Chicago White Sox Rumors & News

Dunn homers as White Sox beat Lester, Red Sox

Northwest Herald — CHICAGO – Adam Dunn has been insisting all season he feels great, even while he was piling up strikeouts at the beginning of the year.

White Sox bats starting to get healthy

Chicago Sun-Times — Slowly but surely, the White Sox are becoming whole again. Or at least as whole as they can be. They endured a month without second baseman Gordon Beckham and two months without John Danks. They also have been without the production of their two top offensive weapons, Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko. But the last week has seen Dunn start to come alive and Konerko hinting at the same. Plus, Beckham and Danks are expected back soon. Dunn hit a three-run homer in the first inning Monday off Boston Red Sox left-hander Jon Leste...

Buyers or sellers? Sox GM not sure yet

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO -- Injuries, struggles and an overall disappointing start have the Chicago White Sox sitting at a fork in the road just seven weeks into the 2013 season. On one hand, general manager Rick Hahn sees the expected scenario where the team is adding to the roster at the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. On the other, he admitted Monday that selling off some assets for young talent could end up being the ultimate direction. Are the White Sox prepared to be sellers if the team is nowhere near expectations in July?

John Danks decision coming soon

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO -- Nobody was giving any obvious clues Monday, but the expectation is that John Danks returns to the Chicago White Sox's rotation Friday to face the Miami Marlins. After staying back in Arizona for extended spring training when the regular season started, Danks has made one rehab start with Double-A Birmingham and three more with Triple-A Charlotte. At Charlotte, Danks has posted a 3.45 ERA over 15 2/3 innings, but has given up 13 hits and 12 walks.

Dempster comes ``home'' as a Boston Red Sox

Inside the White Sox | Chicago Sun-Times — Ryan Dempster got to play with his son Brady Monday the way he had for years when he pitched for the Cubs. But this was a brief few days of father-son fun, and it happened at U.S. Cellular Field...

Danks improving; Beckham could be back by week's end

Inside the White Sox | Chicago Sun-Times — John Danks will be with the White Sox this week as the team prepares his next rehab move. Danks has made four rehab starts, and though he is giving up some runs and walks, general manager Rick Hahn said...

Axelrod earns his rotation spot

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox have a big decision to make when starting pitcher John Danks comes off the disabled list in the near future. One of the rotation pitchers will have to stand down. Monday night's starter, Dylan Axelrod, furthered his case for staying in the mix with six solid innings against the Boston Red Sox. The White Sox defeated Red Sox ace left-hander Jon Lester, marking Axelrod’s second win and Lester’s first loss of 2013.

Dunn, White Sox get to Lester early in 6-4 win

Chicago Sun-Times — Adam Dunn greeted Red Sox starter Jon Lester with a three-run homer in the first Monday, helping to power the White Sox to a 6-4 victory at U.S. Cellular Field and ending Lester’s undefeated streak. The Sox jumped on Lester in the first after two were out when Alex Rios singled--extending his career best hitting streak to 15 games--before Paul Konerko walked. Dunn’s 11th homer followed, giving him five in the last seven games. The Sox added two runs in the second with two-out doubles from Tyler Greene, Alejandro De Aza...

Danks, Beckham might be back soon

Chicago Sun-Times — John Danks will be with the White Sox this week as the team prepares his next move. Danks has made four rehab starts, and though he has given up some runs and walks, general manager Rick Hahn said Monday he isn’t concerned. ‘‘Any time a guy is on a rehab assignment, you shouldn’t put too much into their performance,’’ he said. ‘‘Hopefully they perform well, but the real goal is to get through the work healthy and work on whatever elements of their mechanics or pitch adjustments they’re there to work on to get them game...

Adam Dunn’s, Paul Konerko’s offensive struggles costing White Sox dearly

Chicago Sun-Times — First base and designated hitter are positions at which you’d expect big offensive contributions. For the most part, American League Central teams are getting just that. To use Bill James’ runs created calculation, the Tigers are getting 7.3 runs created per 27 outs from Prince Fielder. That means a lineup of nine Fielders would average about 7.3 runs per game, far above the 4.48 runs AL teams are averaging this season. Around the rest of the division, there’s the Twins’ Justin Morneau (5.0), the Indians’ Nick Swisher ...

Adam Dunn wasn't lying after all

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO – Adam Dunn never stopped saying that he felt comfortable at the plate this season even when the results begged to differ. Dunn kept pressing forward among all the strikeouts and the 0-for-4 days, confident that a hot run was only another day away. Now that he is finally in the midst of that productive offensive stretch, Dunn remains even keel, refusing to feel triumphant now that his timing is back, nor down because much of the first six weeks was a lost cause.

Rapid Reaction: White Sox 6, Red Sox 4

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO –The Chicago White Sox started an eight-game homestand, and a 10-game run in the Chicago city limits, with a 6-4 victory Monday over the Boston Red Sox. How it happened: Adam Dunn hit a three-run home run in the first inning and the White Sox never looked back. Alejandro De Aza, Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo added RBIs. Dylan Axelrod threw just 83 pitches, but gave up only two runs on four hits over six innings. The White Sox improved to 5-4 against American League teams that started the day in either first or second place.

No plans to dismantle White Sox

White Sox Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — But Beckham playing shortstop in minor league rehab assignment is interesting developmentGeneral manager Rick Hahn said it's too early to consider rebuilding the White Sox, although there was an interesting development Monday night.    

Beckham starts at short for Charlotte

White Sox Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — The Chicago White Sox drafted Gordon Beckham five years ago as an All-America shortstop out of the University of Georgia, and Beckham returned to that position Monday night.    

Paul Konerko sees better days ahead

Chicago White Sox Blog | ESPN Chicago — CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox and their captain, Paul Konerko, seem to be on the same path toward improvement. The Sox have won four of their last six games and Konerko had his best game in almost a month on Saturday, going 3-for-5 in Anaheim. “I thought we had a pretty good week,” Konerko said before Mondays game against the Boston Red Sox. “We have been playing pretty good ball, the defense has kind of tightened up a little bit and we have been playing some clean games.

• South Side Sox:Dylan Axelrod holding his own against American League's best
• South Side Sox:White Sox 6, Red Sox 4: Two-out offense hands Jon Lester first loss
• South Side Sox:The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out: a Boston Red Sox preview
• South Side Sox:Rehab updates: Gordon Beckham rolling; possible delay for John Danks
• South Side Sox:Paul Konerko shows all signs of slumping