During the early stages of their 2-1 win over the Mariners on Tuesday, the White Sox announced yet another trade with the Tampa Bay Rays. In a swap of players languishing at Triple-A, the Sox acquired 25-year-old reliever Joe Rock in exchange for infielder Oliver Dunn.
Rock, a 6-foot-6-inch lefty originally drafted in the second round by the Rockies in 2021, appeared in three games over three separate stints with the Rays last year and handled the assignment each time. Cumulatively, he allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks over 7⅔ innings, striking out 11.
But this year has been a different story, as he's walked 17 batters over 15 innings at Triple-A Durham, the leading factor in his 5.40 ERA out of the bullpen. Rock has particularly struggled against left-handed hitters. He had reverse splits last year as well, but the issue has escalated to troubling degrees thus far in 2026, as he's walked 10 of the 28 lefties he's faced and plunked three others.
Dunn, a 28-year-old who joined the Sox organization on a minor league contract as a non-roster invitee this spring, was traded in the middle of Charlotte's game against Gwinnett, so he logged four more at-bats before his chapter with the Knights came to a close. He hit .295/.393/.545 in Charlotte, but as much as we've talked about Jacob Gonzalez's home/road splits, the disparity is even greater with Dunn:
- Home: .367/.479/.723
- Road: .172/.226/.241
Rock required the White Sox to open a spot on the 40-man roster, which they did by moving Kyle Teel to the 60-day injured list. Teel is expected to miss 3-6 weeks with a right knee sprain, which will carry his absence well beyond the earliest date he's theoretically allowed to return.
Charlotte 5, Gwinnett 4
- Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-5 with a stolen base.
- Austin Hays began his rehab stint by playing left field and going 1-for-3 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Braden Montgomery was 1-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Jacob Gonzalez added a road homer to his tally, going 1-for-4 with two striekouts.
- Junior Pérez went 1-for-4 in his org debut.
- Ryan Galanie, 0-for-4
- Jonathan Cannon: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 56 of 89 pitches for strikes.
Biloxi 4, Birmingham 3
- Colby Shelton went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Anthony DePino, 1-for-4 with a K.
- Jeral Perez, 0-for-4.
- Lucas Gordon: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 48 of 90 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 13, Greensboro 9
- Kyle Lodise went 1-for-6 with a strikeout.
- Caleb Bonemer was 2-for-5 with two strikeouts, an HBP and a stolen base.
- Boston Smith, 1-for-3 with two walks and a strikeout.
- Goerge Wolkow went 4-for-5 with a homer and a triple..
- Gabe Davis: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 2 WP,
- Seth Keener: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 20 of 31 pitches for strikes.
Kannapolis 3, Myrtle Beach 1
- Abraham Nunez was 0-for-1 with three walks and two stolen bases.
- Billy Carlson, 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Jaden Fauske, 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Matthew Boughton was 0-for-3.
- Rylan Galvan went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- Alexander Albertus singled, struck out twice and was caught stealing.
ACL Royals 6, ACL White Sox 4 (7 innings)
- Jose Mendoza went 1-for-3.
- Landon Hodge singled and struck out twice.
- Eduardo Herrera struck out all three times.
- Alejandro Cruz and Yordani Soto both were 1-for-2 with a walk.
- Jordan Rich was 0-for-2 with a walk.
- Diego Perez; 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
