CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4-2) at CINCINNATI REDS (1-5-1) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 4-2 RHP Reynaldo López (NR) vs. RHP Michael Lorenzen (NR) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #7/Road #4 l Thursday, March 1, 2018 l Goodyear, Ariz. 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 l The Chicago White Sox have won four of their last five games as they continue Cactus League Tue. 2/27 at Cubs L, 5-6 10,769 3-2 play today vs. the Cincinnati Reds at Goodyear Ballpark. Wed. 2/28 Texas W, 5-4 2,360 4-2 l RHP Reynaldo López will make his 2018 Cactus League debut. Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time 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 122-151-22 since moving Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City 1:05 p.m. to Glendale in 2009 and 53-80-10 all-time at Camelback Ranch (51-72-7 as the home team). Sun. 3/4 San Diego whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/5 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. YESTERDAY'S RECAP Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. l The White Sox scored once in the seventh inning and four times in the eighth to erase a 4-0 Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. deficit as they defeated the Texas Rangers, 5-4, at Camelback Ranch – Glendale. at Texas (ss) 1:05 p.m. l Dylan Cease earned the win, throwing 1.1 scoreless IP … starter Lucas Giolito allowed two Fri. 3/9 at San Diego 1:10 p.m. runs (one earned) on two hits over 2.0 IP … Ian Clarkin tossed 1.2 scoreless IP in relief. Sat. 3/10 at Cubs WGN WGN 1:05 p.m. l With the Sox trailing, 4-1, in the eighth with two outs, José Abreu (1-4) connected on a two-run Sun. 3/11 Arizona WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/12 at Seattle WGN 6:40 p.m. home run, and Seby Zavala (2-2) completed the comeback with a go-ahead, two-run single … Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY Avisaíl García (2-3) and Casey Gillaspie (2-3) each recorded multihit efforts. Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels 6:10 p.m. JAKE BURGER UPDATE Fri 3/16 Cubs WGN NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. l INF Jake Burger underwent successful surgery this morning in Chicago to repair a ruptured Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. left Achilles' tendon … the surgery was performed by Dr. Simon Lee … Burger is expected to be Sun. 3/18 at Oakland 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/19 at Arizona NBCSCH 1:10 p.m. at full baseball activities at the begining of 2019 spring training. Tue. 3/20 Texas NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. l Burger was selected by the White Sox with their first pick (11th overall) in the 2017 First-Year Wed. 3/21 San Diego NBCSCH 1:05 p.m. Player Draft out of Missouri State University. Thu. 3/22 at Arizona 6:40 p.m. Fri. 3/23 Seattle WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. AND THEY'RE OFF…. Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers whitesox.com 12:05 p.m. l INF Matt Davidson is hitting .500 (5-10) with one double, two home runs, seven RBI and four Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee WGN NBCSCH 12:05 p.m. Mon. 3/26 at Charlotte Knights@ 5:05 p.m. CT runs scored while only striking once over four spring games … he currently ranks among the Cactus League leaders in slugging percentage (2nd, 1.200), RBI (T2nd), average (T3rd), on-base All games are Arizona Time unless noted percentage (4th, .583) and homers (T4th). Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) l OF Nicky Delmonico is 5-11 (.455) with three doubles, one RBI and one run scored in four CL games … he is tied for second in the CL in doubles. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS l LHP Héctor Santiago has tossed 5.0 scoreless IP with five strikeouts over two spring outings l Thursday, March 1 at Cincinnati (Goodyear) - 1:05 p.m. (one start) … he is tied for the CL lead in IP and is tied for third in strikeouts. RHP Reynaldo López vs. RHP Michael Lorenzen l RHP Jeanmar Gómez has recorded five strikeouts over 2.0 IP in two outings this spring … his l Friday, March 2 vs. Los Angeles-NL (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. five strikeouts are tied for third among CL pitchers. LHP Clayton Kershaw vs. RHP Miguel González #PARKLAND STRONG l Saturday, March 3 at Kansas City (Surprise) - 1:05 p.m. l Chicago White Sox Charities are auctioning off the autographed, Marjory Stoneman Douglas RHP Michael