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• Bombs away, but not enough as Chicago’s power surge can’t zap Seattle

If he keeps it up, Chase Meidroth may follow his teammate Miguel Vargas with Player of the Week honors. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images The White Sox go down 6-5 as the bullpen squanders another comeback The Chicago White Sox once again found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, falling to the Seattle Mariners this afternoon by a score of 6-5. The loss came largely thanks to a f...2025
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• Adrian Houser tosses six two-hit innings in debut as White Sox beat the Mariners, 1-0

Adrian Houser was excellent in his scoreless, six-inning debut for the White Sox and earned his first win of the year. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The bullpen also showed up ready to play, though the South Side offense mustered just one run on seven hits After a 90-minute rain delay, plenty of fans surprisingly stuck around to see the White Sox (15-34) defeat the Mariners (27-20), 1-0...2025
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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 12-18, 2025

Providing the pop: Andre Lipcius posted a .467/.529/.733 for the Knights this week. | Norm Hall/Getty Images Birmingham climbed back above .500 with a 4-2 week to lead the system Charlotte Knights Record 3-3 (last week), 22-23 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Andre Lipcius .467/.529/.733, 15 at-bats Colson Montgomery .286/.348/.429, 21 at-batsJason Matthews .375/.583/.375, eight at-bat...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 46

Photo by Griffin Quinn/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs take care of business in a 7-3 win. I know there are some who are looking for this team to just obliterate some of these lesser opponents. This week has not been a work of art. I see all of the things that you all do. And yet, the Cubs have won four of five. They remain one ahead of the surprising Cardinals. As an aside, I’m neve...2025
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Crosstown Classic all-time series is now tied. The Cubs’ 7-3 win over the White Sox Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field was their seventh straight over the South Siders (and the Cubs have won nine of 10 since the beginning of the 2023 season). It also evened up the all-time series between the two clubs at 74 wins each. The Cubs are 37-38 ...2025
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold

The White Sox fall yet again to the pesky Cubs. | @SoxNerd The South Siders fall, 8-3 Another day, another loss. The Cubs take the second game of the Crosstown series, although the White Sox put up enough of a fight on Saturday to stay in the game until the halfway mark. Friends — Chase Meidroth decided to show up and show out by starting the game with a leadoff home run: you’ll never f...2025
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• Something is actually going right for the White Sox

Divine intervention can only go so far. | Chicago White Sox And injuries are helping Yes, it’s true — there are things going the right direction for the White Sox, and not just on the pitching side. The fine, and sometimes surprising, performance of the young starting pitchers is well-known at this point, but there are signs of life on the position player side as well now. Much of that is ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The first series of this year’s Crosstown Classic is this weekend. In its infinite wisdom, Major League Baseball has decreed that beginning this year, the “rivalry” series between in-city or in-state (or manufactured) rivals shall be six games, two three-game series, instead of the previous pair of two-game series. Even four is too many for me; I’d be fin...2025
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• White Sox news goes national!

Divine intervention may be the only hope. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images International, even, right? The pope, he’s a big deal? The White Sox have gotten big coverage lately, and for a change not all of it is bad. The main news, of course, is that Pope Leo XIV is a lifelong Sox fan, no matter what scurrilous claims the other team in town and its know-nothing supporters may claim. That may hav...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds

Jonathan Cannon will make his eighth start of the year and has a 3.00 ERA so far in May. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Jonathan Cannon will lead the South Siders as they look to carry the weekend’s momentum into Cincinnati After a delightful series victory at home against the Marlins, the White Sox (12-29) are in Cincinnati (20-22) for the next few games as they attempt to win their second se...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025

No, Tim Elko did not play for Charlotte tonight — he’s headed to the bigs; could be our last chance to feature him in the Minor League Update. | Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images Kanny’s walk-off error and ACL’s win staves off the affiliates getting swept Memphis Redbirds 13, Charlotte Knights 10 (Statcast box)The bats were swinging on both sides, but Charlotte was outmatched. The Knig...2025
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• Roster shuffling: Josh Rojas, Caleb Freeman, Tyler Gilbert join the White Sox

