The White Sox are designating right-hander Duncan Davitt for assignment to clear a 40-man roster spot for Doyle. 11:56am: The White Sox are close to acquiring center fielder Brenton Doyle from the Rockies. The recent struggles can’t be ignored, but there’s still some sense in the White Sox taking a chance on Doyle. MLBTR’s new Payroll Tracker has the White Sox at $94.3MM in cash payroll and a luxury tax balance of $115.7MM. An earlier report from Francys Romero of BeisbolFR had the White Sox as favorites to land Doyle.