August 5: The White Sox made it official today, selected Bush’s contract. They also reinstated right-hander Dominic Leone from the 60-day injured list. Right-hander Prelander Berroa and left-hander Sammy Peralta were optioned in corresponding moves. The 40-man roster is now full.
August 4: The White Sox will select the contract of left-hander Ky Bush prior to their next game on Tuesday, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Daryl Van Schouwen reports (via X). Bush will get the start against the A’s in his Major League debut. No 40-man roster move is required, as the Sox have space available after all their moves at the trade deadline.
A second-round pick in the 2021 draft, Bush was part of a unique Angels draft class that saw the team use all 20 of its selections on pitchers. He pitched at the Double-A level in 2022-23 and at the start of the 2024 season, with both a lat strain and a trade to Chicago interrupting his progress last season. Bush and Edgar Quero were the prospects sent from the Angels to the White Sox in the July 2023 deal that brought Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to Los Angeles.
Bush settled in with his new organization this season, delivering a 2.12 ERA over 80 2/3 Double-A innings. This earned him his first taste of Triple-A action, though he has a 6.16 ERA in 19 innings and four appearances in Charlotte. For the season as a whole, Bush’s ERA is 2.89 over 99 2/3 frames, with a 10.45% walk rate, and 23.4% strikeout rate.
Baseball America ranked Bush sixth on its midseason ranking of the White Sox prospect pool, noting that the 24-year-old has “”No. 4 starter potential” and an arsenal of “solid pure stuff.” To that latter point, BA’s scouting reports puts a 50 grade on all four of Bush’s pitches, though his slider is considered his best offering.
It isn’t the standout resume that would immediately land a pitcher a ticket to the big leagues, but the 24-year-old Bush will get a chance to show what he can do against MLB competition. The rebuilding White Sox will be giving plenty of playing time to young players down the stretch, so a good showing could certainly earn Bush more looks in the rotation. If the pressure of making his debut in the Show wasn’t enough, Bush will also be trying to help the White Sox end a 20-game losing streak that is nearing record levels.
Good for Ky.
Yet another idiotic move by Team Arte.
Placing Giolito and Lopez on release waivers was another kick to to the balls. Not many people remember they also placed Tyler Anderson on waivers too but nobody claimed him They could have lost their most valuable pitcher this season for nothing too
Who cares?
Halo JJ above, me here… that’s 2 people out of 3 so far. Why don’t you care, and why are you even here? Lol
Me too. I care where Holycow does not. I tip where Holycow does not. I choose to interact with society where Holycow does not.
I’m always fascinated by people that sign onto a website, then read the article, and then take the time to post ‘who cares’? What’s the psychology behind that? It’s like that dude at the bar, who brings up an old g/f or ex-wife, drones on for 20 minutes, only to say he doesn’t care.
lol
By even posting this you’re giving it more attention than you should if you truly didn’t care.
The fact that a post is written on this mlb site about the biggest joke in mlb history is a disgrace.
@Holy Cow
I care…if for anything just to show solidarity
Everyone who reads MLBTR, which includes you.
To quoth soothsayer Faith No More: “we care a lot”
21 losses seems likely
I see 26 in the future
Tuesday night in Oakland is probably their best shot this week. If they don’t win that night then they are at least tying the Phillies record.
Sox are 20 games BEHIND Oakland!
ehh, they always seem to overperform against the Cubs, even when the Cubs are good; they went 2-2 in 2016 (when the Cubs won the World Series). 0-3 is possible for sure, but I wouldn’t count them out in those games.
I wouldn’t count them out of the cubs games but the probable matchups are Crochet vs Taillon and Steele vs Flexen.
Crochet is on an innings limit so the bullpen needs to step up which they haven’t and the team hasn’t won a Flexen start since May.
No way. The Cubs will lose one to them.
Old enough to drink
Still waiting for the “White Sox Fire Pedro Grifol” post.
What the White Sox need is Knute Rockne…but he is unavailable
White Sox should hire robin Ventura again because Chicago won’t be good again for a looooonnngggg time
Pretty sure very little is this is his fault. Aim higher.
Not all of this is his fault, but he’s made some pretty hilariously bad decisions also. Knowledgable Sox fans are generally on the ‘yeah this guy isn’t a good manager’ train. He’s made some incredibly confusing bullpen decisions in particular during this streak.
