Eduardo Escobar News

The Cleveland Indians began this week by creating separation atop the American League Central from one rival.

Every week I give pick-up suggestions for leagues that are of the deeper variety.

A great deal of dark clouds and gray skies would have to be traveled through in order to find silver linings from Minnesota's 9-2 thumping of the White Sox on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

The White Sox officially signed infielder Orlando Hudson to a one-year deal Tuesday and placed third baseman Brent Morel on the 15-day disabled list.

According to the Arcade Fire, May is a "violent thing," and May 2012 has proven to be no less violent to MLB rosters.

Orlando Hudson hasn't officially signed with the White Sox yet, but the picture on his official Twitter account and website shows him wearing a Photoshopped White Sox hat, so I guess we can start talking about it.

As mentioned yesterday, the White Sox have agreed to terms with Orlando Hudson .

Adding Orlando Hudson may or may not improve the White Sox, but it comes with a minimal risk.

The White Sox put up one of their finest offensive outputs of the season with Paul Konerko on the bench with a swollen eye.

White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski walks past some of the flags representing the NATO countries at Wrigley Field in a pregame ceremony before Saturday's game against the Cubs.

Wondering who will fill that roster vacancy when Brent Morel hits the DL? Wonder no more.

The back pain for Brent Morel will continue to sideline him, as rookie 3B Eduardo Escobar will get the start again today.

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WRIGLEY FIELD The White Sox lineup continues to be inconsistent, so losing the designated hitter in a National League ballpark isn't exactly an elixir.

The Chicago White Sox were holding their collective breaths after slugger Paul Konerko was hit on the left side of the face from a fastball from Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija in the third inning.

This Aug. 31, 2007 file photo shows Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood delivering a pitch against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Chicago.

Gordon Beckham hit a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning Friday and the Chicago White Sox overcame the loss of star Paul Konerko to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in what was likely the final major league game for Cubs reliever Kerry Wood.

It's a White Sox vs Cubs weekend series at Wrigley. Which South Siders will shine? David Banks/Getty Images The Chicago White Sox are winging back from the West Coast to start the first of two meetings with the Cubs on Friday.

Third baseman Brent Morel has been scratched from the Chicago White Sox 's lineup Friday against the Chicago Cubs and has been replaced by Eduardo Escobar .

Coming into this game, the White Sox were the only team hitting below .200 against LHPs in all of baseball.