First baseman-outfielder Ross Gload was traded by the Chicago White Sox on Saturday to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Andrew Sisco, a 6-foot-10 left-hander coming off a difficult season. Sisco has a 3-8 record and 4.85 ERA in 132 games the last two seasons with Kansas City. He was 1-3 with a 7.10 ERA in 65 games last year, slipping from his first season when he went 2-5 with a 3.11 ERA.
The White Sox plan to talk with Sisco to decide if he wants to remain in the bullpen – where he might help immediately – or try to be a starter, which could mean he’d go to Triple-A.
Gload batted .327 with three home runs and 18 RBI in 77 games with the White Sox in 2006. Gload, a left-handed batter, hit .308 with 10 homers and 67 RBIs over three seasons as a backup for the White Sox. He’s also been with the Chicago Cubs and Colorado.
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