Conor Gillaspie News

Along with providing one of the White Sox' better bats, third baseman Conor Gillaspie has been adequate on defense.

Shelby Miller has put together an impressive resume so far, but is it enough to be the NL Rookie of the Year right now? Patrick McDermott/Getty Images When the 2013 season started, the MLB rookie class looked sketchy, to say the least.

Each season, a handful of players come out of nowhere to get off to unexpected hot starts, making far greater contributions than anticipated to kick off the season.

The loss of a relief specialist for the White Sox, with Donnie Veal optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday, means a right-handed reliever such as Jesse Crain could get more late-inning work against left-handed hitters.

The American League Rookie of the Month honor for April didn't go to Conor Gillaspie, despite the White Sox third baseman leading all AL rookies in games played, hits, home runs, slugging percentage and extra-base hits.

Jack Hoffman, his family and former Husker running back Rex Burkhead visited with President Barack Obama for 15 minutes in the Oval Office on Monday.

The Chicago White Sox are not running on all cylinders right now: they have a small fraction of their roster on the DL, most of their hitters are hitting way below their career norms and they have been wasting plenty of quality starts from their starting pitchers.

The major league baseball season is only three weeks old and it is dangerous to draw broad conclusions on such a small sample size.