransUnion, on 5/19 and Hall of Fame Bobblehead, presented by Wintrust, on 8/11 … the 2018 schedule also WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.COM) features fan-favorite theme nights, including Mullet Night and Fireworks presented by Great Clips  1) Eloy Jiménez, OF  6) Dane Dunning, RHP on 6/15, and Country Music Night and Fireworks presented by Coca-Cola on 7/27  2) Michael Kopech, RHP  7) Blake Rutherford, OF  3) Luis Robert, OF  8) Jake Burger, 3B PROSPECT PROWESS  4) Alec Hansen, RHP  9) Zack Collins, C  The White Sox minor-league system is rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best in baseball  5) Dylan Cease, RHP  10) Carson Fulmer, RHP … this marks the fi fth time the Sox minor-league system has been ranked in the BA's Top 5 since 1984 (No. 1 in 2001, No. 4 in 1985-84, No. 5 in 2017), and the ninth time the in the Top 10. TODAY’S STARTING VS. LOS ANGELES-NL TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS  #58 RHP Miguel González — Biography on page 99 of the White Sox media guide. STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS: Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 10 Yoán Moncada (2B) 85 Laz Rivera (INF) 3/2 vs. LAD 0-0 1-1 2.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 26 Avisaíl García (RF) 86 Ryan Brett (INF) 3/7 vs. Cin. 0-0 1-1 0.2 4 5 5 0 2 0 16.88 79 José Abreu (DH) 88 Casey Schroeder (C) CL TOTALS 0-0 2-2 2.2 8 5 5 0 3 0 16.88 24 Matt Davidson (1B) 89 Colton Turner (LHP) 49 (LF) 90 Luis Gonzalez (OF) TODAY'S RELIEF PITCHERS VS. LOS ANGELES-NL 7 (SS) 92 Michael Hickman (C)  #39 LHP — Biography on page 50 of the White Sox media guide. 5 Yolmer Sánchez (3B) 95 Blake Rutherford (OF) 38 Omar Narváez (C) 95 Bryant Flete (INF) Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 15 Adam Engel (CF) 96 Robinson Leyer (RHP) 2/26 vs. Oak. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 58 Miguel González (RHP) 97 (RHP) 3/1 at Cin. 0-0 1-0 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 3 3.86 98 Louis Silverio (OF) 3/4 vs. S.D. 0-0 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 3/7 vs. Cin. 0-0 1-0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 2 6.75 2018 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING ROSTER 3/9 at S.D. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.40 PITCHERS (21): CATCHERS (3): 3/12 at Sea. 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.00 21 Santiago, Héctor (L) + 36 Smith, Kevan 3/15 at LAA 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.14 23 Ross Jr., Robbie (L) + 38 Narváez, Omar CL TOTALS 0-0 7-0 7.0 8 4 4 0 1 12 5.14 25 Gómez, Jeanmar (R) + 53 Castillo, Welington … OFF  #70 LHP Luis Avilán — Biography on page 45 of the White Sox media guide. 27 Giolito, Lucas (R) 86 Collins Zack + Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 33 Shields, James (R) 87 González, Alfredo + 2/26 vs. Oak. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 37 Minaya, Juan (R) 90 Zavala, Seby + 3/4 vs. S.D. 0-0 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 39 Bummer, Aaron (L) INFIELDERS (7): 3/7 vs. Cin. 0-0 1-0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 40 López, Reynaldo (R) 5 Sánchez, Yolmer 3/15 at LAA 0-0 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 41 Cedeño, Xavier (L) + 7 Anderson, Tim CL TOTALS 0-0 4-0 4.1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 43 Farquhar, Danny (R) 10 Moncada, Yoán  #65 RHP Nate Jones — Biography on page 111 of the White Sox media guide. 44 Rondón, Bruce (R) 45 Infante, Gregory (R) 20 Saladino, Tyler … OFF Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 48 Soria, Joakim (R) 24 Davidson, Matt 3/1 at Cin. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 50 Vieira, Thyago (R) 62 Gillaspie, Casey 3/4 vs. S.D. 