Scott Merkin

White Sox beat writer for 24 years. Go Blue! Eagles are rock n' roll legends. National championships won under Jim Harbaugh? It looks like one!

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“Some kind of superhero who comes out of the bullpen and throws 100 and gets outs."

"Everybody loved him. He was always just a crazy, wild person, but he had the biggest heart and would always help people.”

Remembering Bobby Jenks: https://t.co/68G6WADEmE

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White Sox lose, 10-0. They fall back into a tie with the Guardians atop the American League Central. White Sox had 3 hits.

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The line on Acuna: 1 IP, 0 H, O R, O BB, 0 K. 5 pitches, 4 strikes. Topped out at 39.8 mph per Statcast.

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Acuna now pitching for the White Sox in the 8th

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Nimmo goes deep down the LF line. 2-0 in the first

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Antonacci saw 7 pitches in his first at-bat. He saw 18 against deGrom yesterday over his first three plate appearances.

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I still remember when Kumar Rocker pitched Vanderbilt by the beloved Wolverines in Game 2 of the 2019 College World Series, with the beloved Wolverines holding a 1-0 lead in the Series.

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Game time temperature in Arlington: 103 degrees.

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“Yeah, it’s very frustrating. It’s not how I anticipated this year to go. I put a lot of work in this offseason. I just wanted it really bad." A high left ankle sprain leaves Kyle Teel out from 6-12 weeks: https://t.co/xTJ4fl3HCC

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Derek Harper throwing out a first pitch to Rangers coach Travis Jankowski. In 2025, during Spring Training, when Jankowski was with the White Sox, he lived down the hall from me in the hotel where we resided.

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Colson Montgomery is still pretty sore and not at the point to start tonight, per Will Venable. Montgomery is available off the bench.

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Mark Kotsay visited Joshua Kuroda Grauer in the hospital today: “He’s in great spirits. He was joking. His personality is amazing. … I think he might be the only player in history to [rupture] a testicle, stay in the game, get a hit and play another half inning of defense.”

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Teel on the injury Monday: "Yeah, you know, twisted around to go get the ball and put a tag down. Just felt like I made contact with somebody and I didn’t. Just felt like I was hit in the ankle with something."

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Tim Elko has been activated in Charlotte per White Sox

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Will Venable said the broad range for Teel's absence is 6 to 12 weeks.

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Teel told us he has a high ankle sprain. Wearing a boot right now. Said waiting for doctor to look at MRI before discussing amount of time away from action.

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Hanging with a Hall of Famer ... But not for long. It's like 125 degrees outside.

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Spoiler alert: I was very close!!!

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Can @scottmerkin correctly guess the Opening Day lineup from the first White Sox team he covered?

@jlazowski14 puts him to the test 👀

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More information to come later in the evening as we talk to Teel, Quero and Venable.

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Prior to tonight’s game at the Texas Rangers, the Chicago White Sox placed catcher Kyle Teel on the 10-day injured list with a left ankle sprain and recalled catcher Edgar Quero from Class AAA Charlotte.

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Andrew Benintendi is batting .300 with seven extra-base hits and 12 RBIs in his last 16 games, per MLB Network Gameday notes.

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“We were kind of waiting for that one big hit. We had chances all night, it felt like." Benintendi, fresh off celebrating/honoring 10 years of MLB service time, delivers game-winning, three-run double off Jacob deGrom: https://t.co/s1aMWPlnBM