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Pregame notes: Talking about things other than this game
It's not quite the swallows returning to Capistrano, but a celebrated annual tradition took place on Wednesday afternoon: White Sox scouting director Mike Shirley's pre-draft media availability. There's a longer article about it coming, which won't be spoiled by revealing the obvious stuff Shirley said like the decision being down to Roch Cholowsky, Grady Emerson and Vahn Lackey, all of whom have had private meetings with the team. It was at least a little interesting to hear him give a dire...
Davis Martin ‘gave myself a day to be upset’ over All-Star snub
Davis Martin is seventh among qualified American League pitchers in ERA, second in the AL in Baseball-Reference.com's wins above replacement, tied for second in pitching wins, and the best starting pitcher on a surprising first-place team. Perhaps none of those measures fully sum up the sense that he should be in Philadelphia next week, but he feels it all the same. The post Davis Martin ‘gave myself a day to be upset’ over All-Star snub appeared first on Sox Machine .
Catching up on the present state of Caleb Bonemer before the Futures Game
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Anybody with a vague sense of how Futures Game rosters are built probably ticketed Caleb Bonemer for Philadelphia well ahead of the announcement confirming it last Thursday, so it makes sense that Bonemer himself had even more lead time to prepare for Sunday’s prospect showcase at Citizens Bank Park. “I think [Winston-Salem… The post Catching up on the present state of Caleb Bonemer before the Futures Game appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: July 7, 2026
Ahead of this weekend’s MLB draft, Baseball America published its midseason organization talent rankings, which will give White Sox fans a sense of how much picking first matters to the system’s perceived depth. And when it comes to perceptions, the White Sox are improving them. BA bumped them up one spot from 18th to 17th,… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 7, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Red Sox 8, White Sox 1: An unfavorable lefty-on-lefty matchup
The best and healthiest versions of Noah Schultz's minor league work featured a lot of efficient, economical strike-throwing. In that vein, a 33-pitch first inning to open up his second start since returning from the injured list, four free passes (three walks, one very painful-looking sinker to Wilyer Abreu's elbow), and 92 pitches to allow four runs over five frames in a loss to the 26th-best scoring offense in MLB was a disappointment. The post Red Sox 8, White Sox 1: An unfavorable lef...
Pregame notes: It’s about to get interesting
Will Venable called it "another level of special and another level of grit that our guys showed," to get out of Cleveland with a split and the division lead, but it turns out games against a last place Boston team (which has won eight of their last 10) also count in a division race. The Guardians are playing a Twins team that simultaneously is only four games out of first place, but just put Byron Buxton on the injured list. It's just that from a news perspective, there are some other things...
Farm Fortnight: White Sox farm system waiting on a momentous MLB draft
By the time the next Farm Fortnight is published on July 21, the White Sox farm system could have a considerably different feel to it, what with the Sox selecting No. 1 overall , and first in the other 19 rounds as well over the course of Saturday and Sunday. You probably won't see those draft picks appearing on the boards below for a few weeks, because it takes a little bit of time for them to sign, then a little more time to report, but there should be a greater sense of depth, maybe even on...
2026 MLB draft week kickoff
It's MLB Draft Week as the Chicago White Sox in a few days will finally decide who they select first overall. The post 2026 MLB draft week kickoff appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: Intense Series Split for White Sox in Cleveland
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: Intense Series Split for White Sox in Cleveland appeared first on Sox Machine .
A year into his major league career, Colson Montgomery has learned to weather the lulls and ride the waves
There were multiple issues that got Colson Montgomery sent to Camelback Ranch last April. But one of them, by his own admission , was a mindset that found him chasing the results that would get him promoted to the majors. By most indications, that's not how Montgomery really thinks any more. The post A year into his major league career, Colson Montgomery has learned to weather the lulls and ride the waves appeared first on Sox Machine .
By any name, Boston Smith is making impression, impact in White Sox farm system
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- In order to start making a name for himself, Boston Smith first considered the name for himself. His actual first name is Noah, but as he explored playing baseball beyond high school, the White Sox catching prospect chose to go by his middle name, which is also his mother's maiden name, figuring it might help him make an impression. The post By any name, Boston Smith is making impression, impact in White Sox farm system appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: July 5, 2026
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If you cut your walk rate in half while increasing your strikeout rate more than 50 percent, you’re probably going to make progress. Possessing high-90s fastball with a hammer curveballs helps, too. That’s the overview as to why Pierce George is pitching for his third White Sox affiliate in three months. He… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 5, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 7, Guardians 6: Splitting the hard way
The White Sox had one job at Progressive Field this holiday weekend: Split the series and return from Cleveland with a one-game lead intact. And they did. Now, you might have qualms with how they did it, getting walked off in the first two games, then ending up on the right side of a one-run game only after weathering two awful defensive innings and the failure to capitalize on a pair of bases-loaded opportunities late in the game. But a win is a win, especially when it restores sole possess...
