Former top prospect fights way out of abyss and earns promotion to White Sox 2½ seasons after highly touted trade
Two years later than everybody thought, and under vastly different pretenses, Matt Davidson is here. The White Sox called him up this morning after optioning Matt Purke to Charlotte Wednesday night.
It’s been a long road for Davidson, who spent the previous two seasons being Just The Saddest, more or less. The White Sox prepared third base for him after acquiring him for Addison Reed, and when he didn’t get the job out of spring training in 2014, service time appeared to be a driving factor.