2020 Chicago White Sox season

The 2020 Chicago White Sox season is the club's 121st season in Chicago and 120th in the American League. The Sox play their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field.

2020 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
Guaranteed Rate Field (since 1991) Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Rick Hahn
Manager(s)	Rick Renteria
Local television	NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago+ (Jason Benetti, Steve Stone, Tom Paciorek, Tony Graffanino)
Local radio	WGN-AM Chicago White Sox Radio Network (Andy Masur, Darrin Jackson) WRTO-AM (Spanish) (Hector Molina, Billy Russo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3]

Offseason

• November 21, 2019: Catcher Yasmani Grandal was signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a four-year, $73 million contract.
• November 22, 2019: 1st Baseman José Abreu signed a three-year contract extension worth $50 million with the White Sox.
• December 2, 2019: Catcher James McCann signed a one-year extension with the White Sox.
• December 10, 2019: White Sox trade outfielder Steele Walker to the Texas Rangers for outfielder Nomar Mazara.
• December 20, 2019: LHP Gio González was signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $5 million contract.
• December 30, 2019: LHP Dallas Keuchel was signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a three-year, $55.5 million contract.
• January 2, 2020: Outfielder Luis Robert signed a six-year contract extension worth $50 million with the White Sox.
• January 9, 2020: 1B-DH Edwin Encarnación was signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $12 million contract.
• January 14, 2020: RHP Steve Cishek was signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $6 million contract.
• April 1, 2020: longtime White Sox radio broadcaster Ed Farmer died at the age of 70.

Season standings

American League Central

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	15	8	0.652	—	10–2	5–6
Cleveland Indians	14	9	0.609	1	6–4	8–5
Chicago White Sox	13	11	0.542	2½	5–8	8–3
Detroit Tigers	9	12	0.429	5	4–9	5–3
Kansas City Royals	9	14	0.391	6	4–4	5–10

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	16	7	0.696
Oakland Athletics	16	8	0.667
Minnesota Twins	15	8	0.652

Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	15	9	0.625
Cleveland Indians	14	9	0.609
Houston Astros	13	10	0.565

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	13	11	0.542	+½
Baltimore Orioles	12	11	0.522	—
Texas Rangers	10	12	0.455	1½
Toronto Blue Jays	9	11	0.450	1½
Detroit Tigers	9	12	0.429	2
Kansas City Royals	9	14	0.391	3
Los Angeles Angels	8	16	0.333	4½
Seattle Mariners	7	18	0.280	6
Boston Red Sox	6	18	0.250	6½

Record against opponents

2020 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NL
Chicago	—	2–4	3–1	3–0	1–2	3–4
Cleveland	4–2	—	3–0	2–1	1–3	3–3
Detroit	1–3	0–3	—	2–2	0–0	6–3
Kansas City	0–3	1–2	2–2	—	4–3	2–4
Minnesota	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–4	—	7–2

Updated with the results of all games through August 17, 2020.

Detailed records

American League Central Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Chicago White Sox – – – – – Cleveland Indians 2–4 1–2 1–2 17 21 Detroit Tigers 3–1 1–0 2–1 23 16 Kansas City Royals 4–0 0–0 3–0 33 13 Minnesota Twins 1–2 1–2 0–0 17 27 Total 9–7 4–4 6–3 90 77

National League Central Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Chicago Cubs 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 Cincinnati Reds 0–0 – 0–0 0 0 Milwaukee Brewers 2–2 0–2 2–0 12 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 0 St. Louis Cardinals 1–2 1–2 – 11 13 Total 3–4 1–4 2–0 23 28

