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2017 GAME NOTES

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1-1) at (1-1) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 1-1 RHP (NR) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (NR) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Sat. 2/25 at LA Dodgers L, 3-5 8,474 0-1  Game #3/Road #2 Monday, February 27, 2016 Sun. 2/26 Colorado W, 7-3 2,740 1-1 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time  The Chicago White Sox continue Cactus Leage play this afternoon as they square off against Mon. 2/27 at Cubs WLS 1:05 p.m. the crosstown rival and defending World Series champion Cubs at Solan Park in Mesa … the Tue. 2/28 Seattle (ss) whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. at Cincinnati (ss) 1:05 p.m. game will be available in Chicago on WLS-AM 890. Wed. 3/1 Arizona whitesox.com 1:05 p.m.  RHP Lucas Giolito, the Sox No. 2 prospect (per America), makes his CL debut today. Thu. 3/2 at San Francisco 1:05 p.m.  The White Sox went 2-2 vs. the Cubs in 2016 and are 8-6 over the last three seasons. Fri. 3/3 at 6:40 p.m.  The White Sox play 20 games in Glendale (17 as the home team) and 15 on the road this Sat. 3/4 LA Angels WLS whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. spring, including two exhibition games vs. Milwaukee from 3/31-4/1 at Miller Park. Sun. 3/5 at Arizona WLS 1:10 p.m. Mon. 3/6 San Diego whitesox.com 1:05 p.m.  Chicago went 17-13-1 last spring, its first winning record since 2004 (15-13-1) … the White Tue. 3/7 OFF DAY Sox are 103-133-20 since moving to Glendale in 2009 and 48-71-9 all-time at Camelback Ranch Wed. 3/8 Milwaukee whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. (40-64-6 as the home team). Thu. 3/9 Arizona WLS whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Fri. 3/10 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. YESTERDAY'S RECAP Sat. 3/11 at Texas WLS 1:05 p.m.  The White Sox snapped a 1-1 tie by scoring twice in the fifth inning, and added three runs in Sun. 3/12 Texas (ss) WGN 12:05 p.m. the seventh and one in the eighth to defeat Colorado, 7-3, in their spring home opener. at LA Dodgers (ss) WLS 7:05 p.m. Mon. 3/13 Cleveland whitesox.com 1:05 p.m.  José Quintana allowed one run on one hit and a solo , while striking out two over 2.0 Tue. 3/14 at Seattle CSN 1:10 p.m. IP … David Robertson tossed 1.0 scoreless IP … Miguel González (2.0 IP), Nate Jones (1.0), Wed. 3/15 Kansas City whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Cory Luebke (1.0) and (1.0) all made scoreless appearances. Thu. 3/16 OFF DAY  Eddy Alvarez was 1-1 with a double and three RBI and Tyler Saladino was 2-3 with a run scored. Fri 3/17 Cubs WLS CSN 12:05 p.m. Sat. 3/18 LA Dodgers WLS whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. PROSPECT PROWESS Sun. 3/19 at LA Angels WLS 1:10 p.m.  Mon. 3/20 San Francisco CSN 1:05 p.m. The White Sox minor-league system is rated by as the fifth-best in baseball Tue. 3/21 at Texas 6:05 p.m. … this marks the fouth time the Sox minor-league system has been ranked in Baseball America's Wed. 3/22 Oakland whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. Top 5 since 1984 (No. 1 in 2001; No. 4 1984-85), and the eighth time in the Top 10. Thu. 3/23 Cincinnati WLS CSN 1:05 p.m.  