Roughly 80 minutes before Chris Sale was to take the mound against the Tigers Saturday in Chicago, multiple reports surfaced that the White Sox’s ace had been scratched from his schedule start.
Advertisement
“The incident, which was non-physical in nature, now is under further investigation by the club”, general manager Rick Hahn said in a statement.
Here’s the team’s full statement. A source also told Rosenthal that “Sale asked that they not wear (throwbacks) on his day because they are uncomfortable”.
Tes Rangers rumors: Chris Sale, the Chicago White Sox lefthanded pitcher, is the subject of “serious effort” by the Rangers to make a trade, according to T.R. Sullivan on Twitter.
The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox will continue a weird evening on Sunday afternooon.
If nothing else though, the plot has thickened. He came around to score two batters later on a single from Jose Abreu, making it 1-0 White Sox. Hamilton has hit safely in his last six games, stealing at least one base in four of them. “Obviously you guys probably know what happened, but for me as a player, and in our clubhouse, we’re going to keep in in-house”.
According to FanRag Sports, Chicago is seeking five top prospects for Sale, with one Major League Baseball general manager saying that despite the high asking price, the White Sox will get what they are seeking before the trade deadline. Since the White Sox had the second-best record in the majors at 23-10 on May 9, they have gone 23-39. Right-hander Matt Albers started in his place. At that point, Fulmer had thrown just 12 of his 30 pitches for strikes, so Robin Ventura called for Nate Jones to try to bail out the rookie. Those usually are worn during Sunday home games. Quintana won his third straight start in Seattle last time out, striking out seven and permitting one run over six innings. The Tigers will then evaluate whether he needs another rehab outing, general manager Al Avila said.
Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning and Shane Greene pitched a ideal eighth inning before deluge hit.
The 34-year old from Albuquerque, New Mexico, put the face of the UFC into hiding, but Holm’s reign as champ was short-lived when she was put to sleep by Miesha Tate’s rear naked choke at UFC 196.
Advertisement
For now, let’s assume that there’s something more than a simple cold forcing Sale from the bump Saturday evening. There was a blowup during batting practice when he cut up the jerseys.
