The White Sox made a pair of roster moves after Monday's thrilling 7-3 victory over Cleveland. That night, they reinstated Tyler Davis from the bereavement/family medical emergency list and optioned him to Charlotte.
This afternoon, they recalled Noah Schultz from Charlotte and designated José Urquidy for assignment.
This move seems less about Schultz and more about Urquidy, or at least the roster spot he was occupying. As FutureSox's Adrian White noted earlier today, Drew Thorpe is approaching the end of his 60-day rehab window for recovering from Tommy John surgery, after which he would need to be reinstated from the 60-day injured list. That requires a 40-man roster spot, and while Urquidy has served a purpose during his time with the White Sox, guys like Schultz, Thorpe or Jonathan Cannon are capable of stepping in to go one time through the order. The question is whether leverage will be in the cards, but Will Venable will cross that bridge when he gets to it.
Urquidy pitched six games with the Sox, going 2-1 with a 4.37 ERA over 22 ⅔ innings. It rounded out to average, unremarkable baseball on the whole, but he put his stamp on the season with his six shutout innings at Wrigley Field on Aug. 19, which allowed the White Sox to salvage a season series split against the Cubs.
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Chris Murphy is opening ahead of Davis Martin tonight, while neither Montgomery is in the starting lineup. You can probably pencil Braden Montgomery pinch-hitting for Brenton Doyle at some point, which would make it a slightly more palatable use of the fifth spot.
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First Pitch: White Sox at Guardians
TV: CHSN
Lineups:
| White Sox | Guardians | |
|---|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth, 2B | 1 | Steven Kwan, LF |
| Randal Grichuk, DH | 2 | José Ramírez, 3B |
| Miguel Vargas, 3B | 3 | Jo Adell, RF |
| Munetaka Murakami, 1B | 4 | Travis Bazzana, DH |
| Brenton Doyle, CF | 5 | Nathaniel Lowe, 1B |
| Sam Antonacci, LF | 6 | Angel Genao, 2B |
| Jake Rogers, C | 7 | Patrick Bailey, C |
| Luisangel Acuña, SS | 8 | Petey Halpin, CF |
| Tristan Peters, RF | 9 | Brayan Rocchio, SS |
| Chris Murphy | SP | Foster Griffin |
