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  "textContent": "<p>Well-traveled right-hander <b>Trevor Richards</b> joined the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" target=\"_blank\" >White Sox</a> before their series opener Friday against the Mariners at Rate Field.</p><p>Richards, who turns 33 next week, is in his ninth major-league season and entered play Friday with a 24-28 record and 4.52 ERA in 297 games with eight teams. The Sox acquired him Tuesday from the Phillies for cash, then optioned struggling right-hander <b>Jordan Leasure</b> to Triple-A Charlotte.</p><p>Richards, a native of downstate Aviston, started the season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the Phillies called him up April 30. He pitched in two games for them, allowing one run and four hits in 4⅓ innings before being dealt to the Sox.</p><p>Richards attributed a good start in the minors this season to renewed success with his changeup.</p><p>‘‘It ultimately comes down to the changeup for me,’’ he said. ‘‘For me, that’s what I’ve been my whole career. So for me, [it’s] just getting that back in the zone, getting guys in better counts where they’ve gotta bite on it one way or another.’’</p><p>Richards began his major-league career with the Marlins in 2018 and started 48 of the 55 games in which he appeared in his first two seasons with them and the Rays.</p><p>‘‘Can still go multiples [innings],’’ Richards said. ‘‘It just depends.’’</p><p>In another bullpen move, the Sox recalled left-hander <b>Tyler Schweitzer</b> from Charlotte and designated right-hander <b>Osvaldo Bido</b> for assignment.</p><h3>Leasure needs to work</h3><p>Leasure headed to Charlotte after going 2-1 with a 6.06 ERA in 16 games this season, his third in the majors.</p><p>He didn’t allow a baserunner in a pair of one-inning outings on the Sox’ 3-3 trip to San Diego and Anaheim, but he had been hit hard in four or five previous appearances, allowing eight runs (seven earned) and six hits — including three home runs — and walking four in a four-inning stretch.</p><p>General manager <b>Chris Getz</b> said Leasure needs to work on a couple of things, including being more consistent with his slider — ‘‘both the command of it and the shape of it’’ — as well as his fastball attack.</p><p>‘‘He’s become very reliant on fastballs up,’’ Getz said. ‘‘It’s important for him to still drive that fastball down to keep [batters] honest.’’</p><h3>Teel reveal?</h3><p>Catcher <b>Kyle Teel</b> will resume running the bases during workouts this weekend as he continues to rehab a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring that has sidelined him since March 10 at the World Baseball Classic.</p><p>Getz hinted this might be a final hurdle for Teel before he goes on a minor-league rehab assignment.</p><p>‘‘Now it’s testing them on the bases and hoping,’’ Getz said. ‘‘And assuming that goes well, we’ll send him on his way to a rehab. So these next couple of days are important ones.’’</p><p>Teel hit .273 with eight homers and 35 RBI and walked 37 times in 78 games with the Sox last season. He reportedly was expected to go on a rehab assignment around April 20 but suffered a setback.</p><h3>Smith update</h3><p>Demoted Opening Day starter <b>Shane Smith’s</b> latest setback, a strained rotator cuff in his right (pitching) shoulder, will sideline him for a couple of weeks at Charlotte. But it’s something the team ‘‘doesn’t view as a very serious flare-up,’’ Getz said.</p><p>Smith had been making progress with his mechanics, Getz said two weeks ago.</p><p>‘‘It’s just something that is there, and we want to get it calmed down for a couple of weeks and get him back,’’ Getz said. ‘‘He had been making strides and really taken to the assignment well.’’</p><div class=\"PageListL\" data-module data-hide-authors=\"true\" data-hide-categories=\"true\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" data-show-loadmore=\"true\" ><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"list-4a0005\" name=\"list-4a0005\"></a><div class=\"PageList-header\" > <div class=\"PageList-header-title-wrap\" > <div class=\"PageList-header-title\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox\" target=\"{borderColor=#dfdfdf, pageNumber=1, inverseColors=false, footerBgColor=#000000, bodyFont=font-3, showListNumbers=false, imagePositionHorizontal=null, rteBodyFont=font-3, headerBottomBorderColor=#111010, subTitle=null, stickyHeader=true, listTitleColor=#000000, tableCellBorderColor=#ccd1d5, relatedListFont=font-1, hideAuthors=true, tertiaryTextColor=#6c6c6c, buttonHoverTextColor=#ffffff, tableFont=font-1, carouselAutoPlay=false, promoTitleFont=font-2, ctaButtonText=[], primaryTextColor=#2a2a2a, buttonTextColor=#ffffff, linkTextColor=#1a1a1a, hideTitles=false, footerLinkColor=#ffffff, carouselSpeed=null, buttonHoverBgColor=#a91d23, rteHeadingFont=font-1, secondaryColor=#656565, count=9877, hideCategories=true, _template=/page/list/includes/PageList-header.hbs, font3=Arial, font4=Source-serif-4, ctaUrl=null, pageCount=2470, hideImage=false, footerLinkHoverColor=#d3242c, hideAudioPlayback=false, description=[], showSecondItemMedia=false, listColumns234=null, footerTextColor=#ffffff, titleUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox, headerSecondaryBgColor=#000000, primaryTextColorInverse=#ffffff, titleColor=null, ampLink=null, listHeaderPosition=null, hideDescriptions=false, showActionBar=true, linkHoverColor=#d3242c, pagination=[{body=[Next Page], href=?p=2, _template=/link/Link.hbs, contentId=null, pianoSectionSlug=null, target=null}], buttonBgColor=#d3242c, ctaTarget=null, suppressPagination=false, promoButtonText=null, backgroundColor=null, headerSecondaryTextColor=#ffffff, listTitleFont=font-2, headlineFont=font-1, promoDescriptionFont=font-3, pullQuoteIcon=[{image=null, narrowImage=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, alt=null}], _styledTemplate=/page/list/PageListL.hbs, primaryColor=#d3242c, anchorId=list-4a0005, slimFooter=false, hideHeadline=false, hideDates=true, headerBorderColor=#e9e9e9, ratingCardFont=font-1, titleTarget=null, tableCaptionColor=#626262, mobileCarousel=false, tableEvenRowsBgColor=#f9f8f3, containerTitleFont=font-2, listBorderColor=#dfdfdf, items=[{type=Image, title=White Sox, Munetaka Murakami in no rush to extend contract, _styledTemplate=null, imageAlignment=null, categoryUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox, isFeatured=false, media=[{image={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/91/d9/6eac5dba4316b6c5a74c8fa7bead/ap26126130643308.jpg, width=6520, height=4346}, narrowImage={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/91/d9/6eac5dba4316b6c5a74c8fa7bead/ap26126130643308.jpg, width=6520, height=4346}, ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, alt=The White Sox's Munetaka Murakami celebrates after hitting a single during the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Anaheim, California. }], url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/05/07/white-sox-munetaka-murakami-in-no-rush-to-extend-contract, anchorId=promo-b60000, target=null, timestamp=1778182955000, primaryMediaType=null, category=[{items=[White Sox]}], publishDate=May 07, 2026 02:42 PM, ampLink=null, audio=[], audioDuration=null, _template=/page/promo/PagePromo.hbs, wordCount=730, authors=[{authorPageUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/barry-m-bloom, name=[{items=[Barry M. 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