White Sox selected the contract of RHP Grant Taylor from Double-A Birmingham.
One of the organization’s top arms, Taylor war moved to the pen in Double-A last month and had since struck out 18 over 9 1/3 scoreless innings. It’s quite possible he’ll immediately emerge as the White Sox’s best reliever, but even if that does happen, it’d be foolish for the team to treat him as a true closer and give him such an inconsistent workload in a lost year. Still, he could pick up the occasional save right away, and he’s well worth keeping an eye on.