3:35pm: The Sox have now made it official, selecting Mendick and designating Remillard for assignment. They also reinstated John Brebbia from the injured list and optioned right-hander Nick Nastrini and infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A Charlotte. Nastrini’s option means they will need another starter later this week.
11:15am: The White Sox will designate infielder Zach Remillard for assignment in order to open a spot on the roster for fellow utilityman Danny Mendick, reports Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. Van Schouwen first reported last night that Mendick’s contract would be selected prior to today’s game.
It’s the second DFA of the calendar year for Remillard, whom the White Sox designated back in January but selected back to the 40-man roster nine days ago. Now 30 years old, Remillard has spent his entire career in the White Sox organization after the team selected him in the tenth round of the 2016 draft.
Remillard has seen big league time in each of the past two seasons, albeit in fleeting fashion. He tallied 160 plate appearances last year and another five this season. Overall, he’s a .250/.292/.316 hitter in that limited sample. Remillard posted a nice .280/.373/.400 slash in 491 plate appearances during his 2022 run in Triple-A Charlotte, but those numbers dipped in 2023 and he’s out to a dismal .120/.224/.160 start through his first 58 Triple-A appearances so far in 2024.
While Remillard has primarily played third base in his professional career (2356 innings), he’s also logged time at shortstop (1646 innings), at second base (961 innings), at first base (696 innings), in left field (333 innings), in right field (133 innings) and in center field (76 innings).
The White Sox will have a week to trade Remillard, pass him through outright waivers or release him. Because he was outrighted after clearing waivers back in January, he’d have the right to reject a second outright assignment in favor of free agency if he goes unclaimed a second time.
Most underrated and underappreciated team and stadium in MLB.
Maybe a decade ago they were “underrated” and “underappreciated”. They’re a trash organization. And I’m a Sox fan
Bob – I don’t even know what the heck he means?
A franchise cannot be “underrated”, they are what their record says they are. They haven’t made it to an ALCS game in 19 years, and before that 31 years ago. Nobody is gonna mistakenly think they are good unless Brad Pitt makes a movie about them.
As for “underappreciated”, that would be the Rays who for many years were a good team with lousy attendance and ratings.
The Pale Hosers: Soon (if not already) the most ignored, uninspiring, futureless organization in MLB, if not in all major sports.
Tell that to every stadium that built itself after 1990. All copied the White Sox stadium in an extreme way.
I don’t talk to stadiums. Firm rule.
You go right ahead, though.
Thanks to Reinsdork!!
They are an absolute joke of an organization with a boring stadium in the middle of a ghetto
pin – I have a cousin who lives outside Chicago. Around 20 years ago he went to a ChiSox game there and couldn’t believe they allowed fans to run onto the field and beat up a coach right there in front of him.
He went back the next year and watched from his seats in disbelief as they allowed fans to run onto the field and attack an umpire.
He never went back there again, says he’d rather attend a game in Philly wearing Braves gear than attend another ChiSox home game.
Plus a fan got shot there last year. And it was hushed up.
Funny. Worst franchise in sports. Worst owner in sports.
2024 White Sox it’s all about shuffling the AAAA players around trying to resemble a professional franchise.
I am looking forward to the day Sosa gets DFA’d. That kid is dumber than a box of rocks on the field.
Yeah, they should definitely be playing Paul DeJong instead of him
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When Paul DeJong should definitely be playing instead of anyone, isn’t that one of the indicators of where this team is at?
@Bob this is rare case they absolutely should. Him and Dejong are the same age except only one has had success at MLB level.
lenyn sosa is 26 years old. im not sure exactly dejongs age, but im sure as hell he is older by a couple ticks there
24 years old.
@Pohle I was referring to Zach R the one being released. You know the one the article is about.
Do you guys actually think Sosa has less baseball smarts, than, say Eloy??
You sound angry. Have a Snickers
Deck chairs!
Right, an ultra luxury yacht (the equivalent of the White Sox) uses deck chairs.
Playing with “Deck Chairs” is our best move right now. Hoping to find a deck chair or two that is potentially a trade chip, or a player. Playing deck chairs also gives us the best shot at moving to the #1 position in next years draft. It’s all we got right now.
WSox cannot pick higher than 10th next year since they were part of lottery for upcoming ’24 draft. They don’t even have that minor benefit.
Oh wow … Forgot about the stupid lottery.
