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New York Post
6 days ago
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- New York Post
Mike Vasil slipped away from Mets — and is quickly making most of White Sox chance
Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free Mike Vasil assumed he was going to once again be a Met. Informed a few days before the season began that he was not going to make the Rays roster, the Rule 5 draft pick packed up his stuff and drove to Port St. Lucie. The vast majority of the time, when a Rule 5 selection cannot stick with a team that has taken a chance on him, that player is offered back to his original club. But he only gets offered back to the original club after a waiver period. In a rarity, another team — the White Sox — put in a claim. On March 23, Vasil sat in the Mets' backyard and watched the NCAA Tournament when he received a phone call from a Florida phone number that he assumed would entail the Rays officially telling him he had been returned to the Mets. Instead it was Tampa Bay president of baseball operations Erik Neander, who told him 'to get on a plane to Chicago for Opening Day,' Vasil recalled from the visiting clubhouse Tuesday. 'And I was like: Wow, this is pretty crazy. … My head really just started spinning.' Vasil, a former top pitching prospect for the Mets, has proven elusive since becoming a former Met. 3 Former Mets prospect Mike Vasil has started to find success with the White Sox. Eric Canha-Imagn Images Left unprotected in December's draft, he was grabbed by the Phillies but then flipped to the Rays. He allowed seven runs in 10 ²/₃ Grapefruit League innings with the Rays but showed enough that the White Sox believed they could find a role for the longtime starter in their bullpen. They might be right. Vasil entered play Tuesday with a 2.30 ERA in his first 16 major league games, essentially filling the same role that Max Kranick has carved out in Queens. Vasil has pitched three innings in a game five times and been a nice piece for a team that can use any help it can get. 3 Mike Vasil celebrates after recording the final out in the White Sox win over the Reds on May 14, 2025. Getty Images This is not how the Mets had envisioned Vasil reaching the majors, but the Amazin's had long envisioned he would reach the majors. Vasil was an eighth-round pick in 2021 who climbed through their system, was rated as their 11th-best prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2023 and 2024, but stumbled last season with Triple-A Syracuse. On the doorstep of a debut with the Mets, Vasil could not break through and pitched to a 6.04 ERA in 29 games last season. This year, he said, he 'would like to think [my stuff] is a little bit better.' He has ditched his cutter and relied more on his slider, maybe the only reliever in the game with a six-pitch mix. 'Off to a good start,' Vasil said of an unexpected major league opportunity with the White Sox he twice called 'awesome.' 'But I realistically just want to pitch well, especially coming off of last year. So that was kind of my main goal.' If he regresses, the Mets would welcome him with open arms. Vasil has to survive the season on the active roster for the White Sox, who would have to offer him back to the Mets instead of optioning him. 3 Mike Vasil during Mets spring training in 2024. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST He had not reached the major leagues with the Mets, yet he spent time this week catching up with player development folks around the team in his first big league visit to Citi Field. 'I think for me, for them being such a big organization, obviously, and being in New York, how personal they can make things for you and how you get to know everyone,' Vasil said, 'I think is a really, really cool thing.'
Washington Post
22-05-2025
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- Washington Post
Taveras' 2-run homer in the 8th inning lifts Mariners to a 6-5 win over the White Sox
CHICAGO — Leody Taveras hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to put Seattle ahead and the Mariners topped the Chicago White Sox 6-5 on Wednesday for their fifth win in six games. With Seattle trailing 5-4, Rowdy Tellez greeted reliever Mike Vasil (2-2) with a single. Taveras drove Vasil's next pitch to the right-center bleachers for his second hit of the game.
Boston Globe
15-05-2025
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- Boston Globe
Wellesley rookie Mike Vasil earns first career save as White Sox spoil Pete Rose Night for Reds
Mike Vasil handled the ninth, working around a one-out walk, for his first save in his 13th career game. The righthander from Wellesley is 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA to begin the season. Advertisement Securing the series W in style 😎 — White Sox on CHSN (@CHSN_WhiteSox) Playing in front of a capacity crowd of 43,585 on Spencer Steer homered for Cincinnati, which went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position. Steer and Gavin Lux each had two of the team's nine hits. The White Sox jumped in front in the second against Nick Lodolo (3-4). Luis Robert Jr. singled, stole second, and scored on Andrew Vaughn's double into the corner in left. Related : Robert added an RBI single in the fifth, and Sosa connected for his third homer in the sixth. Taylor hit a leadoff drive in the seventh against Scott Barlow. Advertisement Lodolo was charged with three runs and seven hits in 5⅓ innings.
Reuters
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Tim Elko's first career HR helps White Sox dispatch Marlins
May 11 - Tim Elko drilled a go-ahead, three-run home run in the sixth inning for his first career hit and Mike Vasil pitched effectively in relief to boost the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win against the visiting Miami Marlins on Sunday. Chicago benefited from timely hitting and a strong bullpen to capture its second straight home series. Vasil (2-1) sparked the effort with three innings of one-run relief with one walk and one strikeout. Cam Booser pitched a perfect ninth for his first save. Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara fell to 2-5 while losing his fifth successive start. Alcantara found a rhythm after allowing Andrew Vaughn's RBI single in the third inning before encountering trouble in the sixth. With two on and one out, Elko smacked a 1-0 pitch over the wall in left center for his first hit in the majors, giving Chicago a three-run lead. Elko was recalled from Triple-A before Saturday's game. Alcantara spaced four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings with three walks and eight strikeouts. White Sox starter Sean Burke struggled with his command, needing 91 pitches to complete four innings. The rookie righty scattered one run and four hits with two strikeouts while issuing a career-high five walks. Xavier Edwards and Connor Norby contributed two hits apiece for the Marlins. Edwards put the Marlins on the board with a game-tying RBI single against Burke in the fourth. Just one of Miami's seven hits went for extra bases. The Marlins stranded eight runners while going 2-for-9 with men in scoring position. Chase Meidroth had two hits for the White Sox. Chicago catcher Matt Thaiss shined behind the plate, catching two runners stealing while picking Miami counterpart Nick Fortes off third base to end the fourth inning. Home plate umpire Bill Miller ejected White Sox hitting coach Marcus Thames and manager Will Venable in the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes. It marked Venable's first ejection since taking the reins as manager this season. --Field Level Media
