Last year’s White Sox were 12-28 after 40 games, but they had losing streaks of 14, 21 and 12 still to come. Even then, they only broke the record for losses (set by the 1962 Mets) and not the one for the lowest winning percentage.

When the Chicago White Sox set the modern record of 121 losses last year, they were outscored by 306 runs over the whole season.

No team lately has been more in need of good news than the White Sox, and learning you have a friend and fan in the Vatican is about as good as it gets.

Gage Workman, we hardly knew ye. Click over to MLB Trade Rumors to read more about him being designated for assignment by the White Sox.

The Cannon Ballers dropped four out of six against the mighty Mudcats (22-10). This series was heading in a disappointing direction, as the Mudcats took the first three games, but Kannapolis salvaged the week by winning two of the last three.

Tim Elko, a former Ole Miss baseball captain, achieved a significant milestone by making his Major League Baseball debut.

The White Sox are saying Smith is fine physically and this is more about simply managing his workload during his first full professional season. Smith has had control problems this season in issuing 20 walks over 25.2 innings, but he's still managed to post a 2.10 ERA while striking out 42.

Sean Burke versus Sandy Alcantara is the starting pitching matchup for Sunday's series finale between the White Sox and Marlins. Here's the game day preview.