{"id":447637,"date":"2026-01-30T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/447637\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:50:10","slug":"white-sox-sign-lucas-sims-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/447637\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Sign Lucas Sims To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White Sox have signed right-hander Lucas Sims<\/a> to a minor league contract, per James Fegan of Sox Machine<\/a>. The TWC client presumably be in camp as a non-roster invitee when pitchers and catchers report next month.<\/p>\n

Sims, 31, opened the 2025 season with the Nationals but was cut loose after just 19 appearances. The right-hander\u2019s command evaporated entirely while pitching in D.C. He tossed 12 1\/3 innings and was tagged for 18 runs in that time, thanks largely to a bloated 19.4% walk rate and a staggering seven hit batters. He also tossed three wild pitches. Sims went on to sign a minor league deal with the Phillies, but his command in Triple-A wasn\u2019t any better; he issued walks at an 18.6% clip and plunked nine more batters in 34 innings.<\/p>\n

Though 2025 was clearly a lost season, Sims had a decent track record prior. From 2020-24, he pitched 189 2\/3 innings between the Reds and Red Sox, combining for a 3.89 ERA with a 29.4% strikeout rate. Command was an issue for Sims even during that more solid run (13% walk rate), but certainly not to the extent he showed between the Nats and Phillies last season.<\/p>\n

Even as he struggled in 2025, Sims appears to have been healthy. He didn\u2019t make a trip to the major league or minor league injured list, and he wound up tossing a combined 46 1\/3 innings despite a two-week layoff between those two clubs. His 94.9 mph average four-seamer in the majors was right in line (slightly higher, actually) than the 94.4 mph he\u2019d averaged across the past three seasons. He dipped to 93.8 mph in Triple-A, but that wasn\u2019t a particularly notable drop from the prior season\u2019s 94.2 mph average.<\/p>\n

The White Sox recently signed veteran reliever Seranthony Dominguez<\/a> to a two-year, $20MM contract. He\u2019ll enter the season as the favorite for closing opportunities, barring another addition, while righties Jordan Leasure<\/a> and Grant Taylor<\/a> will give manager Will Venable<\/a> a pair of setup options who each punched out more than 30% of their opponents in 2025 (34.4%, in Taylor\u2019s case). Righty Mike Vasil<\/a> and lefty Tyler Gilbert<\/a> are likely ticketed for swing roles after pitching well in \u201925. That\u2019s especially true for Gilbert, who\u2019s out of minor league options.<\/p>\n

The rest of the bullpen spots are largely up for grabs. Chicago currently has two Rule 5 picks (Alexander Alberto<\/a> and Jedixson Paez<\/a>) on the 40-man roster. Other bullpen candidates include Brandon Eisert<\/a>, Jairo Iriarte<\/a>, Wikelman Gonzalez<\/a> and out-of-options lefty Bryan Hudson<\/a>. Sims joins lefty Ryan Borucki<\/a> and righty Tyson Miller<\/a> as one of the more experienced non-roster invitees in camp who\u2019ll be vying for one of those final spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The White Sox have signed right-hander Lucas Sims to a minor league contract, per James Fegan of Sox…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,66850,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-447637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-lucas-sims","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}