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My alphabeticalish player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with DANNY MENDICK: Of the seven players who homered for the White Sox  lone hit in a game, only Mendick did it as a pinch-hitter. On May 26, 2024, Mendick’s homer while pinch-hitting for Nicky Lopez in the eighth, was the Sox only hit in a 3-1 loss to Baltimore before 14,992 at … [Read more...] about 2024 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: DANNY MENDICK

My alphabeticalish player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with NICKY LOPEZ: The Naperville native’s .500 average (5-for-10) against the Cubs in 2024 was the highest ever by a White Sox lefty (minimum five at bats). NEXT: Martin Maldonado … [Read more...] about 2024 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: NICKY LOPEZ

My alphabeticalish player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with MARTIN MALDONADO: All four of Maldonado’s White Sox homers came in the ninth spot boosting his all-time lead in that slot to 58. NEXT: Davis Martin … [Read more...] about 2024 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: MARTIN MALDONADO

My alphabeticalish player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with BRAD KELLER: Righty, who struck out the White Sox Adam Engel as the first batter he ever faced on Opening Day 2018, joins Ted Lyons (6-20-37, Alex Fernandez (5-2-96), Frank Gabler (8-24-38) and Ray Herbert (7-26-61) as the only White Sox pitchers to give up four homers at new … [Read more...] about WHITE SOX 2024 PLAYER REVIEW: BRAD KELLER

My alphabeticalish player-by-player review — @soxnerd style — of the 2024 White Sox continues with MICHAEL KOPECH: Kopech joined Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston (Aug. 22, 1923) as White Sox pitchers with an “immaculate inning” (striking out the side on nine pitches) in his second-to-last appearance with the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 10 vs. Minnesota. It was the … [Read more...] about WHITE SOX 2024 PLAYER REVIEW: MICHAEL KOPECH