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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox lost 100 games Orlando Cepeda Jersey , struck out more times than any other team in major league history and had several key prospects suffer serious injuries.Still, the White Sox hope the worst of the rebuild is behind them and general manager Rick Hahn expects to see more signs of a turnaround next season with the young players on the roster continuing to mature and promising prospects in the pipeline.“I don’t think it’s too early to say we expect to be certainly more competitive,” Hahn said.After dropping 95 games last year, the White Sox came within six losses of the franchise record at 62-100. Only the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals had worse marks. They also set the major league record by striking out 1,594 times.“A lot of ups and a lot of downs,” manager Rick Renteria said. “Probably more downs than ups but some moments of clarity that we see for some of the guys that we have that we believe will be impactful for us going forward.”STAY OR GOThe White Sox hung onto Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia last winter. The question is whether they will this time. Both players could be attractive to contenders with prospects to spare, though they had their seasons cut short by injuries. Abreu made his second All-Star team, but missed most of the final six weeks because of surgery to repair a testicular torsion and then an infection in his right thigh shortly after returning. Garcia went from hitting .330 in a breakout All-Star season in 2017 to .236 while being limited to 93 games because of discomfort in his right knee. He will have surgery.PITCHING INThe White Sox appear to have three solid rotation pitchers for the future in Carlos Rodon, Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez. Dylan Cease could join them at some point next season. The right-hander dominated at Class A and Double-A this year. Hahn might also look for outside help to boost the rotation and bullpen in the short term.“Just because we foresee a guy like Dylan Cease, let’s say, being a stalwart in a championship rotation in the future http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-keith-hernandez-jersey , we are going to wait until he’s fully ready to start that process,” Hahn said. “In the interim, we need to come up with alternatives.”ON THE MARKETManny Machado and Bryce Harper are due to hit the free agent market. That raises a question: Would the White Sox make a move for a big star now?“If we see long term pieces that make sense, in addition to augmenting the pitching or filling certain needs for 2019, I think we have the flexibility to pursue them and we are going to be opportunistic and respond to the market accordingly,” said Hahn, who did not mention any players by name.IN THE PIPELINEPrized outfielder Eloy Jimenez looks like he’s ready to make his major league debut. Jimenez — who along with Cease came to Chicago in the deal that sent Jose Quintana to the Cubs last season — hit a combined 337 with 22 homers and 75 RBIs for Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte this year. Despite those numbers, the White Sox did not call him up. If they wait until mid-April, they will have him under contract control until 2025 rather than 2024. A similar scenario unfolded in 2015 between Kris Bryant and the Cubs.“At some point over the course of next year, either at the start or for the majority of the season, we’ll have Eloy Jimenez we project joining us and certainly by the middle or end of next year I suspect there will be some other young potential core pieces forcing their way to Chicago and allowing us to further solidify what this is going to look like going forward,” Hahn said.ON THE MENDWhite Sox fans might be as interested in the medical reports as the box scores. Pitcher Michael Kopech had Tommy John surgery in September after making four starts for the White Sox and will miss next season. Minor league third baseman Jake Burger — the No. 11 overall pick in the 2017 amateur draft — tore his left Achilles tendon in spring training and did it again walking in his backyard in May. Potential closer-of-the-future Zack Burdi is working his way back from Tommy John surgery in 2017. BALTIMORE (AP) — A historic defeat for the Baltimore Orioles wasn’t much different than the 106 that preceded it.Baltimore managed only three hits in falling to Toronto 5-0 on Monday night and tied an Orioles record for losses in a season.“It’s frustrating Bob Gibson Jersey , to say the least,” first baseman Chris Davis said. “Once we hit 100, it was kind of like, I don’t know, I honestly didn’t have any words for it. It was embarrassing.”Rookie Ryan Borucki pitched eight sharp innings for the Blue Jays, who have won 13 of 17 games between the two bottom teams in the AL East.Toronto stands 25 games better than the Orioles, whose 43-107 record is worst in the majors. Since the franchise came to Baltimore in 1954, the only other Orioles team with 107 defeats was the 1988 club, which started 0-21 on its way to a 54-107 finish.The franchise record for losses is 111, by the 1939 St. Louis Browns — a mark well within reach of this team.“It’s one of those things you never want to be associated with,” Davis said.Baltimore has been blanked 15 times and owns a major league-worst 26-49 record at home. Only 8,198 fans showed up at soggy Camden Yards to watch yet another defeat.The major league record is 120 losses http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-willie-mcgee-jersey , set by the expansion New York Mets in 1962. With a victory over the White Sox on Sunday, the Orioles can’t lose more than 119.Not that it’s any consolation in a lost season.“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little down right now because of the loss and the way things are going,” said Davis, who’s batting .172 as the highest-paid player on the team.Borucki (4-4) gave up three singles, struck out seven and walked one in his 15th career start. The left-hander allowed two runners to reach third base, one of whom got there during a near triple play.“Defense made a lot of nice plays for me and I was getting a lot of ground balls,” Borucki said.With runners on first and second and no outs in the Baltimore third, Austin Wynns hit a low liner to shortstop Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who gloved the ball and then let it drop to the ground. The ploy caught the Orioles flat-footed, and Toronto turned a 6-4-3 double play before Baltimore’s Renato Nunez barely beat the relay to third base.“A lower throw we get three,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said. “With first and second and no out, that’s big. They get a knock there you have a different score.”The Blue Jays got all the offense they needed in the third inning against Evan Phillips Mike Matheny Jersey , who was obtained from Atlanta in the July 31 trade that sent Kevin Gausman and Darren O’Day to the Braves.Making his first major league start, Phillips (0-1) retired the first five batters he faced before Kevin Pillar doubled, Rowdy Tellez hit an RBI single and Danny Jansen homered to left. Pillar homered in the seventh, and Aledmys Diaz went deep in the ninth.TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: 3B Brandon Drury had the brace removed from his fractured left hand and is beginning a strengthening regiment, to be followed by hitting. Obtained in the trade that sent J.A. Happ to the Yankees, Drury is likely done for the season. … RHP Justin Shafer had an MRI, which revealed a flexor strain in his right elbow. He will be shut down until the team returns to Toronto, then re-evaluated.Orioles: C Chance Sisco remained in concussion protocol after being struck in the chin by a foul ball in Sunday’s game against the White Sox.UP NEXTBlue Jays: Aaron Sanchez (4-6, 4.90 ERA) makes his 20th start, the fifth since returning from the 60-day DL with a finger injury. He pitched seven innings of three-hit ball against Boston last week.Orioles: Dylan Bundy (8-14, 5.48 ERA) seeks to win a second straight start. He was winless since July 29 before defeating Oakland last Thursday.