Episode Summary
It's the annual quiz to name every player who appeared in a Chicago White Sox game in 2026. The total list includes 59 players who played at least one game. Link to play the quiz: https://soxmachine.com/2026/10/sporcle-saturday-your-2026-chicago-white-sox
Plus, a World Series preview, and Josh Barfield is rumored to be running for the Houston Astros GM opening.
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Who will be in the 2027 Chicago White Sox bullpen?
I’ve written about former Royal pitcher Roger Nelson on several occasions. For some reason, I’ve been fascinated with his career arc. He was originally signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1963. His minor league career with the Sox gave no clue to the magic hidden in his right arm. After five seasons moving through […]
Caleb Bonemer spent the summer giving baseballs a one-way ticket out of the yard. Now, the White Sox are trying to figure out where to put his glove. After a 37-homer season between High-A Winston-Salem and Double-A Birmingham, Bonemer has made a pretty convincing argument that his bat deserves attention. Finding a place for it […]
The Offseason Plan Project will launch later this week, and if you were hanging on every pitch of the White Sox's postseason run and pushing off thoughts of 2027 as long as possible, then there's a lot less time for mapping out the various sections of your blueprint.
The center of it all is the existing 40-man roster, which will actually take some level of finessing after years of being able to overhaul a third of it with little thought about any long-term ramifications.
It starts with the...
1887 Two minor players for the White Sox who just missed playing together on the same South Side squad were born on this day. Lefty outfielder Finners Quinlan, who played for the White Sox in 1915, was born in Scranton, Pa. Farther east in Indianapolis, 1911 shortstop Roy Corhan arrived. Corhan had the better career, […]
White Sox assistant GM Josh Barfield is a candidate for the Astros' GM job, The Athletic reported. Houston could hire before the World Series ends.
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The Cleveland Guardians had a nice late-season run, stealing the AL Central Division from the season-long leaders, the Chicago White Sox. They then went on to knock off the ChiSox again, this time in the American League Division Series. But the Cinderella run ended in the ALCS, as they fell in six games to the Tampa Bay Rays. Now come the preparations for 2027. There will be changes in Cleveland, and let's have a look at three Guardians who most likely will not be back next season. Rhys ...
The Astros’ general manager search has been underway for two months but could soon draw to a close. Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports that Houston could hire a new general manager before the completion of the World Series. Rome lists White Sox assistant general manager Josh Barfield, Cardinals assistant general manager Randy Flores and […]
The Chicago White Sox accomplished far more than anyone expected in 2026. An 84-win season and a trip to the American League Division Series would have sounded
Currently learning the outfield in the Arizona Fall League, the young power hitter bashed 37 home runs during the regular season.
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1909 Bruce “Soupy” Campbell (no relation to the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup-winning defenseman with the same name and nickname), a Chicago native (LaGrange H.S.) who played the first two of his 13 major league seasons on the South Side, was born 113 years ago today. Though he played just 16 career games (age 20-22) with the […]
If nothing else, the White Sox are the only team that can say it pulled off an upset this October.
Even then, the White Sox had a better record than the team they ousted in the Wild Card Series, but in terms of seeds, their victory over No. 3 Houston as the No. 6 seed in the American League registered as the only non-chalk outcome in the postseason:
No. 6 White Sox over No. 3 Astros
No. 4 Yankees over No. 5 Red Sox
No. 3 Braves over No. 6 Phillies
No. 4 Padres over No. 5 Cubs
No....
The Chicago White Sox have, in theory, four starters under contract, but probably need two veterans.
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New podcast discussing in depth the Chicago White Sox three offseason dilemmas:
What to do with Colson Montgomery?
Should Sox sign a contract extension with Munetaka Murakami?
What role does Luis Castillo have with the team in 2027?
Plus, discussion of the ALCS, Cleveland's weird home-vs.-away splits, and how much World Series tickets are going for in Milwaukee .
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1909 Hugh Duffy took over as the fifth White Sox manager of all time, after Billy Sullivan had a disappointing 78-74 year in his one year at the player-manager helm. Just as Sullivan’s defensive genius didn’t serve him particularly well as a skipper, Duffy was a Hall of Fame player who ended up a lousy […]
1912 The White Sox capped the most amazing City Series ever, having rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win the final four and take the crown. And on this day, in front of a Comiskey Park crowd of 14,985, the South Siders walloped the Cubs, 16-0. The rout would stand as the biggest win and […]
Rewatching Game 5 of the American League Division Series is painful , even for those who don't root for the Chicago White Sox. Constantly seeing major league hitters look slow and unaware is jarring, as White Sox hitters clearly didn’t know what pitches to look for in each at-bat. Cleveland starter Gavin Williams threw more breaking stuff early in the count , getting first-pitch strikes in 11 of 16 plate appearances. Then, when it was time to throw heat, Williams, fueled by postseason adrenali...
Sure, White Sox fans are divided between the majority who consider 2026 and the possible hand from Pope Leo the greatest case of divine intervention since the parting of the Red Sea, and those who think a little more intervention in the way of actually getting hitters to put the bat on the ball in […]
In recent years, the Phillies have expressed a desire to sign a player coming to Major League Baseball from Japan. It makes sense considering the many Japanese imports who have succeeded recently. Just last season, Munetaka Murakami provided the White Sox a huge boost, while Kazuma Okamoto was a strong contributor for the Blue Jays. […]
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Future Chicago White Sox owner/steward Justin Ishbia spoke publicly for the first time since The Railyards renderings were released. Sox Machine's Josh Nelson attended and shared additional insight into Ishbia's comments and which South Loop properties he's purchasing. Also:
Latest Amtrak updates as there's a big question about Lot G at Rate Field
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the White Sox and John Schriffen might be breaking up. Who would be replacements in the ...
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For the first time in five years, this annual Sporcle Saturday arrives in mid-October rather than the first weekend after the regular season. While it was looking like this post might have been delayed another week, alas, all good things must come to an end . While it's a misattribution to Dr. Seuss, the sentiment still applies: "Don't cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”.
This season provided the most quiz fodder of any season since I began posting a weekly Spor...
As the Rockies try to claw their way back to winning, there has been lots of discussion about how the organization needs to follow the example of the Chicago White Sox, who went from 102 losses in 2025 to the playoffs this season. President of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and manager Warren Schaeffer have both talked […]
The New York Yankees could target a number of exciting players in an effort to replace Jazz Chisholm Jr. in 2027.
Who is behind the plate for the 2027 Chicago White Sox? The answer isn't as simple as one would think.