The Sox spring training roster features five ofBaseball America’s Top 100 prospects: INF Yoan Fri. 3/24 at Oakland CSN 1:05 p.m. Moncada (No. 2), RHP Lucas Giolito (No. 25), RHP Reynaldo López (No. 31), RHP Sat. 3/25 at Cleveland WLS 1:05 p.m. (No. 32) and C (No. 56) … Moncada (No. 2), Giolito (No. 11), Kopech (No.16), Lopez Sun. 3/26 San Francisco CSN+ 1:05 p.m. Mon. 3/27 at LA Dodgers CSN 1:05 p.m. (No. 46), RHP (No. 71) and Collins (No. 81) are ranked in MLB.com’s Top 100. Tues. 3/28 at Kansas City 1:05 p.m.  Moncada was named Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year in 2016. Wed. 3/29 San Diego WLS CSN 12:05 p.m. Thu. 3/30 OFF DAY WHITE SOX AGREE TO TERMS WITH 25 PLAYERS Fri. 3/31 at Milwaukee@ WLS 7:10 p.m. (CT)  The White Sox on Friday agreed to terms with the following 25 players for the 2017 season: Sat. 4/1 at Milwaukee@ CSN 1:10 p.m. (CT) Chris Beck, Dylan Covey, , Carson Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Brad Goldberg, All games are Arizona Time unless noted Tommy Kahnle, Reynaldo López, Juan Minaya, Carlos Rodon, Giovanni Soto and Michael Ynoa; Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – Miller Park (Milwaukee, Wis.) Alfredo González and Omar Narváez; infielders , Matt Davidson, Leury García, , Tyler Saladino and Yolmer Sánchez; and outfielders , Willy UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS García, Rymer Liriano, Jacob May and Charlie Tilson.  Monday, February 27 at Cubs (Mesa) - 1:05 p.m.  The entire White Sox 40-man roster is now under contract for the 2017 season. RHP Lucas Giolito vs. LHP Brett Anderson ROSTER FACTS  Tuesday, February 28 vs. Seattle (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m.  Chicago enters spring training with the sixth-youngest 40-man roster in MLB and the second- RHP Felix Hernandez vs. RHP Michael Kopech youngest in the American League … the average age of the 40-man roster is 27 years/21 days  Tuesday, February 28 at Cincinnati (Goodyear) - 1:05 p.m. (source: STATS) … the Sox currently have 21 players under the age of 26 on the 40-man roster. LHP vs. RHP Reynaldo López  (third base ) and Curt Hasler (bullpen coach) enter their first season as  Wednesday, March 1 vs. Arizona (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. members of the White Sox coaching staff after serving on the club's player development staff. LHP Robbie Ray vs. RHP

NO. 56 HEADS FOR HISTORY SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION  The White Sox will honor former left-handed by retiring his No. 56 jersey Spring Records Home Attendance during a special tribute before first pitch on Saturday, June 24 vs. Oakland (1.10 p.m. CT) … the Overall: 1-1 Day: 1-1 Games: 1 first 20,000 fans who attend the game will receive a commemorative No. 56 pin. Home: 1-0 Night: 0-0 Total: 2,740  Buehrle, who was drafted by the Sox in 1998, spent 13 of his 17 career seasons in Chicago, Road: 0-1 vs. AL: 0-0 Average: 2,740 going 161-119 with a 3.83 ERA (1,053 ER/2,476.2 IP), 27 complete games and 1,396 Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 1-1 Largest crowd: 2/26 vs. Col. (2,740) over 390 games (365 starts) … he currently ranks fourth in club history in strikeouts and starts.  