The Sox (23-46) dropped Thursday’s game 4-3 against the Astros, losing the series. It was a frustrating day for the Sox’ offense. They struck out 16 times, and when they made hard contact it found the gloves of Astros defenders.

Josh Hader remains flawless in 2025, earning his 18th save in the Astros’ 4-3 win over the White Sox while further backing his elite status.

Framber Valdez has racked up double-digit strikeouts on fewer than 100 pitches in each of his last two starts, leading the Houston Astros to victory both times.

There's still a lot of road left in the season, but we wanted to see progress,” assistant general manager Josh Barfield told the Sun-Times. “We knew that we had some of these young guys coming up here,

The White Sox called up the No. 6-ranked prospect in their organization, right-hander Grant Taylor, on Tuesday. Chicago selected Taylor's contract from Double-A Birmingham and designated right-hander Bryse Wilson for assignment.

Perhaps the solution to the White Sox pitching woes is a little penguin named Pepe. Before Sunday’s game against the Royals, Chicago trotted out Pepe to accompany Dr. Mike Adkesson, president and CEO of the Brookfield Zoo, for the ceremonial first pitch at Rate Field.