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Nick Delmonico earned this proud achievement, and it couldn’t have gone any better. The newest member of the White Sox arrived on Tuesday afternoon and made his major league debut in an 8-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Promoted from Triple-A Charlotte in the wake of Willy Garcia going on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion, Delmonico went 1-for-4 in the losing effort. But even the final score wasn’t enough to take away from a banner day for the White Sox rookie after everything he endured to reach this point. Delmonico’s arrival in the big leagues comes nearly two and a half years after he quit baseball entirely. “It kind of flashes before your eyes, everything that you’ve done to Continue to Article

August 02, 2017 1:04:am EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Smoak hit his 31st homer, Josh Donaldson homered and drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox, 8-4, on Tuesday night. Smoak and Donaldson each connected for the second straight night and third time in five games. Donaldson also had a sacrifice fly and RBI double. Marcus Stroman (10-5) went seven innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. He was winless in his previous three starts despite a 1.89 ERA in that stretch. Toronto came out on top after dropping three of four and snapped a four-game road losing streak. Chicago’s Kevan Smith hit a two-run homer batting for injured designated hitter Matt Davidson in the sixth. But the White Sox lost Continue to Article

August 01, 2017 11:44:pm EST

The White Sox second baseman wore a large ice pack early Tuesday before declaring he felt much better than the night before when he and Willy Garcia left Mondays contest early following a violent collision in the outfield. Garcia landed on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion but also reported feeling better. Despite losing two players to injury, the White Sox feel pretty fortunate given how uncertain everything looked at the outset. Continue to Article

August 01, 2017 8:27:pm EST

Now that Phase 1 of the White Sox rebuild has been completed trading away their top talent and producing arguably the best farm system in baseball  what can White Sox fans expect to happen in 2018, 2019 and 2020? On the latest White Sox Talk Podcast, Chuck Garfien, Dan Hayes and Ryan McGuffey provide a road map for the next three seasons. Which minor leaguers will be ready for the majors and when? Continue to Article

August 01, 2017 5:46:pm EST

The second baseman, recently ranked as the top prospect in the game by MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo, was already turning in a disappointing performance at the plate when his season took a turn for the worse on Monday night. Moncada was retreating hard to catch up to a fly ball hit by Toronto's Darwin Barney, but he found teammate Willy Garcia instead, resulting in a nasty collision. The collision became inevitable when Garcia, the right fielder, slid in his attempt to make the catch. Continue to Article

August 01, 2017 2:16:pm EST