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White Sox Select Chad Kuhl

By Steve Adams | June 14, 2024 at 2:57pm CDT

The White Sox announced Friday that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Chad Kuhl from Triple-A Charlotte. Chicago also reinstated outfielder Tommy Pham from the injured list and optioned righty Jordan Leasure and outfielder Zach DeLoach to Charlotte in a pair of corresponding moves.

Kuhl, 31, is a veteran of seven big league seasons who joined the South Siders on a minor league deal in the offseason. He’s made 13 appearances in Charlotte, 11 of them starts, and posted a 4.34 ERA in that time. Kuhl’s 17.3% strikeout rate is considerably below-average, while his 13.6% walk rate with the Knights is substantially higher than average. He’s turned in a strong 53.5% grounder rate and done a nice job keeping the ball in the yard, averaging 0.8 homers per nine frames.

Kuhl spent the 2023 season with the Nationals organization but struggled through 16 appearances before being cut loose. He announced shortly thereafter that while he’d received contract offers to sign elsewhere, he was taking a leave from the game to support his wife, Amanda, as she battled Stage 3 breast cancer. She announced via social media in November that she’d completed her cancer treatments. The Athletic’s Stephen J. Nesbitt chronicled the couple’s journey through that harrowing ordeal this past April, revealing within that Amanda is thankfully in the “maintenance” phase of her treatment and no longer showing any sign of cancer.

Prior to Kuhl’s time with the Nats, he spent five seasons with the Pirates and a sixth with the Rockies. In all, he’s totaled 615 big league innings and pitched to a 4.98 ERA, though that number is skewed to an extent by last year’s grisly 8.45 mark while quietly dealing with that terrifying family issue away from the field. Kuhl’s best season came with the ’17 Pirates, when he started 31 games and logged a 4.35 ERA over the course of 157 1/3 innings.

The White Sox don’t have an immediate opening in the rotation, but Kuhl can provide a long relief option and perhaps step up next week if the Sox want to get their starters some extra rest. Top starter Garrett Crochet, notably, has already established a new career-high in innings pitched after shifting from a relief role to the rotation this season. For now, the Sox have Chris Flexen, Erick Fedde and top prospect Drew Thorpe lined up to make the next three starts in their road series with the Diamondbacks.

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25 Comments

  1. Never Remember

    1 year ago

    Finally. Took them long enough. Hope he does well, a great family story.

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  2. sambino

    1 year ago

    Kuhl news.

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  3. Tom the ray fan

    1 year ago

    Those skis yours? Both of em? Kuhl

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  4. TheMan 3

    1 year ago

    I’m happy for Chad and wish him the best

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  5. rememberthecoop

    1 year ago

    Why all these veterans? Meanwhile, a team that’s in rebuild mode won’t call up Colsten Montgomery. Flip DeJung & get that kid to Chicago!

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    • Aiden Awe

      1 year ago

      He’s off to a slow start. Don’t rush him

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    • lilojbone

      1 year ago

      The Sox should pick up De Jung’s option. Montgomery is not ready for the majors as Aiden Awe noted in his or her post . I won’t mind him rotting at Charlotte until he is batting above .300. Trust me, I can hold my breath until I turn blue, hopefully this time I don’t hit my head on the table’s edge when I pass out.

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      • Aiden Awe

        1 year ago

        Dejong and his btw. Dejong will probably get dealt at the deadline. Nicky Lopez also plays SS.

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        • lilojbone

          1 year ago

          Thanks for the clarification!

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      • mohoney

        1 year ago

        The big issue with him right now is he needs to shave some serious percentage points off that ugly 30% K% he has going. Unfortunately, he is just not making consistent enough contact to be promoted right now. Plus, his contact has not been especially loud this year, so it’s not like he’s making up for the low average by generating a whole lot of extra bases with each successful hit.

        I had heard some grumblings from people who watch the Knights saying that Montgomery has run into some pretty brutal umpiring this season and has been called out quite a bit on pitches that were not strikes. I don’t know how many times this has been an issue for him, so I don’t know how much I should take it into consideration.

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    • purplewidow

      1 year ago

      Yeah bring up a kid struggling in AAA Lolol.

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      • avenger65

        1 year ago

        Another reclamation project. He’ll pitch one game, then mercifully (for the fans) be dfa’d.

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        • rememberthecoop

          1 year ago

          You guys are goofy. First off, his OBP is around .340. And he’s got 8 homers. Don’t look at BA, and OPS is a flawed stat too. He will hit – he’s always hit. A shortstop’s #1 objective is defense anyway. He is playing strong D up the middle. Plus, the Sox suck, so they can put up with a young guy learning at the major league level. At least you’d be watching the future instead of some guy who won’t be here when the Sox are ready to start winning in 3 years or more.

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        • lilojbone

          1 year ago

          only 8 hr in a hr friendly ballpark?

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    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      1 year ago

      The White Sox , all of a sudden, have an elite starting rotation.

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      • Aiden Awe

        1 year ago

        Ignorant Son of a b: their SP has been ok-average all season. The only reason why the Sox are a dreadful 18-52 is bc of the bullpen.

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        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          1 year ago

          Yeah I’m a Mariners fan and watched each game of that four game series very close. It was an intense series. I didn’t think the WS played like an 18-52 team at all. Impressed with Cannon and Crochet. Thorpe looked like a major leaguer. Position player who caught my eye was Korey Lee.

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        • Aiden Awe

          1 year ago

          Ignorant Son of a b: On paper the Wsox shouldn’t be historically bad. They have never been this bad in their entire franchise history(founded in 1888) and will most likely be their first time losing 100+games in their history as well.

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        • whitesoxfan5207

          1 year ago

          Those 3 have great potential in the starting t

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        • hyraxwithaflamethrower

          1 year ago

          Only reason? No, they have the worst offense in baseball, as well as the worst defense. The rotation is pretty much the only bright spot for this team.

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        • Aiden Awe

          1 year ago

          Well the offense has been doing average this month. Some bright spots are Crochet, Sheets, Lee, Shuster.

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        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          1 year ago

          Vaughn is starting to heat up. His power is real. Can’t dismiss Dejong’s power surge. This team is not unlikeable for such a bad record. I could easily root for these guys.

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        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          1 year ago

          (Well except a lot of the fun guys to watch will be traded before too long. It will be rough going after the deadline.)

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  6. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 year ago

    Kuhl? Kuhl

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  7. whitesoxfan5207

    1 year ago

    They’ve got to pull Flexen from the starting rotation. He sucks!!

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