\u201cI actually played with Edwin Jackson when I was in Toronto and I told him I had his jersey when I was like 9, and he was like, \u2018Don\u2019t tell me that,\u2019\u201d Borucki joked last week at Camelback Ranch.<\/p>\n
Borucki is in Sox camp this spring as a nonroster invitee<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cDefinitely a dream come true to be able to put this uniform on,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a kid, I used to always put it on, acting like I was on the White Sox in my backyard. I\u2019m very excited about the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n Photos: An inside look at Chicago White Sox spring training<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The 31-year-old left-hander is 15-12 with a 4.28 ERA in 187 career outings (21 starts) over eight big-league seasons with the Blue Jays (2018-2022, 2025), Seattle Mariners (2022) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2023-25). He has 214 strikeouts and 97 walks in 256 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery spring training when I come in as an NRI, it\u2019s control the controllables,\u201d Borucki said. \u201cJust pitch my game. Show what I can do and the rest is up to them. I\u2019ve just got to try to make the decision as hard as possible for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Manager Will Venable said Borucki is \u201cfirmly in the mix\u201d as an option for the opening roster.<\/p>\n \u201cWe brought him in here to give him every chance to make this team,\u201d Venable said last week. \u201cWe know he\u2019s an experienced guy who has done it for a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a guy who helps us as far as his performance on the field. He\u2019s also somebody who has been around a long time and can help these young guys develop their routines and their attack plans, especially for a left-handed pitcher. Definitely excited to have him here.\u201d<\/p>\n Borucki went a combined 1-3 with a 4.63 ERA in 39 relief appearances in 2025 for the Pirates and Blue Jays.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a decent year,\u201d he said. \u201cI had a little bit of a back injury that kind of stopped a little bit of momentum. Just getting back to who I was as a pitcher.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I do really well is get lefties out. I\u2019ve done it my whole career. This spring I\u2019m really working on righty attacks because I\u2019m so good against lefties, I see a lot of pinch hitters.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s sharpening his splitter to be an equalizer against right-handed hitters.<\/p>\n \u201cI know my game,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve played long enough to know who I am. Not going to try to do too much and wherever the chips fall, they fall.\u201d<\/p>\n Borucki said he had plenty of options in the offseason, but the Sox were at the top of the list from the start because his parents still live in Mundelein.<\/p>\n \u201cHome for me and just being around family,\u201d he said, \u201cand especially for me \u2014 I have a daughter now, I live in Florida \u2014 so we don\u2019t get to see my family very often. So if I\u2019m able to be with the White Sox and being around family is all you can really ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n Borucki is thrilled to carry on his Chicago-area connections.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re Chicago everything,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I got drafted, my love for the White Sox kind of deterred a little bit because I was with the Jays and then it\u2019s a job to you, you know what I mean? But we are an all-Bears family, White Sox, Bulls, everything Chicago. I don\u2019t steer away from Chicago. I love this city. It means so much to me, and, like, I\u2019ll just watch Bears highlights of this past season. I still get chills.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud of where I come from. I am very proud of being from Mundelein and just being able to represent, being a Chicago guy, the best way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n Munetaka Murakami\u2019s Cactus League debut set<\/p>\n Infielder Munetaka Murakami<\/a> is in line to make his Cactus League debut Friday in the Sox opener against the Chicago Cubs at Sloan Park in Mesa.<\/p>\n While Venable said the coaches\u00a0\u201care still working on some stuff\u201d for Friday\u2019s lineup, he said the four Sox position players participating in the World Baseball Classic<\/a> \u2014 Murakami (Japan), infielders Sam Antonacci (Italy) and Curtis Mead (Australia) and catcher Kyle Teel (Italy) \u2014 will play. Reliever Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez (Dominican Republic) also is taking part in the WBC.<\/p>\n The Sox also announced Jonathan Cannon<\/a> as Friday\u2019s starting pitcher.<\/p>\n![\"White](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CTC-Z-SOX-BORUCKI.jpg\")
White Sox pitcher Ryan Borucki, a nonroster invitee, runs a drill during spring training at Camelback Ranch on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Glendale, Ariz. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n