Brett Ballantini has written about baseball, basketball and sometimes hockey for the NBA, MLB, NHL, and Slam, Hoop, Sporting News, the Athletic, Sports Illustrated, South Side Hit Pen, Sox Populi, SB Nation and others. He was CSN Chicago’s Blackhawks beat writer when their 49-year Stanley Cup drought ended in 2009-10, and moved to the White Sox beat after that. Brett has run South Side Sox since 2018.
It’s a simple switch, but not one guaranteed to change the fortunes of a beleaguered White Sox bullpen.
The White Sox used their off-day to shuttle lefty reliever Tyler Gilbert back from his injury rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Charlotte, reinstating him from the 15-day injured list.