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 51 Fulmer, Carson (R) + 71 Rondón, José 3/7 vs. Cin. 1-0 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 52 Scahill, Rob (R) + 79 Abreu, José 3/10 at Cubs 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 54 Beck, Chris (R) + 88 Leonard, Patrick + CL TOTALS 1-0 4-0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 55 Rodón, Carlos (L) 89 Skole, Matt +  #66 RHP Chris Volstad — Biography on page 161 of the White Sox media guide. 57 Fry, Jace (L) 91 Burger, Jake + (injured) 93 Elmore, Jake + Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 58 González, Miguel (R) 2/24 at Sea. 0-0 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 60 Danish, Tyler (R) + OUTFIELDERS (7): 2/27 at Cubs 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 61 House, T.J. (L) + 15 Engel, Adam 3/2 vs. LAD 0-0 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 64 Clarkin, Ian (L) 18 García, Willy (released) 3/5 at Oak. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 65 Jones, Nate (R) 22 Tilson, Charlie 3/8 vs. K.C. 0-0 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 66 Volstad, Chris (R) + 26 García, Avisaíl 3/14 at Mil. 0-0 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 67 Ruiz, José (R) 28 García, Leury CL TOTALS 0-0 6-0 9.1 1 0 0 0 1 5 0.00 68 Covey, Dylan (R) + 30 Delmonico, Nicky 70 Avilán, Luis (L)  #52 RHP — Biography on page 144 of the White Sox media guide. 32 May, Jacob + 75 Clark, Brian (L) + Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 49 Cordell, Ryan 76 Ynoa, Michael (R) + 63 Palka, Daniel 2/25 vs. Cin. 1-0 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 78 Kopech, Michael (R) + 73 Basabe, Luis 2/28 vs. Tex. 0-0 1-0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2.25 80 Walsh, Connor (R) + 74 Jiménez, Eloy 3/3 at K.C. 1-0 1-0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.59 81 Guerrero, Jordan (L) + 77 Adolfo, Micker 3/6 vs. Mil. 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.35 82 Hansen, Alec (R) + 92 Robert, Luis + (injured) 3/8 at Tex. 0-0 1-0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 3.52 83 Stephens, Jordan (R) + 3/10 at Cubs 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4.15 84 Dunning, Dane (R) + Bold Italics = optioned, outrighted, CL TOTALS 2-0 6-0 8.2 8 4 4 1 1 9 4.15 85 Cease, Dylan (R) + released or reassigned to MiLB camp

TOMORROW'S STARTING PITCHER AT OAKLAND + = NON-ROSTER INVITEE OFF = off for today's game  #33 RHP James Shields — Biography on page 146 of the White Sox media guide. Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHITE SOX PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 3/8 at Tex. 0-0 1-1 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 3 2.25 Adam Engel (EN-gul) Luis Avilán (AHH-vee-lahn) CL TOTALS 0-0 1-1 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 3 2.35 Avisaíl García (ah-vee-cy-EEL) Luis Basabe (bah-SAH-bay) Carlos Rodón (row-DON) Luis Robert (RAH-bert) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Daniel Palka (PAUL-kuh) Michael Kopech (KOE-peck) Danny Farquhar (FAR-kwar) Michael Ynoa (ee-NO-uh) MARCH  (COH-vee) Micker Adolfo (MY-ker) 9 Optioned LHP to Class AAA Charlotte … reassigned LHP Brian Clark, Eloy Jiménez (eh-LOY he-MEN-ez) Omar Narváez (nar-VIE-ez) RHP , RHP Jordan Stephens, RHP Alec Hansen and LHP T.J. Joakim Soria (wah-keem) Thyago Vieira (tee-AH-go vee-AA-rah) House to minor-league camp … released OF Willy García. Leury García (lay-OH-ree)  (yoe-AHN mon-KAH-duh) 14 Optioned OF Daniel Palka and INF José Rondón, LHP Ian Clarkin and OF Eloy Lucas Giolito (gee-oh-LEE-toe) Yolmer Sánchez (YOL-mare) Jiménez to Class AA Birmingham and OF Micker Adolfo and OF Luis Basabe to Winston-Salem … reassigned RHP Dylan Cease and C Zack Collins to WHITE SOX IMPORTANT DATES minor-league camp.  March 26: Exhibition game at Charlotte Knights (5:05 p.m. CT) 16 Optioned INF to Class AAA Charlotte … reassigned RHP Chris Beck, RHP Dane Dunning, INF Jake Elmore, INF Patrick Leonard, RHP Connor  March 28: Workout Day at Kauff man Stadium Walsh and C Seby Zavala to minor-league camp.  March 29: Opening Day at Kansas City (3:15 p.m. CT)  April 5: Home Opener vs. Detroit (3:10 p.m. CT)