With a 12-18 record since the calendar turned to May, the Chicago White Sox are in need of answers.
What they've found instead is James Shields.
A trade sending the veteran right-hander from the San Diego Padres to the south side of Chicago that had been circling the rumor mill has come to fruition. MLB Network's Jon Heyman was first to report Saturday on an agreement that is now a done deal:
.@whitesox acquire RHP James Shields, cash from @Padres for INF Fernando Tatis Jr.