White Sox right-hander Jeff Samardzija has given up 22 earned runs over 15 1/3 innings in three starts in August, but pitching coach Don Cooper classified their next step to getting him back on track as "support."
"There's not much work going on other than support," Cooper said. "We're telling him to keep his angle. We're telling him to stay tall, stuff like that. Jeff has been betting on himself for a long time. He's a free agent, and he's in a big year. When he came here, we didn't acquire him for me to make changes, adjustments or fix him.