Chicago White Sox's Braden Montgomery (24) watches his 2-run double during the sixth inning of Game 2 of baseball's American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Chicago White Sox's Chase Meidroth, left, and Colson Montgomery, right, celebrate after Game 2 of baseball's American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

** FILE ** Cleveland Indians' Sam McDowell shows the form he used to strike out fifteen White Sox as he winds up during the seventh inning of a night baseball game in Chicago, May 7, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Cleveland Indians pitcher Sam McDowell poses on March 12, 1964 during spring training. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Former Major League Baseball players Sam McDowell, left, gestures while joking with Steve Garvey, right, before the 22nd Annual Baseball Assistance Team Dinner Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

FILE - San Francisco Giants' Harrison Bader (9) bats in the fourth inning of a baseball game, May 29, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Victor Mesa Jr., left, and Rays second baseman Richie Palacios, right, react after Mesa Jr. caught a fly ball hit by New York Yankees' Spencer Jones that hit the ceiling of Tropicana Field for an out during the second inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Jonny DeLuca, left, celebrates after scoring on a two-run single by Richie Palacios during the fifth inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game against the New York Yankees Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan Ebenhack)