The four-time American League All-Star earned three Gold Gloves during his time with the White 2017 SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) Sox … he was part of the 2005 World Series Champion team and recorded the 16th no-hitter in 1) Yoan Moncada, INF 6) Zack Burdi, RHP team history on 4/18/07 vs. Texas, and the club's second on 7/23/09 vs. Tampa Bay. 2) Lucas Giolito, RHP 7) Carson Fulmer, RHP WHITE SOX AND THE WORLD 3) Reynaldo López, RHP 8) , OF  The White Sox will be represented on seven teams during the 2017 … 4) Zack Collins, C 9) Spencer Adams, RHP the tournament runs from 3/6-22 across six global sites. 5) Michael Kopech, RHP 10) Alec Hansen, RHP  A breakdown of the Sox players participating and their country: Nate Jones (USA), David Rob- ertson (USA), Jose Quintana (Colombia), Miguel Gonzalez (Mexico), Jaider Rocha (Colombia), (Israel), Giovanni Soto (Puerto Rico) and Gregory Infante (Venezuela). TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER AT LOS ANGELES-NL 2017 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING ROSTER  #27 RHP Lucas Giolito — Biography on page 83 of the White Sox media guide. PITCHERS (32): CATCHERS (6): Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 77 Adams, Spencer (R) + 86 Collins, Zack + 2016 Hagerstown 0-0 1-1 7.0 6 4 4 2 0 4 5.14 81 Bummer, Aaron (L) + 38 Narváez, Omar Harrisburg 5-3 14-14 71.0 67 37 25 2 34 72 3.17 54 Beck, Chris (R) 85 Peña, Roberto + Syracuse 1-2 7-7 37.1 31 11 9 3 10 40 2.17 76 Burdi, Zack (R) + 36 Smith, Kevan + WASHINGTON 0-1 6-4 21.1 26 18 16 7 12 11 6.75 75 Clark, Brian (L) + 18 Soto, Geovanny + MINOR TOTALS 25-15 75-73 369.0 317 135 112 18 123 397 2.73 68 Covey, Dylan (R) 70 González, Alfredo MLB TOTALS 0-1 6-4 21.1 26 18 16 7 12 11 6.75 60 Danish, Tyler (R) 80 Fry, Jace (L) + INFIELDERS (13): ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH AT LOS ANGELES-NL 51 Fulmer, Carson (R) 79 Abreu, José  #34 RHP Anthony Swarzak — Biography on page 162 of the White Sox media guide. 27 Giolito, Lucas (R) 7 Anderson, Tim 25 Asche, Cody + Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 67 Goldberg, Brad (R) 58 González, Miguel (R) 39 Cabrera, Everth + 2016 Scranton/W-B 1-4 15-6 46.2 47 20 20 4 8 43 3.86 24 Davidson, Matt NEW YORK-AL 1-2 26-0 31.0 28 19 19 10 7 31 5.52 45 Holland, Derek (L) 74 Holmberg, David (L) + 82 Delmonico, Nicky + MINOR TOTALS 53-54 173-155 868.0 899 428 382 66 263 712 3.96 21 Frazier, Todd MAJOR TOTALS 17-26 217-32 484.0 528 262 243 59 138 311 4.52 43 Jennings, Dan (L) 65 Jones, Nate (R) 28 García, Leury  #37 RHP Juan Minaya — Biography on page 116 of the White Sox media guide. 48 Kahnle, Tommy (R) 84 Hayes, Danny + 15 Lawrie, Brett Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 78 Kopech, Michael (R) + 10 Moncada, Yoan 2016 Fresno 1-3 17-0 25.1 25 15 11 1 10 19 3.91 40 López, Reynaldo (R) 20 Saladino, Tyler Charlotte 4-3 17-0 26.2 23 11 10 2 10 28 3.38 41 Luebke, Cory (L) + 5 Sánchez, Yolmer WHITE SOX 1-0 11-0 10.1 10 6 5 0 5 6 4.35 37 Minaya, Juan (R) MINOR TOTALS 21-37 211-55 508.2 491 302 263 31 255 460 4.65 52 Petricka, Jake (R) OUTFIELDERS (9): MAJOR TOTALS 1-0 11-0 10.1 10 6 5 0 5 6 4.35 71 Purke, Matt (L) + 44 Bourjos, Peter + 57 Putnam, Zach (R) 53 Cabrera, Melky  #43 LHP Dan Jennings — Biography is on pa]ge 98 of the White Sox media guide. 62 Quintana, José (L) 63 Engel, Adam Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 30 Robertson, David (R) 26 García, Avisaíl 2016 WHITE SOX 4-3 64-0 60.2 57 18 14 1 28 46 2.08 55 Rodon, Carlos (L) 61 García, Willy MAJOR TOTALS 9-12 233-0 217.0 214 79 66 10 96 176 2.74 33 Shields, James (R) 83 Hawkins, Courtney + 73 Smith, Blake (R) +  #48 Tommy Kahnle — Biography on page 104 of the White Sox media guide. 