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Chicago White Sox: James McCann should have to earn job
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White Sox, James McCann avoid arbitration with one-year, $5.4 million deal - MLB Daily Dish
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Harvard-Westlake alum Lucas Giolito throws no-hitter for White Sox – Orange County Register
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The real McCann: Veteran catcher doing it all for White Sox
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The secret to James McCann's surprisingly hot start? 'Just getting back to who I was as a hitter
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James McCann agrees to 1-year contract with White Sox
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With James McCann to Mets, where White Sox stand at backup catcher – NBC Sports Chicago
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James McCann's four-year, $40.6 million deal with Mets is official - Newsday
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How Pedro Grifol is setting 2023 expectations and 'trying to get that Chicago White Sox pride back' - CHGO
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ALDS: White Sox Beat Astros in Game 3 to Stay Alive - The New York Times
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Show of kindness being paid forward by McCann - West
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Long-term relationship with White Sox sounds good to James McCann - Chicago Sun-Times