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Sosa Promoted to White Sox on Sunday

Sosa is the 13th Player Promoted This Season
Lenyn Sosa was hitting .275 with the Knights at the time of his promotion back to Chicago. (Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights)
By Tommy Viola
August 7, 2022

(UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, NC) -- Charlotte Knights infielder Lenyn Sosa was promoted to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, August 7. Sosa, 22, has appeared in 23 games with the Knights this season and posted a .275 batting average (25-for-91) with 10 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs, 10 RBIs

(UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, NC) -- Charlotte Knights infielder Lenyn Sosa was promoted to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, August 7. Sosa, 22, has appeared in 23 games with the Knights this season and posted a .275 batting average (25-for-91) with 10 runs scored, six doubles, two home runs, 10 RBIs and two stolen bases. He was optioned to Charlotte from the Chicago White Sox on June 28.

He began the 2022 campaign with Double-A Birmingham and hit .331 (85-for-257) with 47 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 48 RBIs over 62 games. He had his contract selected by the White Sox from Birmingham on June 23. He went 1-for-12 (.083) during a four-game stint with the White Sox from June 23-27.

A native of Venezuela, Sosa entered the 2022 season ranked by Baseball America as the number 17 prospect in the White Sox system. He was signed by the White Sox as a free agent on July 2, 2016.

Sosa is now the 13th player this season promoted to Chicago from Charlotte. Those players in order of their first promotion to Chicago are: INF Jake Burger (April 7 & May 24), RHP Matt Foster (April 7), RHP Jimmy Lambert (April 12, June 2 & June 10), LHP Anderson Severino (April 12), OF Adam Haseley (April 20 & June 19), INF Danny Mendick (May 5 & May 28), RHP Johnny Cueto (May 16), RHP Kyle Crick (May 17, May 31 & June 4), RHP Davis Martin (May 17, June 3, June 14, July 12, July 23 & July 29), LHP Tanner Banks (May 26 & June 12), C/1B Seby Zavala (June 12), 1B/OF Gavin Sheets (June 23) & INF Lenyn Sosa (August 7).

Additionally, LHP Tanner Banks was optioned to the Charlotte Knights (Report TBD) on Sunday. In one start this season with the Knights, Banks is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 SO). In 29 appearances with the White Sox this season, Banks, 30, posted a 1-0 record with a 3.16 ERA (42.2 IP). He made his major-league debut on April 10, 2022 with the White Sox. He spent the entire 2021 season with the Charlotte Knights and posted a 3-3 record with a 4.53 ERA in 25 games (five starts) over 59.2 innings pitched.