Kopech vs. RHP Ian Kennedy High School Eagles baseball team caps that were worn by the White Sox on 2/23. l Sunday, March 4 vs. San Diego (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. l Proceeds will benefit the Broward Education Foundation, which established the official Stone- TBA vs. RHP Carson Fulmer man Douglas Victims Fund to assist victims and families of the tragic shooting on 2/14. l The caps are available for bid at whitesox.com/auction. SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Spring Records Home Attendance 2018 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON-SALE Overall: 4-2 Day: 4-2 Games: 3 l Individual game tickets to 2018 White Sox home games go on sale to the general public at 10 Home: 3-0 Night: 0-0 Total: 7,889 a.m. CT tomorrow … fans can purchase tickets at whitesox.com, at the Guaranteed Rate Field Road: 1-2 vs. AL: 3-0 Average: 2,630 Box Office or by calling 866-SOX-GAME. Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 1-2 Largest crowd: 2,826 (2/26 vs. Oak.) l Individual games include new giveaways, such as the 1983 Road Replica Jersey giveaway on 6/2 … the 2018 schedule also features fan-favorite theme nights, including Mullet Night and WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) Fireworks presented by Great Clips on 6/15, and Country Music Night and Fireworks presented l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Zack Collins, C by Coca-Cola on 7/27 l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Jake Burger, 3B PROSPECT PROWESS l 3) Alec Hansen, RHP l 8) Blake Rutherford, OF l 4) Luis Robert, OF l 9) Gavin Sheets, 1B l The White Sox minor-league system is rated by Baseball America as the fourth-best in baseball l 5) Dane Dunning, RHP l 10) Dylan Cease, RHP … this marks the fifth 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. WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.com) l The Sox spring training roster features five ofBaseball America’s Top 100 prospects: OF Eloy l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Dane Dunning, RHP Jiménez (No. 4), RHP Michael Kopech (No. 11), RHP Alec Hansen (No. 57), OF Luis Robert l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Blake Rutherford, OF (No. 58) and RHP Dane Dunning (No. 82) … Jiménez (No. 4), Kopech (No. 10), Robert (No.28), l 3) Luis Robert, OF l 8) Jake Burger, 3B Hansen (No. 54), RHP Dylan Cease (No. 71), Dunning (No. 92) and OF Blake Rutherford (No. l 4) Alec Hansen, RHP l 9) Zack Collins, C 99) are ranked in MLB.com’s Top 100. l 5) Dylan Cease, RHP l 10) Carson Fulmer, RHP TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER AT CINCINNATI 2018 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING ROSTER l #40 RHP Reynaldo López — Biography on page 117 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 Charlotte 6-7 22-22 121.0 101 56 51 16 49 131 3.79 54 Beck, Chris (R) + 86 Collins Zack WHITE SOX 3-3 8-8 47.2 49 29 25 7 14 30 4.72 39 Bummer, Aaron (L) 87 González, Alfredo MINOR TOTALS 25-26 83-78 428.2 353 177 159 37 144 434 3.34 85 Cease, Dylan (R) + 38 Narváez, Omar MLB TOTALS 8-6 19-14 91.2 96 56 49 11 36 72 4.81 41 Cedeño, Xavier (L) + 36 Smith, Kevan 75 Clark, Brian (L) + 90 Zavala, Seby ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH AT CINCINNATI 64 Clarkin, Ian (L) INFIELDERS (12): l #82 RHP Alec Hansen — Biography on page 104 of the White Sox media guide. 68 Covey, Dylan (R) + 60 Danish, Tyler (R) + 79 Abreu, José … OFF Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 84 Dunning, Dane (R) + 7 Anderson, Tim 2017 Kannapolis 7-3 13-13 72.2 57 27 20 3 23-0 92 2.48 43 Farquhar, Danny (R) 91 Burger, Jake Winston-Salem 4-5 11-11 58.1 42 24 19 5 25 82 2.93 57 Fry, Jace (L) 24 Davidson, Matt Birmingham 0-0 2-2 10.1 15 5 5 0 3 17 4.35 51 Fulmer, Carson (R) + 93 Elmore, Jake + MINOR TOTALS 13-9 38-38 196.0 138 67 52 11 71 272 2.39 27 Giolito, Lucas (R) 62 Gillaspie, Casey l #84 RHP Dane Dunning — Biography on page 72 of the White Sox media guide. 25 Gómez, Jeanmar (R) + 88 Leonard, Patrick + Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 58 González, Miguel (R) 10 Moncada, Yoán … OFF 71 Rondón, José 2/24 at Sea. 0-0 1-0 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.40 81 Guerrero, Jordan (L) + 20 Saladino, Tyler CL TOTALS 0-0 1-0 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.40 82 Hansen, Alec (R) + 5 Sánchez, Yolmer l #67 RHP José Ruiz — Biography on page 136 of the White Sox media guide. 