And the post AS break baseball season starts with...a rain delay. Rizzo's run at the playoffs is put on hold.

The White Sox have recalled Jhan Marinez from Triple-A Charlotte, the club announced over Twitter.

Marinez was acquired by the White Sox over the winter as compensation for Ozzie Guillen's departure to Miami. The fireballing righty has a 3.14 ERA this season with Charlotte (43 innings) and has 296 strikeouts in 266 career minor league innings. He has control issues (4.2 BB/9 this season, 5.6 BB/9 career) but if he can harness the control at all the 23-year-old has potential to be a very productive MLB reliever.

is it pronounced "yan"? or "john"? or "j-han"?

Whose roster spot?

Scott Carroll

tigers' offense comes out of the break awake...

2-0 tigers vs. o's, top of the first.

Yep. And they'll probably be active at the deadline too. Definitely the team we need to worry about.

healthy hafner hits a homer.

1 - 0 indians over bj's. top 2.

This is all bad so far. Orioles are picking a great time to go in the tank.

... and rajai davis grounds into a DP AGAIN, haha. wow he suçks.

still 1-0 cleveland.

Wouldn't be surprised. Many were questioning whether the O's would hang on.

Brutal AL East, rivalry 6 with the Nats, and not a bunch of talent. Doesn't figure to last. O's have clesed to within 1.

Gotta hand it to the Sox before the break. They did not get a whole lot of help with the Tigers and Indians. Meanwhile, they had one of their toughest stretches of the year and still kept the teams away. I don't see enough out of the Tigs or Tribe to make me think they've gotten a lot better. I'm going to continue to hope that we get some help here.

Getting some help today. Toronto leading 10/4 over the Tribe in the 4th. Jimenez a little off his game - 7 hits, 4 walks equals 8 runs in 2 and a third.

Tigers look they are getting things together. Cabrera and Fielder are in high gear. They are getting a best year from Jackson and this Quinton Berry has really helped. Delmon Young also is getting some important hits. The rest of their lineup is still slumbering. Fister gave them a good outing against Baltimore so let us hope that is not the beginnning of a good streak from him. Be nice if Verlander's all star game appearance was something that would happen a bunch of times in the second half. I alos see them getting a pitcher like Dempster. Cub fans would love that.

If we still have a 3 and a half game lead over them after next Sunday, we would be in a very strong spot.

for some reason, kipnis waived home down 6 runs... gets thrown out, putting an end to that minor rally.

still 10-4 jays.

excellent DH derek jeter showing off his statuesque range... giving up a single on a ball hit literally two steps to his left. angels with a minor rally (anything with mike trout on base is a rally).

4-3 yanks.

encarnacion hits an absolute BOMB into the restaurant on the third deck!

11-4 bj's over indians. wow.

If we can go 10-7 rest of July, then 32-27 in Aug and Sept gives us 90 wins. Should be enough if the wins include series with Tigers and Indians. We have a greater edge in pitching than they do in offense.

Next Stats
RK Player Team W L ERA? G GS SV SVO IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP
1 Sale, C CWS 2 0 2.57 4 4 0 0 28.0 22 8 8 1 7 22 .227 1.04
2 Floyd, G CWS 3 2 2.61 5 5 0 0 31.0 29 9 9 3 12 24 .246 1.32
3 Peavy, J CWS 1 3 2.67 4 4 0 0 30.1 28 10 9 4 4 30 .246 1.05
4 Quintana, J CWS 2 0 3.09 5 5 0 0 35.0 29 12 12 3 7 27 .230 1.03

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Next Stats
RK Player Team Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG? OBP SLG OPS
1 Ramirez, A CWS SS 23 88 13 35 5 2 1 17 2 5 3 2 .398 .419 .534 .953
2 Rios, A CWS CF 24 97 22 36 9 1 7 18 2 16 6 0 .371 .384 .701 1.085
3 Pierzynski, A CWS C 20 69 9 20 2 1 5 10 6 16 0 0 .290 .359 .565 .924
4 Beckham, G CWS 2B 22 82 9 22 6 0 1 11 7 16 2 1 .268 .326 .378 .704
5 Viciedo, D CWS RF 22 73 11 18 4 0 3 13 9 19 0 0 .247 .325 .425 .750
6 Konerko, P CWS 1B 22 87 7 20 2 0 2 7 8 12 0 0 .230 .295 .322 .617
7 De Aza, A CWS CF 23 95 15 20 5 1 1 5 5 20 2 2 .211 .265 .316 .580
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not even a 7 run lead is enough for jesse chavez.

11-6 blue jays. man on, no outs for cleveland.

!!-8 2r hr