Lord,….lordy, lordy
You would be WRONG, not watching,
Pedro is awful, treats many Rookies horrible, treats local media beat writers awful, and lost the clubhouse last year.
He will go down as The WORST MLB Mgr Ever, in over 130+ Years of MLB, never to Manage again, and then couple that with being very unlikable and a bad dude.
Other than all of the above, sure he is swell manager. There is Only 1 Pro Sports franchise inept enough to have not fired him long ago, the woeful Getz and JR led White Sox.
Not sure if hes a bad dude, just bad at his job
The WORST MLB Mgr Ever, in over 130+ Years of MLB
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Bobby Valentine says to say hello.
* He had Padillo (R) pitch to Cecil Fielder, rather than switch to a lefty, in the 8th inning of Opening Day, instead of switching to a lefty, because he wanted to see what Padillo was made of.
* Initially posted his all-righty lineup against Righty Hendriks, because he confused him with lefty Hendrickson, who had retired the previous year.
* He gave an intentional base on balls to Matsui. Matsui was 38, had a .435 OPS, and never had another hit and retired a few days later. He literally gave an IBB to the worst hitter in BB, and it lost the game for us,
Is Grifol really any worse?
Alan Trammel
ski44, brew yourself the world’s biggest pot of coffee for that to happen.
100 under 500 in less than 2 years. That is what happens in a organization that holds nobody accountable for their actions..
Whaddya mean, no one’s held accountable?
Sox let Jason Benetti go after last season.
I really miss H F Jason Benettii. Always loved Steve Stone but now all he is a Riensdorf spokesmen.
Agree about Stone, although he’ll occasionally have a moment of clarity and let a snarky comment out. The bigger issue is the other idiot box in the booth. NOTHING he says is meaningful. He just makes things up. How many times after a guy gets a couple hits does he say, “You can tell he’s turning things around. He just looks so much more comfortable.” Only for that player to go 2-30 after that.
Yesterday in the top of 1st, he talked about Baldwin not letting his struggles at the plate to affect him in the field. Bottom of the 1st, Baldwin boots and easy ground ball. Examples of that are endless.
Schriffen loves to talk about how tight and fun the clubhouse is…Ozzie and Frank are now making fun of him during the postgame. “Oh I thought the clubhouse so much fun and they love each other. This is a great clubhouse.”
And he really needs to shut up about balls and strikes.
As bad as the new guy is, at least hawk isn’t in the booth anymore with all his made-up stories.
Somewhere in the afterlife, Yaz is offended.
The commissioner should fine the owners for conduct detrimental to the game.
I am surprised the White Sox didn’t get one of the Cardinals AAA starters back in the Fedde deal. Graceffo, McGreevy, Kloffenstein, Thompson and Bedell. Not sure there are any future all stars in that group but all seem more ready than Bush is now.
“Memorable 2021 draft” is a great tongue in cheek troll line, but Eppler’s 2018-21 Drafts are the stuff of endless derision. It’s 5 years later and they’ve produced nothing for the Angels in terms of either useful players or prospects traded for useful players.
The only trade value I can identify is Dylan Bundy’s last positive WAR season and that cost Kyle Bradish.
In the same 2018-21 Drafts the Os picked GRod, Rutschman, Henderson, Westburg, Norby, Mayo, Cowser, Joey Ortiz, Hernaiz and Stowers. And Eppler gifted them the best player he drafted.
I went back and changed the word from “memorable” to “unique,” which is probably more accurate since you don’t usually see a team drafting only pitchers.
A potential number 4 starter! So top of the sox rotation he goes.
Crochet shot himself in the foot by trying to act like an NFL holdout. His own organization doesn’t like him because he ruined their chances to sell high, and other organizations don’t want some who would give them ultimatums over contracts.
I don’t think Crochet ever had the trade value people thought he did, even before the story about him wanting an extension.
The White Sox did this to themselves by rushing him to the big leagues and watching him get injured at the big league level and therefore losing all that team control.
His trade value is going to be very similar this offseason than it would have been in July.
Sox will get a haul for Crochet this off-season. They need it too. There’s about 2 MLB worthy players on that roster right now.
