The White Sox open a seven-game home stand tonight, one beginning with a four-game series with the Tigers, which they’ll be playing without Andrew Vaughn. Vaughn was put on the COVID IL list earlier today. The Sox say he’s asymptomatic, so he could be back in action quite soon. His replacement is Gavin Sheets, who is hitting .318 in Charlotte.
It’s tempting to say neither Vaughn nor any other regulars are much needed against the woeful Detroiters, calling the opponents Puddytats or Kittens or some such (who? me? do that?), but the Tigers have developed serious claws of late, with a three-game sweep of the Yankees and a split with the Brewers.