Curtis

Mead

Mead was designated for assignment by the White Sox before Opening Day, and he’ll give the Nationals some infield depth for the 2026 season. The former top prospect hasn’t done nearly enough in his MLB action to suggest he’s worthy of fantasy consideration.

Mead failed to make the White Sox while hitting .233/.258/.500 this spring. His exit velocities as a major leaguer just haven’t been very promising at all, and he’s never contributed much with the glove. Given the ability he showed offensively in the minors, perhaps there’s still something here to be fixed, but unless the Nationals are interested, it seems pretty likely that he’ll clear waivers.

Czechia was up 1-0 after two before Mead’s 388-foot blast in the third. It then remained a 3-1 game until Australia added two insurance runs in the ninth. The win moves Australia to 2-0 ahead of games against Korea and Japan. Czechia dropped to 0-2.

It’s unclear when the injury happened. Elko was sent back to Triple-A at the beginning of September after hitting .134/.194/.328 in 72 plate appearances for the White Sox. The 26-year-old hit .292/.361/.575 with 24 homers in 355 plate appearances at Triple-A, so there is some intriguing power potential here, but Elko is expected to miss around eight months, which would put him back around July, if all goes well. That will give Curtis Mead a chance to earn more at-bats in 2026 if the White Sox are willing to move Lenyn Sosa and Miguel Vargas off of first base.

Even in a breakout season for the 25-year-old infielder, Sosa has found himself getting regular days off down the stretch as the White Sox attempt to work everyone into their lineup. Curtis Mead will start at the hot corner on Thursday evening while Miguel Vargas slides over to cover first base against Carlos Rodon and the Yankees.

Tauchman has been a mainstay against right-handers all year long and Taylor was playing most of the time with Luis Robert Jr. on the shelf, but it seems the White Sox have decided to take a look at younger players this last week of the season. They have Brooks Baldwin in center and Dominic Fletcher in right tonight. Notably, the prioritizing of younger players isn’t doing Curtis Mead any good; he’s started just one of the last six games.

Mead smacked a go-ahead RBI single off of Dylan Cease in the fourth inning that put the White Sox ahead to stay. That would be his only hit in three at-bats on the night. For the season, the 24-year-old infielder is now hitting .243/.311/.335 with three homers, 19 RBI and five stolen bases over 254 plate appearances between the Rays and White Sox.

It appears to be nothing more than a routine night off for the hard-hitting infielder. Miguel Vargas will cover first base for the White Sox on Friday night while Curtis Mead will start at the hot corner and bat seventh against Padres’ right-hander Dylan Cease.

It appears to be nothing more than a routine night off for the 23-year-old slugger. Chase Meidroth will slide over and cover shortstop, Lenyn Sosa will handle second base and Curtis Mead will start at first base and bat second for the Sox against Guardians’ southpaw Parker Messick.

Vargas has been sidelined with a hand sprain since August 29th. White Sox manager Will Venable said that Vargas won’t require a rehab assignment, which means that he could return by the end of this week. His return could cut into the playing time for Curtis Mead, who has been starting regularly at third base.