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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4: Stopping short of a sweep

Austin Slater celebrates a home run in the sixth inning, but it wasn’t enough for the win. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images South Siders give up the lead in the ninth, as they blow the game at home The Chicago White Sox have lost the finale against the Texas Rangers, as they come up short of the sweep yet again, 5-4. This was a tight game all the way through, but Jordan Leasure was unable ...2025
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• Sean Burke pitched a gem while the offense put on a small ball masterclass

Sean Burke kept the Rangers quiet, in a bounce-back performance. | Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The White Sox win 4-1 in the first game against the Rangers The White Sox struck early and maintained the lead for the rest of the night, as it turns out that even a good Rangers pitcher is no match for the Friday night City Connects power. Yes, the White Sox are 4-0 on Friday nights at home. Sea...2025
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• Game Thread: Rangers at White Sox

Miguel Vargas, seen here possibly questioning what led him to play first base this evening. | Ed Zurga/Getty Images Texas is in town for three Happy Friday! The Rangers (25-26) are in town for a three-game series against the White Sox on this holiday weekend. Before we address the interesting lineup, the White Sox had a fun Friday afternoon news dump for us. The good news? Andrew Beninte...2025
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• Sox On 35th announces fundraiser for The Burger Family Foundation

The post Sox On 35th announces fundraiser for The Burger Family Foundation appeared first on Sox On 35th. The White Sox will welcome back an old friend this weekend. Jake Burger, now a member of the Texas Rangers, is set to return to Rate Field for the first… The post Sox On 35th announces fundraiser for The Burger Family Foundation appeared first on Sox On 35th....2025
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• Is Bo Back? - May 22nd, 2025
Bo Bichette (SS - TOR) - Bichette was 2-6 with 2 R and 2 RBI in the 14-0 shellacking of the Padres on Wednesday. The 27 year old came into the game hitting 271/346/529 during the month of May, and there are a lot of positive signs to be found in what might appear on the surface to be a mediocre performance thus far. He's been noticeably more patient this season, cutting his swing% down by 5% from ...2025
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• AL Week 8 Strategy-May 17, 2025
In The Field C Alejandro Kirk missed Tuesday's game after getting hit on the head with a backswing on Sunday, but he was in the rest of the week. OF Yordan Alvarez (hand) is still day-to-day with his hand injury. He was able to hit in the cage on Thursday but did not play against the Rangers. He was expected back this weekend but did not return on Saturday. His return is expected soon. OF Byron ...2025
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In The Field 1B Triston Casas was removed from Friday's game with a knee injury. After the game, manager Alex Cora described the injury as significant. Testing revealed a ruptured patellar tendon, which means his season is likely over. The Red Sox are likely to give 1B Romy Gonzalez most of the at-bats at 1B while Casas is out. The Red Sox are going to have a lot of important roster decisions c...2025
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• ‘Might have been my guardian angel’: Bracelet gifted to Texas Rangers slugger by girl with Down syndrome saves him from serious injury

A bracelet gifted to Texas Rangers slugger Jake Burger might have saved him from a serious injury in Thursday's game....2025
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• Game Thread: Angels at White Sox

Leading us to some fun, or utter misery, the Pied Piper of Baseball leads us into the park today. Like it or not, here we go! Welcome to another season of White Sox baseball, friends. I’m Brett Ballantini, and I’ll be your host today for Opening Day coverage. It’s my eighth season of White Sox openers here at South Side Sox, which believe it or not makes me the most-tenured editor in the 2...2025
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• 2025 NL East Season Preview: Miami Marlins

Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/Getty Images Well, at least Sandy Alcantara’s back, because a lot of this roster looks bad. Ah, the Miami Marlins. Whether they’re serving in their usual position at-or-near the bottom of the NL East or they’re shocking the baseball world with an appearance (or even a deep run) in October, this is a team that’s spent most of its existence with one eye s...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
Alejandro Kirk (C-TOR) is in line to see more time behind the dish than ever before since Danny Jansen is no longer in town. The 26 year-old has flashed some upside in the past, most notably registering a .285 average, with 4 homers, 63 RBI, and 59 runs scored across a career-high 541 PA in 2022, with a well above-average 129 wRC+, but he has underwhelmed ever since. In just 386 PA last year, Kirk...2025
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• Burger homers in 1st game since infant's surgery
Jake Burger hit a home run Thursday in his first game for the Rangers since his 4-month-old daughter, Penelope, had open-heart surgery in Nashville earlier this week....2025
• White Sox 4, Guardians 2: It was a win, but not without an Andrew Benintendi sacrifice

