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Game Thread: White Sox (4-2) at Dodgers (5-0)

The high-octane offense that has defined the South Siders for most of this spring is packing its bags and heading across the complex today for a showdown at Camelback Ranch. The White Sox enter Thursday’s action still pacing the league in several hitting categories, proving that their aggressive, contact-first approach wasn’t just a weekend fluke. […]

14 days ago | 3 reads

Today in White Sox History: February 26

1914 In the final game of their World Tour, the White Sox beat the New York Giants, 5-4, in 11 innings. The win came in front of the biggest crowd of the entire tour, between 20,000 and 35,000 spectators, at Stamford Bridge in London. Contrary to the headline above, Tommy Daly secured the win with […]

14 days ago | 2 reads

Game Thread: Reds (1-2) at White Sox (4-1)

Offense, offense, and more offense — that’s been the name of the game for the South Siders this spring. The White Sox rolled into Wednesday’s action having smacked the most hits of any MLB team, sitting first in runs, doubles, and RBIs. So far, the Good Guys have prioritized contact over patience. While that aggression […]

15 days ago | 4 reads

Today in White Sox History: February 25

1903 Though under contract to the White Sox, shortstop George Davis made it known he intended to go to court in order to break it and return to the New York Giants (“May ask courts for release; Davis has novel idea for jumping contract with White Stockings despite peace” read one headline, with the “peace” […]

15 days ago | 2 reads

White Sox outlast Mariners in Spring Training slugfest

It was a doozy of a Spring Training game in Peoria, Arizona, on Tuesday as both the White Sox (4-1) and Seattle Mariners (2-3) offenses exploded for 28 hits with the South Siders persevering to snag their fourth win. Both pitching staffs stumbled through the nine innings, with 19 hurlers making an appearance across both […]

16 days ago | 1 read

Game Thread: White Sox (3-1) at Mariners (2-2)

Lefthander Anthony Kay will be making his Spring Training debut with the Chicago White Sox as Tuesday’s starting pitcher as the South Siders face the 2025 AL West division champion Seattle Mariners. Kay was signed as a free agent by Chicago in early December, hoping to make a comeback in the majors after two years […]

16 days ago | 2 reads

Today in White Sox History: February 24

1928 The future third baseman for the 1959 pennant-winning White Sox, Bubba Phillips, was born, in West Point, Miss. Phillips originally came to the White Sox from Detroit, in a 1955 swap for Virgil Trucks. He played for four seasons on the South Side, covering his most productive seasons in the majors; all told, it […]

16 days ago | 1 read

Battle of league-worsts ends in walk-off bomb

That was a bummer. Wait, you don’t know what I’m talking about? Well, MLB returned to the theoretical on Monday, as the Rockies and White Sox played one of those tree-falls-in-the-forest games, with no video or audio record of it left behind. Statcast is a component of every Spring Training game this season, which is […]

17 days ago | 2 reads

Game Thread: White Sox (3-0) at Rockies (1-2)

Sure, it’s too early to start counting on the calendar to determine which White Sox arm is in line for Opening Day on March 26 but … well, OK, I just did. And today’s starter, Shane Smith, going every five days lands him at March 25. So, as makes absolute sense, Shane Smith is your […]

17 days ago | 2 reads

2026 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: 37-round review

This Vote represents the last in our series this year, as we are into Spring Training and also now bumping right up against the Top 100 countdown. Our voters play an important role in almost half of that list, but it doesn’t make much sense to be voting on players who are already showing up […]

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17 days ago | 1 read

White Sox debubble the Brewers, 5-2

It’s not often you get saved by the Bell twice with a few minutes, but it happened to Mike Vasil and White Sox this afternoon and made it possible for a come-from-slightly-behind victory. The third win of the spring wasn’t as definitive as the first two, and it was as much the result of Milwaukee […]

18 days ago | 2 reads

Game Thread: Brewers (0-1) at White Sox (2-0)

Having crunched their first two opponents by a combined score of 19-3, the White Sox will try to extend the streak of slaughters against a Brewers split squad today. Mike Vasil, who did an excellent job in relief last year and is under consideration for a rotation slot for 2026, will start the parade of […]

18 days ago | 6 reads

How many games will the White Sox win in 2026?

