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Chicago White Sox Add a Pair of Veterans to Mix in Battle For Bullpen Roster Spots

As the Chicago White Sox re-tool their roster, they've added veteran righties Dominic Leone and Cory Knebel to the bullpen mix.

Brady Farkas

Chicago White Sox Add a Pair of Veterans to Mix in Battle For Bullpen Roster Spots
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As the Chicago White Sox re-tool their roster in 2024, they've added a pair of veterans to the bullpen mix.

Per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times on social media:

White Sox add a couple nonroster invitees: RHPs Corey Knebel and Dominic Leone. The Sox have 68 players in camp, including 28 NRIs.

While there's no guarantee that either play makes the roster, there are certainly opportunities in the Sox' bullpen. Chicago finished fourth in the American League Central a season ago and is headed for a similar finish this season. They dealt away relievers Gregory Santos and Aaron Bummer this offseason, opening up even more opportunity.

They've added Jared Shuster, Mike Soroka, Chris Flexen, Erik Fedde and John Brebbia this offseason. Any one of that group that doesn't make the starting rotation could potentially end up in the bullpen as well.

Leone is a 10-year veteran who has played with the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Guardians, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and Los Angeles Angels.

Lifetime, he's 22-23 with a 3.82 ERA. He pitched in 51 games last year for the Mets, Angels and Mariners, going 1-3 with a 4.67.

As for Knebel, he's now 32-years-old and coming off a serious shoulder injury that cost him all of 2023. He has played parts of eight years in the big leagues with the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.

Prior to injuries, he had a good run with the Brewers, appearing in 76 games in 2017 and making the All-Star Game. He saved 39 games that season.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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