A win?! | @SoxScoreboard We’re no longer losers! Let’s start this with some bad news: Andrew Benintendi is out for the next 4-6 weeks with a broken right hand. He went down in the first inning, after a hit-by-pitch. Andrew Benintendi will miss 4-6 weeks with a non-displaced fracture of his right hand.— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) February 27, 2025 Now for some good news — the Whit...2025
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (September 26-October 5): Lance Lynn
Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox October dawns, and the dust of the pennant race has settled. What happens now? Where am I? On the South Side, this week feels a little like waking up during the second act of a Hangover movie: Tony La Russa is missing, empty bottles of Malört litter the clubhouse floor, and Ken Williams has a face tattoo. Rest assured, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed. B...2022
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"Jake Burger will wear Number 21 with the Rangers to honor his daughter who was born with Down syndrome, which has the clinical name of trisomy 21."

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"worked out a one-out walk in the third, stole second, and scored on an Ozzie Albies grounder that was misthrown by third baseman Jake Burger."

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"Infielder Jake Burger was recalled in a corresponding move."

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"Gilded prospects Jake Burger, Blake Rutherford (OK former guilded) and Lenyn Sosa had really awful games But none were worse than the recently-DFAd but no one bit on him off waivers Anderson Severino, who “singlehandedly” lost the game for Charlotte All right, push some blame to the offense as well, 2-for-13 with RISP and leaving 13 runners on base Plus 12 hits, 11 singles"

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"The White Sox are calling up infield prospect Jake Burger for his big league debut today, tweets The Athletic’s James Fegan."

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"The White Sox have added third baseman Jake Burger to their 60-man player pool, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports."

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"White Sox prospect Jake Burger has been diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon that will require surgery, per a club announcement."

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"The White Sox selected Jake Burger with the 11th pick overall in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft."

• Game Thread: Rangers at White Sox
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• Five Months Later: Evaluating the Ripple Effects of the Nathaniel Lowe Trade

Nathaniel Lowe slides safely into one during the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. | Eric Hartline-Imagn Images On December 22, 2024, The Washington Nationals and the Texas Rangers made an under-the-radar trade involving two key contributors that have performed well in 2025. In the MLB, it is very rare to see a one-for-one trade especially involving a player under team cont...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• Lack of offensive progress a growing indictment of GM Getz’s record

The hang-dog look on Brooks Baldwin’s face after a strikeout reflects the sense of dread White Sox fans have about ever again developing a major league force on offense. | Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos via Getty Images While the pitching has progressed, there is nothing in the cupboard when it comes to the White Sox bats Compared to most of my South Side Sox colleagues, I’ve been on the su...2025
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• Rays 4, Rangers 6: Globe Life Woes

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Rays losing streak at Globe Life Field extends to 8 There were two first inning offerings Taj Bradley wishes he could get back after Marcus Semien and Jake Burger homered to start Saturday night’s contest in Arlington. However, if wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean. After settling in, Bradley’s next four innings were quite masterful, allowing no h...2025
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• White Sox trim roster, announce Spring Breakout players, and shares sell to Justin Ishbia

It seems the wheels have been set in motion for Justin Ishbia to eventually take over the reins of the Chicago White Sox. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Our Thursday roundup looks at Chicago’s roster cuts, rising stars, and ownership moves Welcome to News Dump Thursday! We’ve got several updates for you, including the first roster moves of spring, the announcement of Spring Breakout playe...2025
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• 30 teams, 2025 edition

For the first time since debuting this series here 17 years ago, I considered not running it this year. Ranking MLB's teams in order of how I like them seems like something who's time has past. There are people on social media -- baseball fans -- who don't root for any team (and I assume that means they don't root against any team). They just root for good games. That's a pretty foreig...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 3, 2025
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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4: Stopping short of a sweep
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• Sean Burke pitched a gem while the offense put on a small ball masterclass
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge
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• Is returning home the key to victory for the Braves?

Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Nobody imagined that the Braves would be coming back home without a single win. The Atlanta Braves are limping back home after embarking on what turned out to be one of the worst road trips in franchise history. They’re heading into this game 0-7 and will likely be desperate to avoid making it an 0-8 start as they get set for their home o...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL West

Kyle looks weird in that red uniform | Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images There are a lot of things still up in the air for this division. The Cubs went 9-6 against AL West teams last year, including an unlikely sweep of the Astros at Wrigley Field. Houston went on to win the division, but this year... might be different. Houston Astros Key departures: Kyle Tucker, Alex Br...2025
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• White Sox trim roster, announce Spring Breakout players, and shares sell to Justin Ishbia
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• Game Thread: Rangers at White Sox
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge
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• White Sox trim roster, announce Spring Breakout players, and shares sell to Justin Ishbia
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• Preseason Prep - February 21, 2025
Isaac Paredes, 3B, Astros Isaac Paredes was traded from the Cubs to the Astros as part of the Kyle Tucker trade, and it's going to do wonders for his fantasy value. Paredes may not look like much on paper with an 85 mph average exit velocity (3rd percentile) and a .337 xSLG (11th percentile), but his expected stats are deceiving. This is because expected stats don't take into account the direction...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 14

Chuck Garfien/Twitter George Wolkow tops our Round 13 ballot. So, who is the 14th-best prospect in the White Sox system? This round, 2023 draft coup George Wolkow was the decided winner, running away with the vote in our usual 200ish ballots by taking 49 of 204 votes (24%): Wolkow moved up one slot from his debut position on the ballot in 2024 (No. 14). He’s the second right f...2024
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• Royals Review holiday mailbag

Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images You give the gift of questions about the Royals! December can be the most wonderful time of the year for baseball fans. Michael Wacha realized there’s no place like home for the holidays, and the Royals acquired Jonathan India as a present without a bow. But since then, baby, it’s cold outside. It has been a silent night for Royals f...2024
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• Charlie Morton struggled, offense could not come through, as Atlanta Braves fall to Marlins.

Arcia hit another HR off of Bellozo | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Orlando Arcia and Michael Harris seemed to be the only bright spots in a disappointing game against the Miami Marlins. The Atlanta Braves took on the Miami Marlins tonight in the first game of a three game series that could be pivotal to their playoff chances. The Braves were the away team and they came up to bat first, arme...2024
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• MLB Roundup: Week 2

Kansas City’s hot start has it at holding the top run differential in the league and just barely behind the Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central lead. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Strikeouts for days, Yankees continue their reign, and the AL Central has two teams in the top five — just like we expected It’s just the second week of the season, but teams are already battling hard for divisi...2024
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• Chicago White Sox Baseball 2024: a mess

Simone Biles’ husband and new Chicago Bear Jonathan Owens could probably play for the White Sox at this rate. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images The season just started, and it’s already over Dear reader, it is April 15 and the Chicago White Sox are the worst team in baseball. Even worse than the Miami Marlins, who employ former White Sox Avisaíl García, Jake Burger and Tim Anderson. Worse than t...2024
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• Big Bear’s brilliant blast bails out Braves in 9-7 bashing of Marlins