32 Liriano, Rymer 50 Soto, Giovanni (L) 64 May, Jacob Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 34 Swarzak, Anthony(R) + 22 Tilson, Charlie 2016 Charlotte 1-1 23-0 27.0 17 9 9 0 12 36 3.00 66 Ynoa, Michael (R) WHITE SOX 0-1 29-0 27.1 21 8 8 2 20 25 2.63 Bold Italics = optioned, outrighted, MINOR TOTALS 8-13 172-0 268.0 178 110 96 11 147 349 3.22 + = NON-ROSTER INVITEE released or reassigned to MiLB camp MAJOR TOTALS 2-3 119-0 129.1 103 69 58 12 79 127 4.04 TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS TUESDAY'S STARTING PITCHER VS. SEATTLE STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS:  #78 RHP Michael Kopech — Biography on page 106 of White Sox media guide. 7 Tim Anderson (SS) 87 Eddie Alvarez (INF) Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 53 Melky Cabrera (LF) 89 Jake Peter (INF) 2016 Lowell 0-0 1-1 4.1 4 0 0 0 4 4 0.00 79 Jose Abreu (1B) 90 Colton Turner (LHP) Salem 4-1 11-11 52.0 25 15 13 1 29 82 2.25 24 Matt Davidson (DH) 92 El'Hajj Muhammad (RHP) MINOR TOTALS 8-7 35-35 135.0 93 47 39 3 69 172 2.60 26 Avisaíl García (RF) 20 Tyler Saladino (3B) TUESDAY'S STARTING PITCHER AT CINCINNATI 10 Yoan Moncada (2B)  #40 RHP Reynaldo López — Biography on page 112 of the White Sox media guide. 36 Kevan Smith (C) Year Club W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 63 Adam Engel (CF) 2016 Harrisburg 3-5 14-14 76.1 69 35 27 7 25 100 3.18 27 Lucas Giolito (RHP) Syracuse 2-2 5-5 33.0 21 12 12 6 10 26 3.27 WASHINGTON 5-3 11-6 44.0 47 27 24 4 22 42 4.91 RECENT TRANSACTIONS MINOR TOTALS 24-22 72-62 351.2 299 148 132 25 117 345 3.38 FEBRUARY MAJOR TOTALS 5-3 11-6 44.0 47 27 24 4 22 42 4.91 24 Agreed to terms on 2017 contracts with RHPs Chris Beck, Dylan Covey, Tyler Dan- ish, Carson Fulmer, Lucas Giolito, Brad Goldberg, Tommy Kahnle, Reynaldo MANAGER RICK RENTERIA López, Juan Minaya and Michael Ynoa; LHPs Carlos Rodon and Giovanni Soto;  Rick Renteria enters his second season with the White Sox and first as the manager Cs Alfredo González and Omar Narváez; INFs Tim Anderson, Matt Davidson, … served as the Sox bench coach during the 2016 season … is the only current Latino Leury García, Yoan Moncada, Tyler Saladino and Yolmer Sánchez and OFs manager in … brings nine seasons of managerial experience Adam Engel, Willy García, Rymer Liriano, Jacob May and Charlie Tilson. to the position, including eight in the minor leagues, as well as the 2014 campaign with the Chicago Cubs … joins Hall-of-Famer Johnny Evers as the only managers of both WHITE SOX IMPORTANT DATES the White Sox and the Cubs … Evers managed the Sox in 1924 and the Cubs in 1913  March 31: Exhibition game at Milwaukee (7:10 p.m. CT) and 1921 … was named the 53rd manager in Cubs history on 11/7/13 and guided the  April 1: Exhibition game at Milwaukee (1:10 p.m. CT) Cubs to a 73-89 record in 2014 … spent six seasons on the coaching staff, serving as bench coach from 2011-13 and first base coach from 2008-10 … also  April 2: Workout Day at managed Team Mexico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic … played professionally  April 3: vs. Detroit (3:10 p.m. CT) for 15 seasons (1980-94) … appeared in 184 games over parts of five major-league seasons with Pittsburgh (1986), Seattle (1987-88) and Florida (1993-94), batting .237  April 4: Off Day (100-422) with four home runs and 41 RBI.  April 5-6: Remaining two games vs. Detroit