{"id":604850,"date":"2026-04-13T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604850\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:56:08","slug":"with-springer-out-blue-jays-pick-up-lenyn-sosa-from-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604850\/","title":{"rendered":"With Springer out, Blue Jays pick up Lenyn Sosa from White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776113768_436_rogers_jesse.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jesse RogersApr 14, 2026, 03:43 AM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0151aed9-9f11-ceae-195d-180ca603b64a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tor\/toronto-blue-jays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> acquired infielder <a data-player-guid=\"0727a952-5f02-ca05-b7c7-f336fba6e596\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41684\/lenyn-sosa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenyn Sosa<\/a> from the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8f4800c6-3c05-b3d5-8186-9750cd72a3c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chw\/chicago-white-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> for minor league outfielder Jordan Rich and a player to be named later or cash considerations, the teams announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sosa, 26, led the White Sox last year with 22 home runs and 75 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>The Blue Jays have picked up infielder Lenyn Sosa from the White Sox to add some offense in the wake of George Springer&#8217;s toe fracture over the weekend.\u00a0Matt Marton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Toronto is looking for a boost to its offense after losing <a data-player-guid=\"f2825eb9-ced6-3523-e6c7-7c3d7a97c892\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32078\/george-springer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Springer<\/a> to a toe fracture over the weekend. He was off to a slow start as is newcomer <a data-player-guid=\"fd16520b-3a75-323d-b59c-5b9912226b0f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5134636\/kazuma-okamoto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuma Okamoto<\/a>. The Blue Jays rank midpack in many offensive categories, hitting 14 home runs in 15 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Sosa has played every infield position in his five-year big league career, spending most of his time at second base. He&#8217;s hitting .212 this season in limited action. He&#8217;s a .245 career hitter with 37 home runs in 315 games.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the White Sox have a logjam of middle infielders but are short on outfield prospects. Rich, 18, adds to that group.<\/p>\n<p>He was selected by the Blue Jays in the 17th round of the 2025 first-year player draft out of American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida. He has not played in a professional game yet.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto placed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40912\/shane-bieber\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shane Bieber<\/a> on the 60-day injured list to make room for Sosa on its 40-man roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse RogersApr 14, 2026, 03:43 AM CloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-604850","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-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604850","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=604850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}