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That’s two saves in two days for Hudson. Grant Taylor is still probably the favorite for saves on the White Sox, but they’ve made it clear they’re not going to hold him back for the ninth; he ended up with a win after pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings Friday. Hudson should be down Sunday, and it’s hard to say if Taylor will be available. Jordan Hicks might be a candidate for a save chance.

Hudson got the call to close out the game in the ninth inning with a one-run lead over the Tigers. This came after a scoreless eighth inning by Grant Taylor. Hudson got the job done, pitching a clean inning with one strikeout to secure his fifth save of the season.

The White Sox’s bullpen deployment is going to make fantasy managers pull their hair out. It seemed like the flame-throwing Grant Taylor had finally ascended to closing duties after being called upon in a save opportunity in four of his past five outings. Then, he entered this game in the seventh inning with a two-run lead and the top of the Rangers’ order coming up. He struck out five of the six batters he faced in two quick innings and handed the ball to Hudson for the save. It seems like this bullpen will continue to be a headache despite Taylor clearly being the best pitcher to roster in it.

This will be the sixth time the White Sox have used Fedde as a bulk guy. They’re 3-2 when they go that route and 4-4 when they use him as a starter.

After both Grant Taylor and Seranthony Domínguez were needed to preserve an extra innings victory yesterday, Hudson came on for the save here. Despite not having strikeout stuff, Hudson now has a 2.32 ERA on the season. Just don’t expect him to get the bulk of save chances moving forward.

Some interesting bullpen usage for the White Sox today, as Grant Taylor came in during the sixth with a 2-1 and escaped a jam for Anthony Kay. He then worked a scoreless seventh. It was a 4-1 game when Domínguez entered, but it doesn’t seem likely that he would have been asked for a two-inning save after working a scoreless ninth in a tie game Friday. Perhaps Bryan Hudson would have been in line for a save, but it proved moot after the White Sox made it a 7-1 game in line for the ninth. Trevor Richards finished up at that point. Hudson could still get a save Sunday, since we assume both Domínguez and Taylor will be unavailable.

The White Sox decided to use Seranthony Domínguez in the eighth in a tie game tonight. After they took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the eighth, Hudson faced Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez in the ninth and retired them all, but things might have gone somewhat differently if Derek Hill hadn’t made a sliding catch on Witt’s liner to right to start the inning. Hudson, who has pitched in 21 of the White Sox’s 41 games, has a 0.90 ERA and a 22/9 K/BB in 20 innings. It’ll be interesting to see if that workload starts to catch up to him at some point.

Colson Montgomery made an error to start the ninth in an 8-5 game, and Taylor went on to give up three hits before the White Sox lifted him with two outs. Bryan Hudson came in at that point and retired Adam Frazier for his first save. Taylor had the chance to close tonight because Seranthony Domínguez had pitched three of the previous four days. It would have been his first save, but he settled for his second hold instead.

He’s back. Hudson finished the 2025 season with four appearances for the White Sox in which he allowed three runs in 4.2 IP. The left-hander has a career 2.83 ERA on the back of his magnificent 2024 season. The White Sox will try to coax another year like that out of him in 2026.

Hudson was acquired from the White Sox for cash back in February, but he did not make the opening day bullpen. Instead, Richard Lovelady will take his spot as a left-hander reliever.