First Pitch: White Sox at Guardians
--Chris Murphy is opening for Erick Fedde on Sunday with the division lead on the line. --Help is on the way! The post First Pitch: White Sox at Guardians appeared first on Sox Machine .
Month in a Box: The White Sox in June 2026
The danger in taking a few days to gather up everything that happened in a recently completed month is that even though the box is closed, it might not be airtight, and the performance over the first fresh week that follows can color it, if not contaminate it. Case in point: The White Sox posting an over-.500 record in June is a triumph. Not only is it a second consecutive winning month for a team that had gone 17 months without one , but they kept their heads above water during the toughest...
White Sox Minor Keys: July 4, 2026
Caleb Bonemer commemorated the Fourth of July with his best Double-A game yet. Granted, he was only 16 games into his Barons career, so it had to do more with the sample size than a sense of American history, but Bonemer notched his first three-hit game and two-homer game with the Barons. He first sliced… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 4, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 3, Guardians 1: Montgomery answers All-Star snub with star performance
Colson Montgomery didn't get named to the American League All-Star team on Saturday night, so he settled for starring in the White Sox's effort to re-tie the American League Central in Cleveland instead. On the one-year anniversary of his major league debut, Montgomery staked the Sox to an early first inning lead by shanking a Parker Messick fastball off the outer edge for a two-out RBI double down the left field line, plating the newly minted AL All-Star Miguel Vargas after a leadoff walk. ...
First pitch: White Sox at Guardians
Recently my wife had me watch a wild show from Taiwan called The Resurrected , which seemed to end its gory and off-the-wall nine episodes by setting up an ill-advised second season. Anyways, one of its central premises was that torturing someone who is devoid of hope is not as fulfilling of revenge as torturing them with the illusion of hope. Just something to chew on as the White Sox try to salvage a split in Cleveland. The post First pitch: White Sox at Guardians appeared first on Sox M...
Sporcle Saturday: 4+ inning saves
Good morning! In case you missed it the other night , Tyler Schweitzer did something no Sox pitcher had accomplished in nearly a quarter-century: record a four-inning save. That, of course, piqued my curiosity: just how many times throughout franchise history have Sox pitchers had such a save? The post Sporcle Saturday: 4+ inning saves appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: July 3, 2026
At the end of May, we kicked off a Minor Keys by discussing an article by Yahoo! Sports’ Jake Mintz about the concerning state of rookie ball, symbolized by many teams lacking the pitching to routinely play nine innings. That limits the reps for young prospects who need them the most, and puts them in… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 3, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Guardians 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings): Dinked and dunked down to second place
Even after the last two nights, the Guardians have a ways to go to catch the White Sox for walk-off hits on the season, but they'll settle for the AL Central division lead instead. The Sox have made a name for themselves largely with power, and hit six of the seven farthest struck batted balls on Friday night. But five of them went for outs, where as a pair of hard grounders from Travis Bazzana and Khalil Watson off Sean Newcomb plated a game-winning Manfred Man for Cleveland in the 10th, th...
First pitch: White Sox at Guardians
--Sam Antonacci finished second in voting to Toronto's Kazuma Okamoto for American League rookie of the month for June. --Miguel Vargas recently have a very Miguel Vargas-branded response to a question on how he's handling the workload of playing pretty much every game this season. He's played 85 of 86 so far. The post First pitch: White Sox at Guardians appeared first on Sox Machine .
Rest, workload management as necessary as potential pitching upgrades as White Sox push for playoffs
When Davis Martin returned from seven days' rest last month to shut out the Braves for six innings in what still registers as his best work since the start of June , he struck a note of gratitude that pitchers rarely extend to the idea of being made to pitch less. For a team where the workload management goals might be extending from get to October to get through October , it seemed like a response worth filing away. The post Rest, workload management as necessary as potential pitching upg...
White Sox Minor Keys: July 2, 2026
The White Sox announced their prospects of the month for June, and neither was a name you’d anticipate garnering any sort of honor at the start of the season. On the position player front, Boston Smith wasn’t in the White Sox organization. He hit .293/.481/.603 with five homers, a triple, a double and more walks… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 2, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Guardians 6, White Sox 5: Walk sets up walk-off homer
In the eighth inning, Grant Taylor did his best Grant Taylor impression. In the ninth inning, Grant Taylor did his best Seranthony Domínguez impression. The post Guardians 6, White Sox 5: Walk sets up walk-off homer appeared first on Sox Machine .
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