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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 .
First pitch: White Sox at Guardians
Davis Martin has actually been a bit better against lefties (.645 OPS) than righties (.698 OPS) this season, with neutral platoon splits for his career. Nevertheless, the Guardians will have six lefties and two switch-hitters digging in against him. As a reporter, there was something darkly amusing about seeing a clutch of users of X, the disinformation app , give attention to a Rotoworld update saying that Munetaka Murakami was day-to-day to return from his hamstring strain. Mainly because ...
Building out a White Sox starting pitcher trade market
Before the White Sox coming to town, Baltimore president of baseball operations Mike Elias said the Orioles would be buyers if the trade deadline were one week away, rather than one month away. “I know our record is backwards, but apparently, this is infecting a whole bunch of other teams, too. I can’t explain it,”… The post Building out a White Sox starting pitcher trade market appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: July 1, 2026
Shane Smith and Tanner McDougal both opened their rehab stints with the Winston-Salem Dash on Wednesday night, and both looked the way one would hope after a months-long layoff. Returning from a rotator cuff strain and pitching for the first time since April 30, Smith pitched two scoreless innings. More importantly, he avoided walking or… The post White Sox Minor Keys: July 1, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox snap road series losing streak
Chicago White Sox finally snap their road series losing streak by winning two out of three in Baltimore. Now they travel to Cleveland for a big four-game series that could determine who is leading the AL Central heading into the All-Star Break. The post Podcast: White Sox snap road series losing streak appeared first on Sox Machine .
Orioles 6, White Sox 1: Hopes of sweep sink in fifth
A happy Canada Day for Tyler O'Neill was a frustrating afternoon for the White Sox. The White Sox staked an immediate 1-0 lead on a Sam Antonacci leadoff homer, but the British Columbia native O'Neill snuffed out their only other scoring opportunity with a diving catch that saved two runs in the top of the fourth. The post Orioles 6, White Sox 1: Hopes of sweep sink in fifth appeared first on Sox Machine .
Pregame notes: White Sox aim for road sweep behind Noah Schultz
Indeed, Tyler Schweitzer’s reward for recording the White Sox’s first four-inning save in 24 years is a trip back to Charlotte. The Sox optioned Schweitzer to Triple-A in order to make room for Noah Schultz, who starts this morning at Camden Yards in hopes of leading the White Sox to their first road sweep of… The post Pregame notes: White Sox aim for road sweep behind Noah Schultz appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 30, 2026
The White Sox swung a minor trade as their major league team was running away from the Orioles on Thursday, sending Triple-A reliever Ben Peoples to Texas for minor league catcher Ben Hartl. It’s a deal without an obvious impetus, is probably the way to put it. Peoples, who came over with Curtis Mead and… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 30, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: 2026 MLB Draft Preview with Jim Callis
MLB Draft is rapidly approaching. With the Draft Combine over, Jim Callis of MLB.com joins Josh Nelson to preview the upcoming draft from a Chicago White Sox point-of-view. The post Podcast: 2026 MLB Draft Preview with Jim Callis appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 9, Orioles 3: Road series win no longer elusive
By hanging a seven spot in the third, the White Sox ended a seven-series losing streak on the road. The White Sox used one of their trademarked crooked numbers to open up what had been tight 1-1 game and coast over the remaining two-thirds of the game. A second consecutive victory at Camden Yards locked in a series victory, which they hadn't done on the road since taking two of three in San Diego at the very beginning of May. And by closing out June with a win, they secured their second cons...
First Pitch: White Sox at Orioles
Now that the White Sox have improved to 1-6 in their last seven games against the Orioles, they’ll attempt to secure a rare series victory tonight. Erick Fedde takes the mound sans opener, where he’ll face rookie righty Trey Gibson. The White Sox have loaded their lineup with lefties against Gibson, which makes it especially… The post First Pitch: White Sox at Orioles appeared first on Sox Machine .
Tristan Peters and Jacob Gonzalez have emerged from obscurity this year for White Sox, but that doesn’t mean they’re surprised
Tristan Peters spent a lot of time this offseason thinking about the paltry 12 hitless at-bats he got in his major league debut with Tampa last season. He's admitted he was sweating out the final roster cuts at the end of spring camp, expecting he might start in Triple-A. But the part of his whirlwind last three months where public defensive metrics have him as one of the best center field defenders in the sport -- fifth in Outs Above Average (OAA) and sixth in Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) amo...
Podcast: Chicago White Sox 2026 First Half Grades
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: Chicago White Sox 2026 First Half Grades appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 8, Orioles 2: Up to the challenge
If baseball games were like pickle jars, Miguel Vargas could argue that he loosened it. As just before Colson Montgomery stayed on lefty Grant Wolfram's slider for a two-out go-ahead RBI double to center that put the Sox up for good, Vargas put the Orioles reliever through an 11-pitch war that ended with a routine fly out to right, but still might have strained the victor. But still another narrative thread to the triumphant six-run outburst in the final two innings is that despite the White...
First pitch: White Sox at Orioles
It's not quite Gavin Sheets returning to the park where his father played, but Sean Burke is sort of returning to his old stomping grounds as a University of Maryland product. His last two outings have been stellar: 13.2 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 2 HR. The post First pitch: White Sox at Orioles appeared first on Sox Machine .
There are soft skills behind a White Sox offense making a lot more hard contact
The White Sox want to grab hold of every opportunity to press any perceived advantage. But when it comes to the league's eighth-best scoring offense that's vaulted them into contention for the American Central crown after three straight 100-loss seasons, they're also ... kind of chill? "[Friday], after my second at-bat, I had struck out on a 3-2 pitch and hit a groundout to the shortstop, [Will Venable] came up to me," said Kyle Teel. "He said, 'Hey man, you're being really hard on yourself....
White Sox Minor Keys: June 28, 2026
The good news about a rocky small sample is that it’s a small sample, and one or two big games can overwrite it. Caleb Bonemer is the latest example, as he’s now hitting .293/.396/.415 over his brief Double-A career after going 4-for-5 with two doubles and his first Birmingham homer, which happened to be a… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 28, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox clinch season series vs. Kansas City
New Sox Machine Podcast episode recapping the Chicago White Sox series win against Kansas City and previewing the upcoming Baltimore Orioles series. The post Podcast: White Sox clinch season series vs. Kansas City appeared first on Sox Machine .
Royals 5, White Sox 4: Not Anthony Kay’s day
Anthony Kay didn't have it, and the White Sox offense couldn't quite bring it. Kay gave up runs in each of the four innings he started, immediately squandering a pair of early leads provided by the Sox offense. Five White Sox relievers kept the Royals scoreless to keep the game within reach, but five Royals relievers kept the White Sox scoreless, and so the 5-4 final score was frozen in place after 3½ innings. The post Royals 5, White Sox 4: Not Anthony Kay’s day appeared first on Sox Mach...
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