Maybe Charlotte has found a legit catcher to send up to Chicago for some playing time. No, not Yermín Mercedes, who did triple tonight as DH; no, Deivy Grullón, who homered in his second straight game in Charlotte, and second straight game starting at catcher. (Yermín is either injured, figured out quickly how to call a game per La Russa, or has given up trying to learn how to play a game, because it seems he’s back to emergency catcher status.)
On a positive note, the Chicago White Sox Charlotte Knights lockdown pen of Jace Fry, Zack Burdi and Matt Foster combined to throw 3 1⁄3 innings of scoreless, one-hit, one-walk, five-K ball.