White Sox pick up a ballplayer named Manny from Dodgers

In a quiet trade on November 1, the White Sox added a baseball player named Manny to the roster. Although, he wasn’t the Manny that many were hoping he would be.

This new White Sox player – Manny Banuelos – was added to the 40-man roster, which sits at 35 men.

Ironically, Banuelos comes to Chicago from the Los Angeles Dodgers – just like the other Manny. Although unlike Manny Machado, the Manny that Chicago acquired is a left-handed pitcher.

Banuelos’s had several stops along the way to Chicago. In 2008, when he was all of 17 years old, he was signed in the Amateur Draft by the Yankees. But, after seven seasons in the Yankees minor leagues, they traded him away to Braves. He didn’t last long…