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White Sox Select Dominic Fletcher

By Steve Adams | September 5, 2025 at 2:25pm CDT

The White Sox have selected the contract of outfielder Dominic Fletcher from Triple-A Charlotte and reinstated righty Dan Altavilla from the 15-day injured list, per a club announcement. Right-hander Jonathan Cannon and first baseman Tim Elko were optioned to Charlotte in a pair of corresponding transactions.

Fletcher, 28, was acquired from the D-backs in the 2023-24 offseason trade that sent pitching prospect Cristian Mena to Arizona. It hasn’t worked out particularly well for either team. Fletcher hit only .206/.252/.256 in 241 plate appearances with Chicago last year — a far cry from his strong .301/.350/.441 showing in 102 plate appearances during the 2023 season. The Sox designated him for assignment in spring training and passed him through waivers.

Fletcher has spent the entire 2025 season thus far in Triple-A, where he’s batted .260/.317/.453 with 17 home runs, 19 doubles, four triples and seven steals (in 11 attempts). He’s walked at just a 6.5% clip but also has a lower-than-average 19.5% strikeout rate.

Altavilla missed more than a month due to a lat strain but will return for the final few weeks of the season. He signed a big league deal with the ChiSox midseason after briefly opting out of a minor league deal with the club. In 26 2/3 innings, the 32-year-old righty (33 on Sunday) has posted a tidy 2.36 earned run average but with far less encouraging rate stats. He’s fanned only 15.5% of his opponents against a bloated 12.7% walk rate (leading to a 5.84 FIP and 5.08 SIERA).

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  1. LFGMets (Metsin7) #BannedAgain&Again&AgainFireStearns

    1 month ago

    White Sox ruined Fletcher. He is a scrappy line drive hitter, yet they made him change how he approaches at the plate so that he hits homeruns. Thats why he failed in 2024. I’ll take the high batting average guy over the .220 hitter that hits 10 hrs

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    • Atlanta Jack

      1 month ago

      Do you see how all these young rookies are doing this year. I hope Dominick does the same.

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      • Aiden Awe

        1 month ago

        Dom isn’t a rookie btw, young vet is more appropriate.

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    • Brad Johnson

      1 month ago

      I think the tradeoff is high probability nobody compared to a low probability somebody.

      Teach the scraper how to hit for power, and he might just become something more than a sixth OFer. But, probably, he will fail, and that seems to be the case with Fletcher.

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      • Aiden Awe

        1 month ago

        He’s a solid defender but unlike Michael A Taylor he hits LH and is only 27. Possible he makes the OD roster in 2026.

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    • mohoney

      1 month ago

      He failed in 2024 because his success in 2023 was a fluke. Look at his numbers in Charlotte this year. That park is a toybox, and his numbers are still pedestrian.

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      • NewOrleansSaintsFan

        1 month ago

        Never any good talk about Sox & players. Are u a fan of Sox or just a nobody?

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        • mohoney

          1 month ago

          I’m a fan of the White Sox, but I’m not a fan of Dominic Fletcher, because he’s not good.

          I have positive things to say when they are deserved. So far, there have not been many players deserving of praise.

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    • nrd1138

      1 month ago

      Yeah I think if half of these guys learn how to hit to the opposite field and also bunt their batting averages would go up by about 30-50 points.

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  2. HalosHeavenJJ

    1 month ago

    Dom is a good dude. Hopefully he sticks at the MLB level this go round.

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    • Rexhudler86

      1 month ago

      @halosheavenjj. Detmers for fletcher. I would say screw it, and try it. Although his opinion about the organization is probably not good.

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      • HalosHeavenJJ

        1 month ago

        For Dominic? Nah. Detmers is more valuable, I think.

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    • nrd1138

      1 month ago

      Well Ill say this, he has to learn how to hit, at least be ‘average’, his glove is not the issue.

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  3. Rsox

    1 month ago

    Elko is the definition of “feast or famine”. 30 strike outs in 67 AB’s and 4 of his 9 hits are Home Runs

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