Predicting how many games the Chicago White Sox will win in 2026 is challenging because of the odd mix of veterans and inexperienced players and the current state of their rebuild. Plus, there’s always the inherent bias of underestimating a team that is under Chris Getz’s management. Fortunately, statistics provides an unbiased and clear way […]

18 days ago | 2 reads

White Sox report card is all A’s, 11-2

Still undefeated!!! The Sox are a mighty 2-0, with total runs of 19-3. Can we call it a season now? The A’s decided not to play any major league regulars in their Cactus League opener and the White Sox took advantage, scoring five runs in the first three innings, mainly thanks to Edgar Quero having […]

19 days ago | 1 read

Game Thread: A’s (0-0) at White Sox (1-0)

The undefeated (OK, 1-0, if you insist) Chicago White Sox get home turf at Camelback this afternoon to face the also undefeated (but just 0-0) Sacramento/Las Vegas/You Name It A’s, as they follow the usual early Cactus League procedure of having no starters back from yesterday’s game. That game was lots of fun slaughtering the […]

19 days ago | 6 reads

Chicago White Sox 2026 Spring Training schedule and results

We’re back recapping every single White Sox game, and that starts with Spring Training! The White Sox season begins on Friday, February 20 at the Cubs and packs 33 games into 32 days. After that barrage, it’s off to the 162-game marathon, beginning up in Milwaukee, taking on the Brewers on March 26. Check back […]

19 days ago | 4 reads

White Sox club Cubs, 8-1

It’s rare that a Cactus League opener is better welcomed for its final score than for the mere notion that baseball is back. But with an 8-1 walloping of the Cubs at their Sloan Park home field — and against a true Cubs rotation piece in Jameson Taillon, at that — the White Sox managed […]

20 days ago | 5 reads

Game Thread: White Sox (0-0) at Cubs (0-0)

Even if there are some of you out there who, for whatever twisted reasons, root for the White Sox to lose, on one thing we should be able to agree: Beat the Cubs, always. That includes a Cactus League opener on the road, with roughly three players likely to be in the White Sox lineup […]

20 days ago | 4 reads

Projecting the White Sox Opening Day starting rotation

Rotation battles aren’t always super-interesting when you’re projected to threaten triple-digit losses for the fourth straight year. But they’re always happening! Here are some thoughts and ideas about how the spring might change what this year’s Opening Day starting five looks like.  Absolute, 100% Locks Shane SmithIn a way, Smith is the reason for this […]

20 days ago | 4 reads

What’s the darkest possible outcome for the White Sox in 2026?

We’ve asked you to indulge in a “Maximum Fun” scenario, dreaming of Munetaka Murakami turning the South Loop into a home run derby and Noah Schultz making All-Stars look like they’re trying to hit a frisbee in a hurricane. It’s a nice change of pace. But we’re White Sox fans. We know that for every […]

21 days ago | 2 reads

The White Sox Spring Training broadcast schedule is here

It’s that time of year again. The wind off the lake is still occasionally biting, the potholes on 35th Street are reaching record depths, and yet, the first sign of life is finally here. The White Sox have dropped their Spring Training broadcast schedule, and for those of us who have spent the winter itching […]

21 days ago | 4 reads

If you could change one moment in franchise history, what would it be?

Yesterday, we collectively held our breath and dreamed of a world in which things finally go right. We thought about a 2026 season in which the grass is green, kids stay healthy and our “Maximum Fun” meter reaches goliath proportions. But being a White Sox fan often requires us to confront the reason that there […]

22 days ago | 5 reads