The White Sox have acquired 20-year old righty swinging outfielder Carl Thomore from the Colorado Rockies for cash considerations.  Thomore has not played so far this year.  He played in 15 games in A-ball last year for the Rockies and he was 10 for 48 (.208 avg, .700 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 1 homer and 6 RBIs.  He has now played in 58 games in his first two years in the minors and he is 40 for 204 (.196 avg, .617 OPS) with 36 runs scored, 4 homers, 31 RBIs and 4 stolen bases.  Thomore has got a lot of work to do before he’s considered a legit major league prospect.

The Chicago White Sox have missed A.J. Pierzynski so far in 2013.  He signed with the Rangers over the winter.  27-year old righty swinging Tyler Flowers has replaced Pierzynski in the starting lineup behind the plate.  He has played in 50 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 35 of 158 (.222 avg, .663 OPS) with 16 runs scored, 6 homers and 16 RBIs.  30-year old switch-hitting Hector Gimenez has been Flowers’ caddy so far in 2013.  He has played in 19 games for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 11 for 51 (.216 avg, .699 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 2 homers and 10 RBIs.  The White Sox really miss Pierzynski’s bat and leadership.

33-year old righty swinging 3B Jeff Keppinger signed a 3-year, $12 million dollar deal last winter with the White Sox.  He played in 115 games for the Rays last year and he was 125 of 385 (.325 avg, .806 OPS) with 46 runs scored, 9 homers, 40 RBIs and 1 stolen base.  So the White Sox gave Keppinger a nice contract to be their starting 3B.  In return, Keppinger has rewarded the White Sox by playing in 50 games so far this year in which he is 46 of 201 (.229 avg, .498 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 1 homer and 17 RBIs.  The White Sox need Keppinger to pick up the pace or they need to start looking for a new starting 3B.

The White Sox have dealt 27-year old lefty swinging 1B Seth Loman to the Orioles for cash considerations.  Loman played in 39 games in AAA-ball for the White Sox this year and he was 27 of 121 (.223 avg, .861 OPS) with 25 runs scored, 8 homers and 19 RBIs.  Loman has now played in 668 games in his first 8 years in the minors and he is 672 of 2,387 (.282 avg, .891 OPS) with 398 runs scored, 123 homers, 424 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.  This isn’t much of a loss for the White Sox.

23-year old righty starting pitcher Erik Johnson has been outstanding in AA-ball so far this year.  Johnson has pitched in 12 games (all starts) in AA-ball so far this year and he is 6-2 with a 2.53 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP.  Johnson has given up only 54 hits and 16 walks while whiffing 65 batters in his first 74 2/3 innings so far this year, which is impressive.  Johnson has now pitched in 31 games (29 starts) in his first three years in the minors and he is 12-7 with a 2.56 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.  Johnson came into this season as the White Sox’ #4 prospect according to Baseball America and they have to be pleased with him so far in 2013.

The White Sox have placed 32-year old righty starting pitcher Jake Peavy on the 15-day disabled list due to a non-displaced fracture to his left rib cage…..which will cause him to miss the next 4-6 weeks.  Peavy has pitched in 11 games (all starts) for the White Sox so far this year and he is 6-4 with a 4.30 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP.  This is a bad break for the White Sox as Peavy has pitched well for the most part this year.  25-year old lefty Hector Santiago will replace Peavy in the starting rotation.  He has pitched in 15 games (5 starts) for the White Sox so far this year and he is 1-4 with a 3.40 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP.  Santiago has pitched well in his first five starts for the Pale Hose this year, as he is 1-2 with a 2.96 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP in those games.

The White Sox have designated 29-year old righty swinging 2B/SS Tyler Greene.  Greene played in 22 games for the White Sox this year and he was 12 for 54 (.222 avg, .615 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs.  He was very undisciplined at the plate for the Pale Hose this year as he whiffed 19 times and had only 3 walks this year.  Greene has played in 288 games in his first five years in the majors and he is 151 of 675 (.224 avg, .645 OPS) with 86 runs scored, 17 homers, 61 RBIs and 28 stolen bases.  This isn’t going to be much of a loss for the White Sox moving forward.

UPDATE:  (6/5/2013) - Tyler Greene has been outrighted to AAA-ball by the Pale Hose.

The White Sox have placed 35-year old lefty swinging outfielder DeWayne Wise on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 30th due to a strained right hamstring.  Wise has played in 30 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 15 for 64 (.234 avg, .586 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer, 3 RBIs and 1 stolen base.  The White Sox have called up 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jordan Danks to replace him on the active roster.  Danks played in 9 games earlier this year for the Pale Hose and he was 3 for 15 (.200 avg, .733 OPS) with 1 run scored, 1 homer and 2 RBIs.

31-year old righty reliever Jesse Crain has been downright nasty for the White Sox so far in 2013.  He has pitched in 28 games (0 starts) for the White Sox so far this year and he is 1-1 with a 0.72 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP.  He has given up 19 hits and walked 8 batters while whiffing 32 in his first 25 innings this year as he has been nasty.  Crain has now pitched in 146 games (0 starts) in his first three years with the White Sox and he is 11-7 with 1 save, a 2.21 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP.

The White Sox have dealt 27-year old switch-hitting 2B/SS Drew Garcia to the Rockies for a player to be named later.  Garcia played in 24 games in AAA-ball for the White Sox this year and he was 16 of 72 (.222 avg, .615 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 0 homers and 12 RBIs.  Garcia has played in 587 games in his first six years in the minors and he is 553 of 2,187 (.253 avg, .686 OPS) with 275 runs scored, 39 homers, 319 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.  This is not much of a loss moving forward for the White Sox.