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports The Braves blew a 5-1 lead, but Marcell Ozuna got a barrel over the wall with the team down to its last strike to turn things around Nietzsche once wrote that the abyss gazes into those that gaze into it, but on Sunday afternoon, Marcell Ozuna gazed into the abyss of what could have been a ridiculous series loss in Miami, and then pretty much said, “Screw that!...2024
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• White Sox Place Eloy Jiménez On IL With Hamstring Strain
The White Sox announced that outfielder Eloy Jiménez has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 4, with a “low-grade” left hamstring strain. Infielder Jake Burger was recalled in a corresponding move. Jiménez is expected to miss about two to three weeks, per James Fegan of The Athletic. More to come....2023
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• Marlins To Acquire Jake Burger
The Marlins and White Sox have agreed to a deal sending infielder Jake Burger from Chicago to Miami in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Jake Eder, reports Craig Mish of SportsGrid and the Miami Herald (Twitter links). It’s a surprise deal given that the White Sox’ focus has generally been on trading short-term assets during…...2023
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• Cubs 10, White Sox 7: What a comeback!
Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs went into this series needing to win a pair to keep in contention and avoid being sellers, and they did it after being down five runs. The Cubs went down two runs in the first inning Wednesday night on the South Side, came back, then were down five going into the fifth inning. Things seemed bleak for the North Siders. But as ...2023
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• White Sox To Promote Jake Burger
The White Sox are calling up infield prospect Jake Burger for his big league debut today, tweets The Athletic’s James Fegan. Scott Merkin of MLB.com suggested last night (via Twitter) that Burger was likely to be with the club in Detroit this weekend, and the White Sox themselves have even tweeted a not-so-subtle indication that…...2021
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• White Sox tab a power bat in Burger at No. 11
The White Sox selected Jake Burger with the 11th pick overall in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He played his college ball at Missouri State....2017
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• White Sox 8, Athletics 7: South Siders salvage a win
Jake Burger celebrates after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning of today’s game and presumably putting the game out of reach. | Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports And to make it even better, Luis Robert Jr. is an All-Star! The Chicago White Sox grabbed a much-needed win against the Oakland Athletics to avoid a sweep at the hands of the worst team in baseball, 8-7. The game got a littl...2023
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• Meet the New Guy: Jake Eder
Jake Eder has huge upside, more than you’d expect given the cost was only Jake Burger. The White Sox flip Jake Burger at the trade deadline for Marlins top pitching prospect Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the White Sox turned a player from their underperforming offense into a college lefty with promise. MLB's No. 9 LHP prospect Jake Eder (@Marlins) was lights-out for @Blue...2023
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• Rangers 5, White Sox 4: Stopping short of a sweep
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• ‘Might have been my guardian angel’: Bracelet gifted to Texas Rangers slugger by girl with Down syndrome saves him from serious injury
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rangers series preview

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Cubs welcome an AL West team to Wrigley Field. The Rangers won 90 games in 2023 and wound up as World Series champions. The follow-up was a flop, as they went 78-84 and missed the postseason. They come into Wrigley Field in first place in the AL West. For more on the Rangers, here’s Adam Morris, manager of our SB Nation Rangers site Lone Star Bal...2025
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• The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1410 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 6

Paul and Justin discuss the shocking demotion of Jake Burger before diving into next week's 2-step starters including a shaky Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara, neither of whom are must-starts these days Source...2025
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• 2024 NL East Preview: The Braves look to turn regular season success into October results

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are once again the favorites to win the division but as far as Atlanta is concerned, it’s all about what they do in October. For the past few years, the story of the National League’s Eastern Division has been one that feels very familiar to how it was during the 1990s. While the Atlanta Braves have won the NL East for six straight seasons dating b...2024
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (July 28-August 3): Jesse Scholtens

Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox The late-blooming rookie helps the White Sox limp (crawl?) through the dog days of summer with a pair of solid starts Jesse Scholtens’ South Side debut last April didn’t generate much of a buzz, but his recent pitching starts certainly have. After the trade deadline left the White Sox rotation as hollow as Rick Hahn’s head, Scholtens got his chance to shine ...2023
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• Another embarrassing Bummer
Go home, Bummer. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Stellar White Sox pitching by Cease is punished by nonexistent offense and the mother of all Bummers Happy Monday, White Sox fans, and Happy Wasted Dylan Cease Day. Chances are that you drifted off to dreamland shortly after the seemingly random 8:38 p.m. CST start, in which case I’m here to help you fill in those sleepy gaps. I hope you had ...2023
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• South Side Soxivus 2022: Best Games of the Year
Ouch! Dylan Cease’s one-hitter is among our best games of 2022. | Chase Agnello-Dean/Getty Images No pithy branding for this one, just some good fun in recounting the top contests of 2022 We started this Soxivus season with the Calling of Managers, then moving on to Grievances and Feats of Strength. Last week, we took a look at the Worst Games of 2022. And we still have more Soxivus celeb...2022
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• Charlotte Knights 2022 Season Review
In the midst of Charlotte’s strange pitching season and brief stop-off status between Birmingham and Chicago, Mark Payton was a Knights standout. A team without starting pitchers had to bullpen games by default, and didn’t do well. Surprised? The Triple-A Charlotte Knights, one step from the majors was the home to all the prospects and promotions made to the White Sox throughout this year....2022
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