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White Sox call up Tanner McDougal from Triple-A

Tanner McDougal

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White Sox recalled RHP Tanner McDougal from Triple-A Charlotte.

McDougal has made a significant leap from a development standpoint thanks to noticeably improved command and control over the last two years. The 23-year-old has compiled a strong 2.84 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 40/20 K/BB ratio across 34 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level this season. He gets the call to the big leagues as emergency relief depth behind veterans Anthony Kay and Davis Martin after a misstep by White Sox manager Will Venable forced the club into an unexpected bullpen game against the Guardians on Friday night. He’s unlikely to deliver an immediate fantasy impact, but he’s an interesting pitching prospect that needs to be monitored.

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The White Sox will call up Hagen Smith and Tanner McDougal prior to Saturday’s game.

Noah Schultz and David Sandlin will both be sent down. This is more about having fresh arms available than anything to do with performance, but Smith and McDougal are among the team’s best prospects. Smith, the fifth overall pick in the 2024 draft, was moved to the bullpen at Triple-A Charlotte earlier this month and has since pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in five appearances.
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White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal (forearm) threw a scoreless inning of relief for Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday.

McDougal has now made three appearances out of the bullpen at Triple-A since returning from right forearm tightness, pitching one inning in each of them. In his first six outings of the year, McDougal had been operating as a starter, but the 23-year-old, who was put on the injured list back on April 29th, seems to be operating as a reliever for the remainder of the 2026 season. It remains to be seen if that is simply to keep his arm healthy or to expedite his path to the big leagues, but we would expect McDougal to go back to starting games in the 2027 season.
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White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal (forearm tightness) is throwing again.

McDougal has been sidelined since late April with forearm tightness. The 86th-ranked prospect in baseball, according to Baseball America, should be back in games around the end of the month and could be an option for the White Sox near the end of the summer if all goes well.
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White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal left his Triple-A start with right forearm tightness.

McDougal is the 86th-ranked prospect in all of baseball, according to Baseball America, and a consensus Top 10 prospect in the White Sox’s system. He has a 3.13 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and 26/13 K/BB ratio in 23 innings at Triple-A this season. The White Sox will hope that the forearm tightness is not a precursor to a more significant injury.
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White Sox reassigned LHP Noah Schultz to minor league camp; optioned RHP Tanner McDougal to Triple-A Charlotte.

Schultz’s fantasy stock has cratered over the past calendar year as his strikeout and walk rates continue trending in the wrong direction. He’s been plagued by injuries, which limited him to just 17 minor-league starts this past season. The 22-year-old southpaw was one of the top pitching prospects in baseball just a few years ago but he isn’t close to pitching in the big leagues entering 2026.
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White Sox selected the contracts of RHP Tanner McDougal and RHP Duncan Davitt.

McDougal, one of the team’s top pitching prospects, had a 3.26 ERA and a 136/49 K/BB in 113 1/3 innings between high-A and Double-A last season. He’ll head back to Double-A to begin 2026. Davitt was one of the three prospects the White Sox got from the Rays in the Adrian Houser deal. He had a 5.03 ERA in nine starts in Triple-A after being acquired, but the White Sox still didn’t want to risk another team grabbing him in the Rule 5 draft.

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Samuel Basallo, on the IL with shoulder inflammation, could resume hitting in the first half of next week.

Basallo threw from 90 feet for a second straight day today. Barring a setback, he’s probably 10 days away from being activated.
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George Lombard Jr. went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, two runs scored, and a walk to power the Yankees to a 5-4 win over the Braves on Saturday.

Lombard drew a walk to lead off the fifth inning and scored on a triple by Spencer Jones. He then started the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer off Victor Mederos to extend the Yankees’ lead. He later added a hit in the eighth. The home run was the second in four games for the 21-year-old shortstop, getting his Yankees career off to an excellent start.
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Spencer Jones

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Spencer Jones went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run scored against the Braves on Saturday.

Jones put the Yankees on the board with a base hit in the second inning to drive in a run, then stole second for his fourth steal of the season. He then plated his second RBI on a triple in the fifth before scoring on a balk. Jones would draw a walk in the eighth, reaching for a third time. It was an excellent day at the plate for the 25-year-old outfielder after going hitless in his last five games.
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José Ramírez is being rested Saturday against the White Sox.

Ramírez played the last two days after missing games Tuesday and Wednesday with left wrist inflammation, but three straight is too much right now, apparently. Angel Genao is playing third base tonight, and Travis Bazzana, who figures to do more sitting against lefties with Genao up, remains at second base versus southpaw Anthony Kay.
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Ben Rice went 1-for-4 with a solo homer against the Braves on Saturday.

Rice came into this one cold at the plate, going 3-for-34 over his last ten games and zero homers since July 26. He broke the drought with a home run off Danny Young in the eighth inning to give the Yankees an insurance run. The 27-year-old slugger is up to 32 homers and 75 RBI while hitting .260/.353/.550 across 479 plate appearances.
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Ronald Acuña Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo homer against the Yankees on Saturday.

Acuña cut into the Yankees’ lead in the eighth inning with a solo homer off Brent Headrick. It was his fifth home run in 12 games since returning from the injured list. The 28-year-old outfielder is up to 12 homers with 15 steals while hitting .247/.358/.444 across 288 plate appearances.
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David Bednar allowed one run and converted a save in the ninth inning against the Braves on Saturday.

Bednar was summoned in the top of the ninth inning to close out the game against the Braves with a two-run lead. He issued a walk and allowed a base hit that scored a run before recording the final out to secure the win and his 26th save of the season.
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Gerrit Cole allowed two runs with nine strikeouts over seven innings in a win over the Braves on Saturday.

Cole stranded two baserunners through four scoreless innings before running into some trouble in the fifth. The Braves brought two runs in on four straight hits to start the inning. Cole would settle down, striking out two of the last three batters to get out of the jam. He gave the Yankees two more scoreless frames, ending his day after seven innings with nine strikeouts in an excellent performance. The 35-year-old right-hander will take a 3.35 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and an 87/17 K/BB ratio across 80 2/3 innings into a start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Friday.
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Chris Sale allowed three runs and struck out eight batters over six innings in a loss against the Yankees on Saturday.

The Yankees drew first blood in Saturday’s contest against the Braves, putting a run on the board against Sale in the second inning on two hits. A walk, triple, and a balk brought two more runs in for New York in the fifth before Sale got out of trouble. Sale would return for one more inning, ending his day after six innings with a quality start. He struck out eight. The 37-year-old left-hander will take an outstanding 2.20 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and a 151/28 K/BB ratio across 123 innings into a start against the Diamondbacks in Atlanta on Friday.
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Endy Rodríguez was scratched from Saturday’s lineup because of left hip discomfort.

Henry Davis will catch in his place against the Mets. Rodríguez was also absent Friday, but that just seemed to be a day off. If Rodríguez lands on the IL, the Pirates will probably call up a non-catcher (most likely Tyler Callihan or Billy Cook) and let Davis and Rafael Flores Jr. split time.
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