I hope he’s up!

today's transactions :

Tyler Davis activated from the bereavement list

Tyler Davis optioned to Charlotte

Risky time for Thorpe; I think I'd rather Cannon.
Either way, glad to see one of these guys up.

12 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Risky time for Thorpe; I think I'd rather Cannon.
Either way, glad to see one of these guys up.

Cannon I don't trust, if the Sox were up 8 games I would welcome him up.

Thorpe is now listed as Charlotte's probable so Sox seem to be planning to option him. I assume the Urquidy DFA is partly motivated by making room for him on the 40.

They’ve been putting this kid on hold for awhile. Do they not believe?

I wonder if they want to keep Thorpe in the minors so he can pitch and get innings next year in the minors in case of a lockout.

1 minute ago, HoosierSox said:

I wonder if they want to keep Thorpe in the minors so he can pitch and get innings next year in the minors in case of a lockout.

That makes sense but when the lockout starts on December 1, it could impact minor league players as well since if I remember right, they are now also represented by the MLBPA.

17 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:

They’ve been putting this kid on hold for awhile. Do they not believe?

I think a big part is his stuff isn’t a power arm, he never was gonna blow it past people. So you need to make sure his secondary pitches are up to snuff

18 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

That makes sense but when the lockout starts on December 1, it could impact minor league players as well since if I remember right, they are now also represented by the MLBPA.

Yeah this is true. Last Lockout would have only impacted minor leaguers on the 40-man roster.

43 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:

They’ve been putting this kid on hold for awhile. Do they not believe?

Dude is fresh off of TJS and was a rookie with 4 starts before it. Even if he was experienced, he would still be in his first starts off of TJS which is asking a lot of people. He's also a dude who even last time around was learning on the job with zero pressure.

1 hour ago, HoosierSox said:

I wonder if they want to keep Thorpe in the minors so he can pitch and get innings next year in the minors in case of a lockout.

He'd be on the 40-man so a lockout would prevent him from pitching in the minors.

2 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

He'd be on the 40-man so a lockout would prevent him from pitching in the minors.

That was correct last lockout. Now there would be no minor league season as minor leaguers are now part of MLBPA.

Edited yesterday at 08:56 PM1 day by Bob Sacamano

52 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

That was correct last lockout. Now there would be no minor league season as minor leaguers are now part of MLBPA.

It's still separate. There would still be a minor league season, everyone on a 40-man is part of the ML union so they couldn't participate. Non 40-man players are in the MiLB Union. JJ Cooper lays everything out here.

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Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Sleepy Harold
Double post

Just now, Sleepy Harold said:

  1 minute ago, Sleepy Harold said:

It's still separate. There would still be a minor league season, everyone on a 40-man is part of the ML union so they couldn't participate. Non 40-man players are in the MiLB Union. JJ Cooper lays everything out here. The MiLB union deal expires in 2027.

Hm. I could have sworn I read that that wasn't the case anymore. Thanks for sharing.

Thorpe starting now, wasn't scratched. Seems like he's staying down

OK, held them to one run.

Wrong thread

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by DoUEvenShift

Thorpe

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Brazoban down there as well

gave up a run in 4-2 loss

Activated and optioned today. Do we see a phantom IL stint for a pitcher and call him up next time through the rotation?

Just now, Bob Sacamano said:

Activated and optioned today. Do we see a phantom IL stint for a pitcher and call him up next time through the rotation?

Thought I read he’s done for season.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Thought I read he’s done for season.

Yea Fegan reporting this

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/09/16/tommy-pham-activated-munetaka-murakami-benched-for-all-important-series-finale-in-cleveland-will-venable-chris-getz-drew-thorpe-edgar-quero