That pesky groundhog may have predicted six more weeks of winter, but baseball fans know that Spring Training marks the official start of the season. Pitchers and catchers from across MLB will report to Arizona and Florida on February 10, with the first games kicking off ten days later. Among the 62 players reporting to […]
With the Chicago White Sox in the midst of an epic rebuild, it’s not fair to judge the job manager Will Venable is doing based solely on his track record. You could argue that Will earned votes for the 2025 American League Manager of the Year after leading the Pale Hose to a 19-win improvement. […]
Day 2 of SoxFest Live felt very familiar, with many of the same key talking points raised by GM Chris Getz and manager Will Venable the night before. However, the atmosphere seemed a little different. While Friday night set the tone for a more intimate gathering, Saturday’s sold-out crowd made it feel more like a […]
Chris Getz and Will Venable definitely seem to understand that earning fan loyalty is no easy task. Fresh off one of the strongest seasons in recent club history and a 19-game improvement from 2024, the White Sox front office must find a balance between offering fans hope for the future while keeping the focus on […]
“We now have some financial flexibility to continue to bring in talent.” Talk about a real knee-breaker. The White Sox GM certainly knows how to tell them. Chris Getz made that comment after the Luis Robert Jr. trade. with the Mets, a move that not only forced everyone on the team to figure out how […]
In true Chris Getz fashion, the White Sox once again find themselves in a position that warrants more questions than answers. On a cold and random evening in late January, the Sox dealt Luis Robert Jr. out to the Mets for prospects Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley. This trade is anything but easy, so let’s […]
Last year, the White Sox position player rookies incredibly exceeded expectations. Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero quickly emerged as one of the most dynamic catching platoons in the league, and Colson Montgomery had an explosive debut month. Now it’s Miguel Vargas’ turn. While it wasn’t quite the breakout season Sox fans would have wanted, Vargas […]
With apologies to Clement Moore – or whoever actually wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas before baseball was invented; Like another famous poet called Shake-something, there are claims that Moore’s work was actually written by someone else. ‘It was the night before Christmas, when I was through the entire RateNot a single creature moved, awaiting […]
If Chris Getz gets an inkling, let brother run him into the ground. Over the past calendar year, the White Sox have made 21 trades, purchases or sales with other teams, starting with the Garrett Crochet blockbuster with Boston, and 10 of those deals were with the Rays and Red Sox. Since the end of […]
For the first time since 1977, the White Sox have the first overall draft pick in the summer draft, and the timing couldn’t be more favorable. In a top-heavy draft, Chicago doesn’t have to guess who will fall to them. After wisely selecting future Hall-of-Famer Harold Baines in 1977, the Sox are hoping to make […]