Drew Thorpe hopes to rejoin White Sox for playoff push after long road back to mound

ARLINGTON, Texas — Drew Thorpe’s not a morning person, but he’ll make an exception if it means getting back to the White Sox after two frustrating years of injury rehabilitation. “Ten a.m. starts should be illegal, but I’ll take it,” Thorpe said, referring to his early first pitch in the desert last weekend with the Arizona Complex League Sox. The right-hander threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts in his biggest step yet back to the Sox since being sidelined since July 31, 2024,…