Jonathan

Cannon

Cannon will remain stationed on the doorstep of the majors as organizational depth after completing a rehab assignment. The 25-year-old has been on the shelf since mid-April with hip inflammation.

Cannon exited Sunday’s appearance with hip irritation, and threw just 2-of-14 pitches for strikes before leaving with the injury. The right-hander will likely need more than two weeks off before being able to return to the White Sox staff.

Cannon threw just 2-of-14 pitches for strikes and walked three batters before being pulled with the injury. The 25-year-old was just called up to work in a bulk role, but now a trip to the injured list seems far more likely than not.

Cannon is expected to work in a bulk role for the White Sox on Sunday against the Royals after Grant Taylor serves as the club’s opener. Cannon was knocked around in his first two starts at the Triple-A level, posting an 8.31 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP over 8 2/3 innings. He’s not a recommended streaming option for Sunday’s matchup against the Royals.

Davitt gets the boot with the White Sox set to recall Jonathan Cannon to work behind opener Grant Taylor on Sunday. Davitt will likely be an up-and-down arm throughout 2026.

Cannon made 17 starts and pitched 103 2/3 innings for the White Sox last season and came into spring training battling for a spot in the rotation. He didn’t pitch poorly, posting a 4.09 ERA and 10/5 K/BB ratio in 11 innings, but it wasn’t good enough to beat out Anthony Kay and Erick Fedde, who both joined the team this winter.

Cannon also issued four free passes on the night while striking out three. The Giants had ample traffic on the bases against him, but only managed to scratch out single runs in the fourth and fifth innings on RBI singles by Will Brennan and Matt Chapman. Cannon got six swings and misses on 72 pitches in the contest, posting a CSW of 25 percent. He’ll continue to fight for a spot in the team’s Opening Day rotation, though may ultimately be better suited as a long man in the bullpen.

Cannon followed opener Fraser Ellard and got torched by the Yankees’ dangerous lineup. He allowed seven hard-hit balls on just 13 total balls in play and four extra-base hits. One big positive though, his fastball was up two ticks and topped out over 97 mph. He also forced 12 total swings-and-misses, five of which with his fastball. That’s something for Cannon to hang his hat on after throwing more than 100 innings in each of the last two seasons.

Cannon has presumably been brought back to the big leagues to pitch in mop-up duty over the final handful of games for the White Sox. The 25-year-old was demoted to the minors back in early September after struggling to a bloated 5.67 ERA across 98 1/3 innings over 20 appearances (17 starts) this season.

Cannon was ineffective in his bulk role last night, giving up five runs in 2 1/3 innings against the Twins. If he doesn’t get another opportunity later, he’ll end the season 4-9 with a 5.67 ERA in 98 1/3 innings in the majors.