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    White Sox option Tanner McDougal

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    CWS Starting Pitcher #55
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    White Sox optioned RHP Tanner McDougal to Triple-A Charlotte.

    He threw 25 pitches and recorded one out while walking three and hitting a batter yesterday. McDougal’s future is still promising, but the White Sox needed a fresh arm.
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  • CWS Starting Pitcher #55
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    McDougal has not appeared in an MLB game since August 13th. He has been moved to a bullpen role as he recovers from a forearm injury that sidelined him for almost three months earlier this season. He likely remains a starting pitching option long-term for the White Sox.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #55
    McDougal struggled in his one appearance for the White Sox earlier this season. The 23-year-old has been in a bullpen role this year as he recovers from injury, posting a 4.12 ERA in 39 1/3 innings at Triple-A. He figures to move back into a starting role in the offseason.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #68
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #82
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #68
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #68
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #68
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #76
    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.
  • CWS Starting Pitcher #83
    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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    Bryce Eldridge could play Saturday after missing Friday’s game with a head laceration.

    Eldridge, a surprising scratch Friday, banged his head on a low-hanging ceiling at the Giants team hotel. However, he passes tests afterwards, and it sounds like he might have played tonight if the Giants were in the race.
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    Tyler Glasnow fanned 10 while allowing two runs in six innings Friday in a win over the Giants.

    Rebounding nicely from a couple of subpar outings, Glasnow allowed just three hits and three hard-hit balls tonight. He’s now 5-1 with a 3.46 ERA. His last start of the regular season will likely come Thursday against the Padres.
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    In his first outing back from the IL, Edwin Díaz struck out two in a scoreless ninth against the Giants on Friday.

    Expectations are low for Díaz at the moment, but he was sharp tonight in throwing 12 of his 17 pitches for strikes while pitching with a six-run lead. He averaged 97.6 mph with his fastball, with his 1.3 mph better than his season norm, and he lowered his ERA from 11.85 to 11.05.
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    Cesar Perdomo allowed two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings Friday against the Dodgers.

    Perdomo did a nice job limiting the damage in an outing in which he allowed six hits, walked three and struck out just one. He’ll probably make a final start next week against the Twins.
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    Josue De Paula finished 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk against the Giants on Friday.

    We don’t want to jump the gun, but it sure looks like DePaula is going to be on the Dodgers’ postseason roster, even if he’s not a starter following Shohei Ohtani’s return. He’s at .238/.448/.476 with a ludicrous 2/8 K/BB through 29 plate appearances.
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    Ty France went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in leading the Padres to an 8-2 win over the Marlins on Friday.

    France is now hitting .301, though he’s going to need 37 plate appearances in the Padres’ final eight games to qualify for the batting title. He’s just a little short of the leaderboard at the moment or else he’d be seventh in the majors in average and ninth with an .887 OPS.
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    Nick Pivetta tossed five innings of one-run ball Friday against the Marlins.

    Pivetta allowed four hits, walked one and struck out four to win for the second time in three starts since coming off the IL. He got up to 76 pitches tonight after throwing 63 and 69 in his first two starts back. Things are lined up for him to face the Dodgers next week and then start Game 2 of a potential Wild Card series for the Padres.
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    Tyler Phillips tossed 3 2/3 scoreless frames before being lifted Friday against the Padres.

    The Marlins are still being very aggressive, even though the postseason is almost certainly out of reach, and that meant yanking Phillips with a 1-0 lead in the fourth tonight. Cade Gibson did finish that inning without a run scoring, but then he and Tyler Zuber combined to give up six runs in the sixth. Phillips was also pulled in the fourth last time out. He has a decent enough 4.08 ERA in his 19 starts, but the Marlins don’t trust him to pitch more than twice around the order. He’ll face the Cubs next.
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    Agustín Ramírez went 3-for-4 with a homer against the Padres on Friday.

    Ramírez was the Marlins’ DH tonight. He’s caught a total of 34 innings since being recalled on Aug. 4, and he hasn’t really shined as DH while batting .233/.320/.384 in 33 games. It’ll be interesting to see what the Marlins’ plans are for him next year. He’s definitely not going to overtake Joe Mack behind the plate, and while he still has some upside offensively, he’s yet to look like he’d be helpful as a first baseman or DH. He could be trade bait, but he might not fetch much unless some team thinks it can turn him into a better defender behind the plate.
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    Ben Rice homered, tripled and walked twice as the Yankees decimated the D-backs 9-2 on Friday,

    Rice has 39 homers, which is far and away a record for Yankees who qualify at catcher for fantasy purposes. Gary Sánchez, at 34, holds the actual single-season record for Yankees catchers. One more will give Rice the 36th 40-homer season in Yankees history.