Game Log

Regular season

2020 regular season game log: 13–11 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–3)
July: 3–4 (Home: 1–2 ; Away: 2–2) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 1 July 24 Twins 7:10pm 5–10 May (1–0) Giolito (0–1) — 0–1 L1 2 July 25 Twins 1:10pm 10–3 Keuchel (1–0) Dobnak (0–1) — 1–1 W1 3 July 26 Twins 1:10pm 2–14 Maeda (1–0) López (0–1) — 1–2 L1 — July 27 @ Indians Postponed (inclement weather)[4] 4 July 28 @ Indians 3:40pm 3–4 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2) 1–3 L2 5 July 28 @ Indians TBA 3–5 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1) 1–4 L3 6 July 29 @ Indians 5:10pm 4–0 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 2–4 W1 7 July 31 @ Royals 7:05pm 3–2 Keuchel (2–0) Bubic (0–1) Colomé (1) 3–4 W2
August: 10–7 (Home: 4–6 ; Away: 6–1) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 8 August 1 @ Royals 6:05pm 11–5 Foster (1–0) Bolaños (0–2) Heuer (1) 4–4 W3 9 August 2 @ Royals 1:05pm 9–2 Cease (1–1) Barlow (1–1) — 5–4 W4 10 August 3 @ Brewers 7:10pm 6–4 Detwiler (1–0) Phelps (1–1) Colomé (2) 6–4 W5 11 August 4 @ Brewers 7:10pm 3–2 Giolito (1–1) Williams (0–1) Colomé (3) 7–4 W6 12 August 5 Brewers 7:10pm 0–1 Houser (1–0) Keuchel (2–1) Hader (2) 7–5 L1 13 August 6 Brewers 7:10pm 3–8 Lindblom (1–0) González (0–1) — 7–6 L2 14 August 7 Indians 7:10pm 2–0 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4) 8–6 W1 15 August 8 Indians 1:10pm 1–7 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1) — 8–7 L1 16 August 9 Indians 1:10pm 4–5 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1) 8–8 L2 17 August 10 @ Tigers 6:10pm 1–5 Norris (1–1) Keuchel (2–2) — 8–9 L3 18 August 11 @ Tigers 6:10pm 8–4 Foster (2–0) Alexander (1–1) — 9–9 W1 19 August 12 @ Tigers 12:10pm 7–5 Cease (3–1) Boyd (0–2) Colomé (5) 10–9 W2 20 August 15 Cardinals 1:10pm 1–5 Wainwright (2–0) Giolito (1–2) — 10–10 L1 21 August 15 Cardinals 3:15pm 3–6 Cabrera (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Miller (1) 10–11 L2 22 August 16 Cardinals 1:10pm 7–2 Keuchel (3–2) Hudson (0–2) — 11–11 W1 23 August 17 Tigers 7:10pm 7–2 Heuer (1–0) Boyd (0–3) — 12–11 W2 24 August 18 Tigers 7:10pm 10–4 Cease (4–1) Skubal (0–1) — 13–11 W3 25 August 19 Tigers 7:10pm – — 26 August 20 Tigers 1:10pm – — 27 August 21 @ Cubs 7:15pm – — 28 August 22 @ Cubs 7:15pm – — 29 August 23 @ Cubs 1:20pm – — 30 August 25 Pirates 7:10pm – — 31 August 26 Pirates 1:10pm – — 32 August 28 Royals 7:10pm – — 33 August 29 Royals 1:10pm – — 34 August 30 Royals 1:10pm – — 35 August 31 @ Twins 7:10pm – — The White Sox are the home team at the Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa.
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 36 September 1 @ Twins 7:10pm – — 37 September 2 @ Twins 7:10pm – — 38 September 3 @ Royals 7:05pm – — 39 September 4 @ Royals 7:05pm – — 40 September 5 @ Royals 6:05pm – — 41 September 6 @ Royals 1:05pm – — 42 September 8 @ Pirates 6:05pm – — 43 September 9 @ Pirates 6:05pm – — 44 September 11 Tigers 7:10pm – — 45 September 12 Tigers 6:10pm – — 46 September 13 Tigers 1:10pm – — 47 September 14 Twins 7:10pm – — 48 September 15 Twins 7:10pm – — 49 September 16 Twins 7:10pm – — 50 September 17 Twins 1:10pm – — 51 September 18 @ Reds 6:10pm – — 52 September 19 @ Reds 5:10pm – — 53 September 20 @ Reds 12:10pm – — 54 September 21 @ Indians 5:10pm – — 55 September 22 @ Indians 5:10pm – — 56 September 23 @ Indians 5:10pm – — 57 September 24 @ Indians 5:10pm – — 58 September 25 Cubs 7:10pm – — 59 September 26 Cubs 6:10pm – — 60 September 27 Cubs 2:10pm – —
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member

Roster

Chicago White Sox roster
Active roster				Player pool		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 84 Dylan Cease 27 Lucas Giolito 47 Gio Gonzalez 60 Dallas Keuchel Bullpen 62 Zack Burdi 31 Steve Cishek 50 Jimmy Cordero 54 Ross Detwiler 63 Matt Foster 57 Jace Fry 65 Codi Heuer 43 Evan Marshall 66 José Ruiz Closer 48 Álex Colomé		Catchers 38 Zack Collins 24 Yasmani Grandal 33 James McCann Infielders 79 José Abreu  7 Tim Anderson 36 Cheslor Cuthbert 18 Ryan Goins 20 Danny Mendick 10 Yoan Moncada Outfielders 37 Luis Gonzalez 74 Eloy Jiménez 30 Nomar Mazara 88 Luis Robert Designated hitters 23 Edwin Encarnación		Pitchers 53 Drew Anderson * 39 Aaron Bummer 61 Ryan Burr * -- Garrett Crochet * -- Andrew Dalquist * 78 Dane Dunning 67 Bernardo Flores 59 Tayron Guerrero * 52 Ian Hamilton 87 Tyler Johnson * 80 Jacob Lindgren * 40 Reynaldo López -- Alex McRae * -- Adalberto Mejía * -- Bryan Mitchell * 33 Clayton Richard * 55 Carlos Rodón -- Bennett Sousa * 90 Jonathan Stiever * Catchers 49 Yermín Mercedes 44 Seby Zavala Infielders  1 Nick Madrigal 94 Andrew Vaughn * Outfielders 77 Micker Adolfo 26 Nicky Delmonico 15 Adam Engel 76 Blake Rutherford		Manager 17 Rick Renteria Coaches  8 Daryl Boston (first base) 12 Nick Capra (third base) 46 Scott Coolbaugh (assistant hitting) 21 Don Cooper (pitching) 98 Miguel González (bullpen catcher) 29 Curt Hasler (bullpen) 82 Joe McEwing (bench/infield) 22 Frank Menechino (hitting) 96 Luis Sierra (bullpen catcher) 45-day injured list 28 Leury García 58 Jimmy Lambert Restricted list 34 Michael Kopech 28 active, 27 player pool 7- or 10-day injured list Suspended list ^# Personal leave * Not on 40-man roster Roster and coaches updated August 17, 2020 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League
A-Advanced	Winston-Salem Dash	Carolina League
A	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	South Atlantic League
Rookie	Great Falls Voyagers	Pioneer League
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL White Sox	Dominican Summer League

References

1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. "White Sox-Tribe postponed; DH on Tuesday". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

• 2020 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• 2020 Chicago White Sox season Official Site
• 2020 Chicago White Sox season at ESPN