For this, the third time is definitely not the charm. It is just a pile of &$%# that the White Sox are shoving down the throats of their fans, one more chance for Jerry Reinsdorf to show how much he hates Sox fans for not adoring him sufficiently.
Presumably, the choice to offer Mike Clevinger a minor league contract was made by Chris Getz, perhaps in an effort to demonstrate that the seven years of incompetence he proved in player development should not be overlooked merely because of the potential future bounty of the Garrett Crochet trade.