{"id":549953,"date":"2026-02-02T04:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549953\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T04:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:11:14","slug":"chicago-white-sox-acquire-pitchers-jordan-hicks-david-sandlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549953\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox acquire pitchers Jordan Hicks, David Sandlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz remained in contact with the Boston Red Sox through the weekend\u2019s SoxFest Live<\/a> activities.<\/p>\n

The talks paid off in a trade Sunday, with the White Sox acquiring right-handed pitcher Jordan Hicks and pitching prospect David Sandlin, along with cash considerations and two players to be named later from the Red Sox for minor-league pitcher Gage Ziehl and a player to be named later.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of positive energy at the Ramova Theatre (for SoxFest Live), but behind the scenes as well we were getting pretty excited about the potential of acquiring players that could help us as well,\u201d Getz said during a videoconference call on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to bring in Jordan Hicks and David Sandlin, two high-octane arms. To get two arms like that that can help our major-league club this year, it just made a lot of sense and that\u2019s why we went ahead and made the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hicks is 17-35 with a 4.41 ERA in 275 career appearances (37 starts) over parts of seven major-league seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (2018-19, 2021-23), Toronto Blue Jays (2023), San Francisco Giants (2024-25) and Red Sox (2025). He has 409 strikeouts and 212 walks in 420 1\/3 career innings.<\/p>\n

Hicks, 29, also has 35 career saves and 55 holds. He has thrown 1,733 career pitches at 100-plus mph since 2018, the most in the major leagues over that period of time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe feels really good this offseason,\u201d Getz said. \u201cHe\u2019s been in the upper 90s in his bullpen. Body feels really good. Has that starter capacity built up right now. But remains open-minded in regard to his upcoming role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hicks went a combined 2-7 with a 6.95 ERA and two saves in 34 outings (nine starts) in 2025 for the Giants and Red Sox. He had 58 strikeouts and 32 walks in 67 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Hicks joined the Red Sox as part of the five-player trade that sent infielder Rafael Devers to the Giants<\/a>. He was on the injured list from June 3-29 with right great toe inflammation and from Sept. 3 to the end of the season with right shoulder tendinitis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it really put me in a mindset to learn from the experience versus just giving up on myself,\u201d Hicks said of his 2025 during Sunday\u2019s videoconference call. \u201cIt really gave me a lot of motivation moving forward and I know for a fact that I\u2019m at my peak athleticism, I think.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next few years I\u2019m really excited about. I feel like I\u2019m going into the best version of me. I feel like I can really be that in the next two years for the White Sox.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hicks made a career-high 73 appearances working out of the bullpen as a rookie in 2018. The next season, he recorded a career-best 14 saves.<\/p>\n

Hicks made a career-high 20 starts in 2024, also reaching career highs in strikeouts (96) and innings pitched (109 2\/3).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body\u2019s in a great place, probably the best since 2023,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cI think I\u2019m fit for whatever role that the team needs me in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos: 2026 SoxFest Live at the Ramova Theatre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sandlin, a right-hander, was the No. 8 prospect in the Red Sox system in the most recent rankings released by MLB.com. He is 13-12 with a 4.38 ERA in 65 career outings (47 starts) over four minor-league seasons in the Kansas City Royals (2022-23) and Red Sox (2024-25) systems. He has 279 strikeouts in 232 career innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a guy we believe has mid-rotation if not better type arsenal and stuff,\u201d Getz said. \u201cHe\u2019s worked his way up to the upper minors and he\u2019s going to come into spring training and compete for a spot. Most importantly, he\u2019s got a chance to really impact our starting rotation this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandlin, 24, went a combined 9-6 with a 4.50 ERA in 32 appearances (14 starts) last season between Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester. He had 107 strikeouts in 106 innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been targeting Sandlin for some time,\u201d Getz said. \u201cWith any conversations with the Red Sox, Sandlin was always brought up from our end. It wasn\u2019t easy for them to part with him, but obviously made sense in this one, considering how it was packaged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chance for six years of control of a starting pitcher is super valuable and a welcome addition to our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

MLB.com ranked Ziehl, 22, as the No. 14 prospect in the White Sox system. The White Sox acquired the right-hander last July in a trade that sent outfielder Austin Slater<\/a> to the New York Yankees. In six starts for High-A Winston-Salem after the trade, Ziehl went 2-2 with a 4.01 ERA.<\/p>\n

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To make room for Hicks and Sandlin on the 40-man roster, the White Sox designated pitcher Jairo Iriarte and catcher Drew Romo for assignment.<\/p>\n

Iriarte, who spent most of 2025 at Triple-A Charlotte, was one of the four players acquired<\/a> as part of the March 2024 trade that sent Dylan Cease to the San Diego Padres. The Sox had claimed Romo off waivers from the New York Mets on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n

Getz said the conversations with the Red Sox had been going on \u201cfor a long time,\u201d with the action heating up over the weekend, leading to the deal.<\/p>\n

The roster continues to come into shape as the first workout of spring training for Sox pitchers and catchers on Feb. 10 nears.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work never stops,\u201d Getz said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz remained in contact with the Boston Red Sox through the weekend\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,49,4071,19259,37070,204,4,256,33732,89,2543],"class_list":["post-549953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-red-sox","tag-baseball","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bostonredsox","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-chris-getz","tag-david-sandlin","tag-gage-ziehl","tag-jordan-hicks","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-mlb-trade","tag-red-sox","tag-redsox"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115999086113538664","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}