PHILADELPHIA – Prior to tonight’s game at Philadelphia, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of infielder Matt Skole (“Skoal”) from Class AAA Charlotte, placed catcher Welington Castillo on the family medical emergency leave list and recalled catcher Seby Zavala from Charlotte.
Skole, 30, is hitting .248/.384/.497 (78-314) with 15 doubles, 21 home runs, 56 RBI, 65 runs scored and 70 walks over 92 games with Charlotte this season. He leads the International League in walks and ranks among the leaders in runs scored (T6th), on-base percentage (11th) and home runs (T11th).
Skole, 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, appeared in four games with the White Sox last season, going 3-11 (.273) with a home run, RBI and two runs scored. He homered in his major-league debut on May 28, 2018 at Cleveland, becoming the sixth player in franchise history to accomplish that feat.
Skole, who bats left-handed, was signed by the Sox as a free agent on January 22, 2018. He will wear uniform No. 32.
Zavala, 25, is batting .218 (50-229) with 16 home runs, 36 RBI and 40 runs scored over 61 games with Charlotte in 2019. He has thrown out 34.0 percent (16-47) of attempted basestealers.
Zavala also was with the White Sox from May 25-31, going 1-9 with a run scored in three games. He made his major-league debut on May 25 at Minnesota and collected his first hit on May 31 vs. Cleveland.
Castillo, 32, is hitting .176 (25-142) with five homers and 16 RBI in 46 games this season, his second with the Sox. He is required to miss a minimum of three games.
The White Sox 40-man roster increases to 40.