{"id":693990,"date":"2026-05-26T03:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693990\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T03:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:26:10","slug":"white-sox-to-call-up-david-sandlin-for-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693990\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox To Call Up David Sandlin For MLB Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White Sox are planning to promote right-hander David Sandlin<\/a>, reports Elijah Evans of Just Baseball and Future Sox<\/a>. The 25-year-old is already on Chicago\u2019s 40-man, but the team will need to make space for Sandlin on the active roster. Confirming the move, James Fegan of Sox Machine<\/a> noted that Sandlin is likely going to start for the White Sox, although it\u2019s not entirely clear how he would fit into the rotation. It\u2019s possible he\u2019s only coming up to make a spot start, considering Chicago is in the midst of playing 13 games without a day off.<\/p>\n

Sandlin, 25, began his professional career with the Royals in 2022, and Kansas City traded him to Boston in 2024. The Red Sox then dealt the righty to the White Sox<\/a> this past winter \u2013 along with Jordan Hicks<\/a>, two players to be named later, and cash \u2013 in exchange for Gage Ziehl<\/a>. Sandlin was the prize of the deal for the White Sox, who were willing to take on most of Hicks\u2019 remaining salary to acquire him. In fact, at the time of the trade, general manager Chris Getz<\/a> even described Sandlin<\/a> as \u201cessentially\u201d part of the return for Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, since the GM was able to use some of the money he saved by trading Robert (and his $20MM salary) to pay Hicks, and, therefore, to secure Sandlin. Getz went on to say that Sandlin would compete for a spot on Chicago\u2019s Opening Day roster, praising his \u201cmid-rotation\u201d arsenal and stuff. \u201cHe\u2019s got a chance to really impact our starting rotation this year,\u201d Getz explained (per MLB.com\u2019s Scott Merkin<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sandlin didn\u2019t end up pitching in big league spring training. Back and forearm soreness (per Fegan<\/a>) forced him to start the season on the minor league injured list instead. However, from his first rehab start at High-A Winston-Salem to his latest outing for Triple-A Charlotte, he has been nothing short of electric. Leading with a four-seam fastball that flirts with triple digits, he\u2019s given up just 12 hits in 16 1\/3 innings, striking out 26. While his walk rate is high, he hasn\u2019t let the free passes lead to much damage; Sandlin didn\u2019t allow an earned run until his most recent start.<\/p>\n

Most prospect evaluators roughly agree with Getz\u2019s assessment of Sandlin. He has No. 3 or 4 starter upside, but he needs to improve his control and hone the rest of his arsenal (besides that high-velocity heater) if he\u2019s going to get there. While his results this season have been promising, his Triple-A numbers from 2025 demonstrate why there\u2019s cause for concern. In his first 23.2 innings at the highest minor league level, he walked 13 batters, beaned two more, and gave up 35 hits en route to a 7.61 ERA and 5.27 FIP.<\/p>\n

Davis Martin<\/a> has been a revelation for the White Sox this season. Anthony Kay<\/a> and Sean Burke<\/a> have been solid, despite their ups and downs. Noah Schultz<\/a> and Erick Fedde<\/a> have struggled badly. Even so, it\u2019s hard to imagine that Sandlin would take either of their spots in the rotation. Schultz could be optioned, while Fedde could be DFA\u2019d. Yet, Sandlin isn\u2019t stretched out to take on a full starter\u2019s workload, and he\u2019s never made more than 18 starts or thrown more than 106 innings in a professional season. So, it seems more likely that he\u2019s joining the team to give the rest of the rotation an extra day of rest. Of course, that doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t stay in Chicago if he pitches well. This might be a spot start for now, but the White Sox aren\u2019t going to send down anyone who can give them quality innings. They\u2019re currently in a playoff position, despite a mediocre 4.47 ERA and 4.19 SIERA. If Sandlin succeeds, he shouldn\u2019t have trouble sticking around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The White Sox are planning to promote right-hander David Sandlin, reports Elijah Evans of Just Baseball and Future…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,40722,462,82],"class_list":["post-693990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-david-sandlin","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}