Matt Thornton Rumors & News

The White Sox offense is giving the pitching staff no margin for error, so why a pitcher would commit an error while clinging to a one-run lead is beyond me. But that's exactly what Matt Thornton did in the top of the eighth. With runners on first and second (infield single and a walk, naturally and naturally) and one out, Thornton tried to get cute by trying to pick off Drew Stubbs at second. Ramirez snuck behind Stubbs, but Thornton threw low and behind his receiver, and it bounced beneath Stubbs and into center field, allowing both runners to advance. Thornton came back to strike ou...

Matt Thornton pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning to keep a scoreless game all locked up. Unfortunately, Thornton Luck showed up an inning later to undermine Jesse Crain. Nick Swisher kept a first-pitch fastball inside the right-field line to drive in the game-winning run, three batters after Michael Bourn doubled on a jamshot blooper down the left-field line. Crain made good pitchers, and but only came out with a loss to show for it. Still, Jose Quintana was the bigger victim tonight. Four times in his young career now, Quintana has thrown seven or more scoreless innings. All four times, hi...

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Matt Thornton reacts after striking out the side to end a Kansas City Royals threat in the eighth inning of their opening day baseball game in Chicago on Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, John Starks)

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Matt Thornton delivers against the Oakland Athletics in the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Matt Thornton delivers against the Oakland Athletics in the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Saturday's game couldn't be watched from afar, and for John Danks and Matt Thornton, they may have appreciated the relative secrecy. They struggled just a little bit during the White Sox's 11-9 loss to Arizona, posting these lines: Danks: 2⅓ IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Thornton: ⅔ IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Your browser does not support iframes. As you might expect, both pitchers denied physical woes playing a part. You can hear Danks' explanation up top (speed and movement were fine, but he didn't get the ball down), and Thornton took it a step further by saying, "Physi...

There's no timetable on his return, but it remains unknown whether it's precautionary or serious. No big deal, according to the man himself. Slowly but surely getting ready. He just couldn't go today.

Matt Thornton roared into Camelback Ranch feeling so fit I half-expected him to start selling NutriBullets in the employee parking lot. On Tuesday, we learned he won't be pitching anything for a while thanks to a sore elbow. At the moment, the news could be worse. An MRI revealed inflammation, but no structural damage, which is good. But Robin Ventura didn't go too far to downplay it, so there seems to be no definitive take: "He just said he didn't feel right," Ventura said. "We have so much time down here, it's safer to slow him down and get him out of drills and make sure he's comfo...