Haven’t watched/listened at all this year or most of last year, but hope most fans are tuning out since JR has mailed it in. If the lack of relevance is met with mutual disinterest from fans (toward roster, unqualified Grifol/Getz, no player development competence, etc)…….maybe the financials and lack of ratings will become unsustainable.
TV and radio stations can hopefully bow out of deals and make the Chairman beg for all revenue streams he takes for granted.
Not a fan, but looking from the outside, I ask myself: shouldn’t they all be DFA’d?
Kind of like a game of bingo, Ronnen…..spin the balls and whichever comes out of the chute is DFAd. Not a risk at all—legit have about 10-15 guys on that 40 man that can be released without pause.
At least 4 White Socks will reach at least 4 WAR this season.
Remember that.
At least 2 will reach at least 5. At least 1 will reach at least 6.
5 or 6 WAR? Who the hell is getting to that? You’re dumb af, like all your comments
Cumulatively, maybe the entire roster may get to 4 WAR.
Lee, Sheets, Leisure,. Brebbia, Wilson, etc.
Lester, I think you are being optimistic. Well maybe -4.0
WAR
Sheets has been a negative WAR player up until this season. As for this year 3 of his 8 extra base hits and his lobe SB all came in one game.
I’m all for being an optimist. But when a career .230 hitter starts batting .250 at age 28 and people start acting as though he’s breaking out, it’s quite the stretch.
Fedde, Moncado, Kopech, DeJong, etc.
If Robert stays healthy after he hopefully comes back, he’s going to be the only player sniffing 4 WAR on the White Sox…
Maybe when hell freezes over
Time for Remillard to change his sox!
He will be the starting 2B and cleanup hitter tomorrow for Boston!!!
Fever,
He’ll probably do better with your Red Sox anyway, White Sox are a hot mess right now…
Can’t underestimate a bottom dweller and they are appreciated by every team they play. All the Sox announcers have to talk about is the food at that cold sterile park the taxpayers built for them. However, if you’re being DFA’d by that lousy organization, for the second time, maybe it’s time to reassess your career
I wish the Ol Hawkeroo would be forced to announce a month of games this summer. Serve him n Stoney right, for how many lies they told over their careers, to falsely try to hype this con job of an organization.
I’m gonna switch from being a white Sox fan to Cubs
Come into the light Hotdog.
I already did. They have players who know how to play.
I was trying to explain to my wife how bad the White Sox really are this season.
I started with they are so bad that they are on pace to match the Cleveland Spiders for the worst winning percentage in MLB history. She was “but that was a long time ago”.
Then I went to right now they are so bad that they are playing worse than replacement level as a team. The batters have a -2.1 WAR as a team and the pitchers a -0.2 WAR.
So I said, if a team with a good farm system like the Orioles or Brewers or Padres called up all their best minor league players to the majors for the rest of the season they would win more 15-20 more games than White Sox are on pace to win.
That did it.
I find the fact that you share Cleveland Spiders and WAR conversations with your wife in relation to the White Sox highly disturbing.
I’m pretty sure she could have figured it out herself if you just would have made her watch a couple of innings.
…unless she’s a DEI wife ; very popular these days !
mike127 – That’s such a weird thing to gripe about. I’ve been teaching my 6 y.o. about baseball and replaying/pausing games. “Good teams are better at aiming baseballs, catching baseballs, and hitting baseballs.” These things can be quantified.
Sorry fanatic—not meant to be a gripe at all—-actually somewhat of a compliment that somebody has a wife that might understand the conversation,. I guess intent isn’t always translatable in print.
Np dude!
Get added to the 40 man because the team hates Oscar Colas. Get dropped from the 40 man because the team hates Lenyn Sosa. The sad reality of Zach Remillard.
Perhaps it’s time to consider Korea or Japan Zach.
I am stunned that this post has generated 36 responses, 37 with this one. New team name:
The South Side Who Dat’s. GM is Chris( I gets no one good) Getz. Thanks a ton Jerry.
Every time I see the name Remillard, I get hungry for crab cakes.
When real White Sox fans see the chairman it’s time to respectfully tell him what you think of him and how he has ruined the team. I feel he is without a doubt the worst owner in all of sports.
John Fisher is much worse.
The chairman in the owner of two teams in a major market that are terrible and don’t make the real playoffs!!
The Sox are apparently so bad that ‘the Chairman’ reportedly has lost his poker face and is offering to pay toward the stadium. Stay strong Chicago, and force this miser to front all of the money for this lame team!