White Sox send Paul DeJong to Royals
(CHICAGO) – Paul DeJong had a quick commute after getting traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Kansas City Royals. He threw his gear into a duffel bag and walked from the clubhouse on the third-base side of U.S. Cellular Field to the locker room on the first-base side. DeJong was acquired for minor league right-hander Jarold Rosado in a trade announced 3 hours, 15 minutes before the game. White Sox clubhouse staff helped him pack his gear, and a Royals duffel bag awaited him in the other locker room. DeJong, who turns 31 on Friday, did not play Tuesday night. He hit .228 with 18 homers and 41 RBIs for the White Sox, making 83 starts at shortstop and 10 at third base. DeJong agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year contract with Chicago and can earn $150,000 for 400 plate appearances -- he has 363 -- and $100,000 more for 500. He is a .229 career hitter with 134 homers and 385 RBIs for St. Louis (2017-23), Toronto (2023), San Francisco (2023) and the White Sox. He can become a free agent again after the World Series.

Eloy Jimenez heads to Baltimore, Banks to Philadelphia
(CHICAGO) – In other moves, the Chicago White Sox traded outfielder Eloy Jimenez to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league left-hander Trey McGough. In addition, Chicago traded left hander Tanner Banks to Philadelphia for shortstop William Bergolla. The 27 year old Jimenez is hitting .240 with just five home runs and 16 RBI’s this season. He's been limited to 65 games in 2024 because of adductor and hamstring issues after reaching double figures in homers each of his first five seasons. Jimenez went from the Chicago Cubs to the crosstown White Sox in the 2017 deal that sent Jose Quintana to the Cubs. In his debut season of 2019, Jimenez hit 31 home runs, but he's never played more than the 122 games he did that year and hasn't surpassed 18 homers since.