{"id":578228,"date":"2026-02-17T22:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578228\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:26:19","slug":"chicago-white-soxs-jonathan-cannon-sean-burke-make-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/578228\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox’s Jonathan Cannon, Sean Burke make adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLENDALE, Ariz. \u2014 Sean Burke and Jonathan Cannon started the first two games<\/a> of the 2025 season<\/a> for the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

It was the beginning of a season filled with ups and downs for the pitchers, who both were optioned to Triple-A Charlotte at different points in August before returning to the Sox in September.<\/p>\n

The two right-handers are eager to show what they took away from all of their experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s how you respond,\u201d Cannon said last week at Camelback Ranch. \u201cEveryone in this clubhouse \u2014 everyone in any clubhouse at some point \u2014 has run into some kind of adversity, some kind of struggles on the mound.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you just can\u2019t be defined by that. You\u2019ve got to bounce back stronger. I\u2019m looking forward to going out there and responding this year and showing everyone what I know I\u2019m capable of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos: An inside look at Chicago White Sox spring training<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cannon went 4-10 with a 5.82 ERA in 22 appearances (17 starts) in 2025. He had 86 strikeouts and 38 walks in 103 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

The Sox optioned him to Charlotte on Aug. 8<\/a>. He returned Sept. 4, then was optioned again the next day before rejoining the Sox on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

Manager Will Venable said Monday that Cannon has worked on retiring left-handed batters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of different ways that he\u2019s able to get guys out,\u201d Venable said. \u201cJust want to make sure he understands what those things are. That was part of the calculus of sending him down, and he did a great job of adding, or at least rearranging, his arsenal to be able to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a really good offseason where he was working hard, put himself in a spot to come out here and compete for a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cannon used a portion of the offseason as a mental reset while formulating \u201ca good plan to attack the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it was in the weight room,\u201d he said. \u201cPutting on a little bit of weight, putting on some muscle. And working on some consistency with some things on the mound.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since (Zach) Bove got hired (as the pitching coach), we\u2019ve been in contact, going through some stuff we think can improve this year. Just pitch shapes, consistency. I\u2019m really excited with where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burke went 4-11 with a 4.22 ERA in 28 outings (22 starts) last season. He had 133 strikeouts and 63 walks in 134 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

The Sox optioned him to Charlotte on Aug. 18, and he returned Sept. 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Sox pitcher Sean Burke speaks to catcher Korey Lee during spring training at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really good year for Sean, and I know the trip down to Triple A was not something that he wanted to do,\u201d Venable said last week. \u201cWhen you have the opportunity to go do those things and embrace that opportunity like Sean did, you come back with a different mindset. You come back with a skill set that\u2019s been improved.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go down there, you have to really look yourself in the mirror and make some adjustments. And he did that, and to be able to go through that adversity last year and learn those tools just positioned himself to be able to fight through stuff this year, which is going to happen for every player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burke has the mindset this spring of always being on the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and (bullpen coach Matt) Wise talked about it this week, certain mindset stuff going into the game, understand who I am as a pitcher and what makes me successful,\u201d Burke said last week. \u201cAnd if I\u2019m able to have my foot on the gas from pitch one and prepare myself mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said you want to be exhausted at the end of your outings. Having that mindset going into it this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burke and Cannon are options for the rotation in what is shaping up to be a competitive camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of talent in the starting rotation, kind of throughout camp \u2014 whether it be guys who haven\u2019t debuted yet or guys that have some major-league time,\u201d Burke said. \u201cIt will push all of us to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cannon also is embracing the challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that competition is good, it brings out the best in all of us,\u201d Cannon said. \u201cObviously we\u2019re all friends, we all enjoy the competition. We all try to one-up each other on the mound, and that kind of stuff breeds a lot of success. So I\u2019m super excited for the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENDALE, Ariz. \u2014 Sean Burke and Jonathan Cannon started the first two games of the 2025 season for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,2561,5794,4,2003,151,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-578228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-chicagowhitesox","12":"tag-jonathan-cannon","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-sean-burke","15":"tag-spring-training","16":"tag-white-sox","17":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116088327603815559","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578228","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=578228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}