Jose Ramirez was voted as the starter for the AL at third base, but he'll instead sit out the All-Star Game to focus on rest and recovery.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the Cleveland Guardians to begin a four-game series. Chicago has gone 20-26 at home and 31-62 overall. The White Sox have an 18-4 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

After sweeping the Dodgers, the Astros found themselves swept by a Guardians squad that had lost 10 straight games entering the series.

Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez on Wednesday pulled out of next week's All-Star Game, set for Tuesday in Atlanta.

Nothing was more torturous than the 11-gamer that you, Mr. Acta, had a front-row seat for in 2012. It cemented your dismissal, despite a public vote of confidence from Paul Dolan. On July 27, that team was 50-49 and hanging around in the AL Central race. On Sept. 1, the club was 55-77. That’s hard to do.

The warning affected a narrow, but densely populated area that included downtown Chicago. Flash flooding was seen from the downtown area through the West Side along the Eisenhower Expressway to Oak Park, as the slow-moving storm hovered stubbornly over the area.

Preview the July 9 matchup between the Houston Astros and Cleveland Guardians with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

And, entering play Tuesday, Padres first baseman Luis Arraez had struck out nine times this season. Nine. It's not like he's missed time with injury either. Arraez has played in 84 of San Diego's 90 games.

The Guardians should promote Chase DeLauter today. Let me tell you why: -DeLauter is ready. He is on a 33-game on-base streak and just hit a 412 foot home run 109 mph: -He has an average exit velocity of 91.5 mph, a 50% hard-hit rate, a K/BB% of 15.6/15.6 ...