They rushed him to the big leagues because they prioritized “can he help us in the playoffs” over playing service time manipulation ganes- which he did down the stretch in somewhat spectacular fashion in 2020, before his arm fell off. More teams should consider that. The Sox also rushed prospect Chris Sale to the big club, making him their closer out of the chute before stretching him out. Again, no service time manipulation. More teams should do that with prized arms. If TJ is an inevitability for many, why expend those innings in the low minors is one way of thinking.
His trade value took a major hit from what he said publicly about wanting an extension as a starter after only 1 year as one with control left still. Players shouldn’t make demands over a year out from free agency.
His trade value was never what people thought it was. What he said publicly was common sense. He was never going to help a team in October.
Rowdy Busch left NASCAR?
His older brother Ku Busch already retired.
Sell the team Mr.Reinsdorf. terrible brand of baseball from top brass to low minors. ask the southside.
@jump 84 KY Busch might be good. I guess we will find out who got fleeced the angels or the whitesox.
If Bush ends up having any kind of a MLB career, the white Sox clearly won the trade.
Quero is already looking like a Special talent. Might just be an issue of to what extent did the Sox get massive value
@dumpster yeah he’s always had a hit tool, it’s just his defense thats questionable. He’s still young. It’s going to be hard for it not to be lopsided. The schizophrenic trade and immediately putting the whole team on release had to be Moreno. I don’t really hold it against perry
Hes defintley gonna break the streak because whatever outcome is most painful to angels fans is normally what happens. Congrats on your ace!
Face palm, Angels!
As an outsider looking in, what are the White Sox doing?! There’s no way this organization is ran THIS bad, is it?
This isn’t a cut at Ky Bush, but can you imagine being this young man? Worked his whole life to get to the majors and he gets called up to the worst team in modern history.
He knows before he gets there he’s going to get bad coaching and bad advice all around. He’s headed for a cellar dwelling meat grinder that needs a complete overhaul from GM to roster.
Condolences White Sox fans.
From owner to roster!
Congrats to Ky Bush. Hope he ends the ChiSox losing streak.
Mark – one correction, Ky is (probably) starting the game Monday (Aug 5), not Tuesday.
20 losses in a row
I have been a loyal White So fan for 65 years, my boys just kinda laugh when I say I’m watching the Sox game. The thing I need to know is how does one become a Cub fan?
Frontal lobotomy to become Cubs fan!
Thought I would hear fro number 1 cub fan Patty from Tinley Park to teach me how to be a cub fan.
Wait, I just met Patrick from Tinley park at a Score event, I kid you nit. Keeps inviting me to Cub listener events.
Or bottle in front of me to become a Cubs broadcaster. At least in the days of Harry Carey.
How does one become a Cubs fan, you ask?
Just keep repeating:
“Hey Hey, Holy Mackerel
No doubt about it
The Cubs are gonna win today….”
While picturing Jack Brickhouse with a Golden Halo.
There’s not a chance I would sing that song. Maybe I will be a Brewers fan instead.
Ok, just envision Jack Brickhouse hollering “Hey Hey Ernie does it again!” and you’re in.
I had this dilemma when I was deciding whether to be a Yankees or Mets fans. Most of my classmates were Mets fans but Mattingly and Guidry tilted the scale for me. Who would you root for on the Cubs?
Reincarnation!
K-Y Bush. Tee-hee.
Saw him in the minors. Wish him luck.
Welcome to the majors Ky, and your first MLB loss.
The bullpen will make sure his efforts are wasted!
He has a 6.16 ERA in AAA. I’m not convinced that the BP will play a role here. Pure guess is that they are looking for a pitcher that other teams don’t have a book on in hopes of breaking the losing streak.
Joe,
That’s an interesting take. It won’t matter, the Athletics actually hace some decent players. White Soc are a Double A team these days.
He deserved a promotion to AAA, but this feels like feeding him to the wolves. He doesn’t seem ready for the majors. Hope it doesn’t hurt his development.
White Sox continue to show why they are the worst run organization in professional sports.
I would’ve asked to stay in Charlotte
Watching the Cardinals game. Everybody is laughing at the White Sox. Sixty games under five hundred.
And the losing streak goes on 21 for the great white Sox