The Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers made the first notable deal just over a month out from the MLB trade deadline, with starting pitcher Aaron Civale dealt to Chicago in exchange for first baseman Andrew Vaughn. That deal could have a domino effect on the MLB trade deadline in July, impacting multiple clubs.

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Manager Will Venable returns to face his previous team Friday when the White Sox begin a three-game series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Venable spent 2023-24 on Bruce Bochy’s staff as the associate manager.

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, setting the tone for his papal style.

Josh Smith homered and scored all three Texas runs as the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. The leadoff hitter for the Rangers had a single in the first and scored on Corey Seager’s sacrifice fly.

It’s Friday, June 13 and the White Sox (23-46) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (33-36). Adrian Houser is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Texas.

There's still a lot of road left in the season, but we wanted to see progress,” assistant general manager Josh Barfield told the Sun-Times. “We knew that we had some of these young guys coming up here,