GLENDALE, Ariz. — Normalcy returned to Chicago White Sox camp on Day Two of spring training, or whatever passes for normalcy these days at Camelback Ranch.
Kendall Graveman greeted the media in the clubhouse by complimenting them on their smiles, a reference to MLB’s decision to end the mask-wearing regulations for reporters from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sox ace Dylan Cease voiced confidence that he would repeat his breakthrough performance of last season while Yoán Moncada addressed the absence of clubhouse leader José Abreu. Liam Hendriks’s bout with cancer was also on everyone’s mind, as was the upcoming World Baseball Classic, which made Graveman get teary-eyed when discussing his selection to Team USA.