It’s been a long, long road to the majors for Caleb Freeman, but he’s finally made The Show. | Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ellard injured, Murfee demoted, Dalbec released As befits a team on pace to lose 118 games, the White Sox made another round of reshuffling on Sunday, adding and subtracting three players from the 26-player roster. “Ballyhooed” (by price tag, at le...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 25, 2025

A double in the ninth by Adam Hackenberg helped the Barons to a sort of sweep in their games on Friday. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Barons take two for one, and Dash upset minor league sweep Charlotte Knights 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 1 (7 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box)After a rain delay, the Knights grabbed the lead and never looked back. Although the...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2025

Four Dash hurlers combined to toss the 16th no-hitter in franchise history. | Winston-Salem Dash/X Farm system fireworks: Elko’s bombs, Galanie’s slam, Schultz’s strikes, and a Dash of no-hit history Charlotte Knights 10, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 3 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)The Charlotte Knights rebounded after being shut out yesterday by routing the RailRiders and improving th...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 22, 2025

Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Bonus baseball bonanza for Knights and Cannon Ballers, and the Barons’ bats erupt and arms shine, as three of four affiliates claim victories Charlotte Knights 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 4 (11 innings) (Gameday box) (Statcast box)Nick Nastrini delivered a stellar performance for the Knights (8-14), pitching six scoreless innings and allowing only two h...2025
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• 2025 Birmingham Barons Preview

No. 1 White Sox prospect Noah Schultz is the ace of a loaded Barons starting rotation that begins 2025. | Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Double-A affiliate is set to have a filthy starting rotation, and plenty of offensive talent to back it up The Birmingham Barons are coming off of a fantastic 2024 season that ended in winning the Southern League Championship. While several pl...2025
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• Rockies 14, White Sox 3: Early spring blues

Dominic Fletcher notches his first bomb of the year. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Colorado stomps Chicago pitching for yet another L It’s preseason, but the White Sox are picking right up where they left off. With a 14-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Chicago is still on the hunt for their first Cactus League victory. Davis Martin, Fraser Ellard, and Garrett Schoenle were the few bright s...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 25: Wilfred Veras

Don’t turn your back on Wilfred Veras — he’s still a potent prospect with considerable upside. | Birmingham Barons You won’t find a better “lost” year on the White Sox docket — but where can the slugger take it from here? Wilfred VerasRight Fielder6´2´´180 poundsAge: 222022 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospect Ranking 232023 South Side Sox Top 100 Prospect Ranking 202024 South Side Sox Top 100 ...2025
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"In the top of the fifth, Boyd surrendered another homer, this one to Tim Elko, that brought the Sox to within one run."

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"The oft-overlooked Tim Elko seems to possess power that could allow him to become a star if he continues to grow in the minors."

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"com/BGb02iNCxJ— Asheville Tourists (@GoTourists) July 15, 2023 Winston-Salem was suspended due to rain in Asheville, with Tim Elko batting."

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"Three batters later, with two outs, Tim Elko launched a two-run shot to give the Cannon Ballers an early lead."

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"Ole Miss senior Tim Elko only has one healthy ACL, but that didn't stop him from a dominant regional performance that helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA baseball super regionals."

• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 12-18, 2025
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• White Sox Weekly Minor League Update: May 5-11, 2025

Still going strong: Braden Montgomery has not lost any steam after being promoted to Winston-Salem. | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Knights picked up the organization’s only winning series of the week Charlotte Knights Record 4-2 (last week), 19-20 (overall) Knights Player of the Week Jason Matthews .429/.467/.786, 14 at-bats Tim Elko .571/.700/.857, seven at-...2025
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• White Sox call up Elko, claim Gómez off waivers
The Chicago White Sox selected the contract of infielder Tim Elko from Triple-A Charlotte and placed him in the lineup at first base....2025
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• White Sox Designate Nick Maton For Assignment
The White Sox announced that infielder Nick Maton has been designated for assignment. First base prospect Tim Elko’s contract was selected in the corresponding move, as was reported yesterday. More to come…...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Royals