61 House, T.J. (L) + 45 Infante, Gregory (R) 89 Skole, Matt + Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 65 Jones, Nate (R) OUTFIELDERS (13): 2017 SAN DIEGO 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 78 Kopech, Michael (R) + Lake Elsinore 1-2 44-0 49.2 57 34 33 7 25 45 5.98 77 Adolfo, Micker 40 López, Reynaldo (R) 73 Basabe, Luis MINOR TOTALS 3-2 55-0 62.0 60 34 33 7 30 59 4.79 37 Minaya, Juan (R) MLB TOTALS 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 49 Cordell, Ryan 55 Rodón, Carlos (L) 30 Delmonico, Nicky l #65 RHP Nate Jones — Biography on page 111 of the White Sox media guide. 44 Rondón, Bruce (R) 15 Engel, Adam Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 67 Ruiz, José (R) 26 García, Avisaíl … OFF 2017 WHITE SOX 1-0 11-0 11.2 9 3 3 1 6 15 2.31 21 Santiago, Héctor (L) + 28 García, Leury MLB TOTALS 20-10 238-0 251.0 207 93 87 22 88 276 3.12 52 Scahill, Rob (R) + 18 García, Willy 33 Shields, James (R) l #50 RHP Thyago Vieira — Biography on page 160 of the White Sox media guide. 74 Jiménez, Eloy 48 Soria, Joakim (R) Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 32 May, Jacob + 83 Stephens, Jordan (R) + 63 Palka, Daniel 2/23 at LAD 0-0 1-0 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 27.00 50 Vieira, Thyago (R) 92 Robert, Luis + CL TOTALS 0-0 1-0 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 27.00 66 Volstad, Chris (R) + 22 Tilson, Charlie l #39 LHP Aaron Bummer — Biography on page 50 of the White Sox media guide. 80 Walsh, Connor (R) + Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 76 Ynoa, Michael (R) + Bold Italics = optioned, outrighted, released or reassigned to MiLB camp 2/26 vs. Oak. 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 + = NON-ROSTER INVITEE CL TOTALS 0-0 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 OFF = off for today's game l #75 LHP Brian Clark — Biography on page 59 of the White Sox media guide. Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS 2/23 at LAD 0-0 1-0 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 5.40 STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS: 2/26 vs. Oak. 0-0 1-0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 3 6.75 28 Leury García (CF) 85 Donn Roach (RHP) CL TOTALS 0-0 2-0 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 4 6.75 7 Tim Anderson (SS) 87 Tanner Banks (LHP) 30 Nicky Delmonico (LF) 91 Tito Polo (OF) TOMORROW'S STARTING PITCHER VS. LOS ANGELES-NL 24 Matt Davidson (1B) 92 Nate Nolan (C) l #58 RHP Miguel González — Biography on page 99 of the White Sox media guide. 63 Daniel Palka (RF) 93 Matt Rose (INF) 53 Welington Castillo (C) 94 Jameson Fisher (OF) Year Club(s) W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 5 Yolmer Sánchez (3B) 95 Eddy Álvarez (INF) 2017 WHITE SOX 7-10 22-22 133.2 145 72 64 16 47 85 4.31 71 José Rondón (2B) 97 Trey Michalczewski (INF) TEXAS 1-3 5-5 22.1 22 16 16 6 8 15 6.45 38 Omar Narváez (C) 98 Diego Goris (INF) MLB TOTALS 52-54 152-145 871.1 854 410 382 119 280 612 3.95 40 Reynaldo López (RHP) MANAGER RICK RENTERIA RECENT TRANSACTIONS l Rick Renteria enters his third season with the White Sox and second as the manager … 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 23 Agreed to terms on 2018 contracts with RHPs Carson Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, (also Hall-of-Famer Johnny Evers) to manage both the White Sox and the Cubs … Gregory Infante, Reynaldo López, Juan Minaya, José Ruiz and Thyago Vieira; Evers managed the Sox in 1924 and the Cubs in 1913 and 1921 … was named the LHPs Aaron Bummer, Ian Clarkin and Jace Fry; Cs Omar Narváez and Kevan 53rd manager in Cubs history on 11/7/13 and guided the Cubs to a 73-89 record in Smith; INFs Matt Davidson, Casey Gillaspie, Yoán Moncada, José Rondón and 2014 … spent six seasons on the San Diego Padres coaching staff, serving as bench Tyler Saladino and OFs Micker Adolfo, Luis Alexander Basabe, Ryan Cordell, coach from 2011-13 and first base coach from 2008-10 … also managed Team Mexico Nicky Delmonico, Adam Engel, Willy García, Eloy Jiménez, Daniel Palka and in the 2013 World Baseball Classic … played professionally for 15 seasons (1980-94) Charlie Tilson. … appeared in 184 games over parts of five major-league seasons with Pittsburgh (1986), Seattle (1987-88) and Florida (1993-94), batting .237 (100-422) with four home WHITE SOX IMPORTANT DATES runs and 41 RBI. l 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 WGN Radio and the Chicago White Sox agreed to a multiyear agreement naming l March 29: Opening Day at Kansas City (3:15 p.m. CT) 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.