Jonathan Cannon looked good in the new City Connect uni last Friday, surrendering only two runs over six frames. I’d take a repeat of that one this evening. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Jonathan Cannon has fired off two consecutive quality starts. Can the offense provide the ammo tonight to back him up for a third? Another roster update to jump start our game coverage — it seems this thin...2025
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• Aye, there’s the catch (-er, that is)

The person wearing a mitt like this is definitely worth a lot. | fity.club Yes, the White Sox do really have a strong point Among the many bad quandaries facing the White Sox, there’s actually one that’s good — catching. Baseball-Reference keeps a statistic called Wins Above Average, or WAA, which is kind of bWAR, but with a higher-level requirement to get above zero. They keep WAA by pos...2025
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• Roster shuffling: Josh Rojas, Caleb Freeman, Tyler Gilbert join the White Sox
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 46
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold
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• White Sox 4, Marlins 2: Welcome to The Show, Elko

Tim Elko celebrated with a Gatorade bath after having delivered what held up as the game-winning hit, a three-run home run. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Tim Elko hits a clutch three-run home run to help the South Siders secure the series What a game, and what a day, as the vibes are high on the South Side after a 4-2 Mother’s Day win against the Miami Marlins. This win also helped the team s...2025
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• Shane Smith pitched a gem, but the White Sox bats and bullpen stayed cold

The solo home run, which turned out to be the only run, was provided by Andrew Vaughn in the first. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images The Marlins take game two with a 3-1 win Shane Smith dominated the Marlins through six innings, but a sleepy offense and ice-cold bullpen ruined the fun. The White Sox lost game two, effectively ending Pope Weekend a day early. Xavier Edwards started the game for...2025
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• White Sox snap four-game skid with a 6-2 win over the Marlins

Lenyn Sosa went 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Friday’s win over the Marlins. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Solid pitching and timely offense was the magic formula for the South Siders The White Sox (11-28) shut down any chances of another five-game losing streak with some timely offense and solid pitching, defeating the Marlins (14-23), 6-2, to earn their 11th win of the season...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 7, 2025

The hero: Braden Montgomery’s three-run homer resulted in a thrilling Dash victory. | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Led by two walk-off homers, the affiliates went 2-2 Charlotte Knights 12, Memphis Redbirds 11 (10 innings) (Statcast box)The Knights (17-18) blew a lead in the latter portion of the game, but they pulled through with three runs in the bottom of the 10th. As a result, for the...2025
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• Red-hot bats and more Luis Robert Jr. magic help the White Sox get back-to-back wins

This was the last thing Jose Altuve saw before losing to the White Sox. | Chicago White Sox The South Siders handed Houston a huge loss in the series opener Don’t look now, but the White Sox have won TWO games in a row! In the series opener, the Astros couldn’t keep up and lost in a big way, even with one of their best pitchers on the mound. Maybe these silly Bulls jerseys are giving the S...2025
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds
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• White Sox 4, Marlins 2: Welcome to The Show, Elko
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 9, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 6, 2025

We need Braden Montgomery to be wearing this uniform soon! | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Dominic Fletcher walks it off for Charlotte and Braden Montgomery drives it home for the Dash Charlotte Knights 5, Memphis Redbirds 3 (11 innings) (Statcast box)Despite a shaky start from Tyler Schweitzer, the Knights (16-18) rallied for an extra-innings walk-off. Schweitzer, who has struggled sin...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 29, 2025

Batter up! Colson Montgomery is headed out West, hoping to find the hole in his swing. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Colson Montgomery is en route to Arizona for a desert swing tune-up while Knights, Dash, and Ballers all earn Ws The big league club is back at home, and that meant it was Chris Getz Media Day for all those who celebrate. There was much of the usual GM-sp...2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 24, 2025
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 6, 2025

Zach DeLoach (#31), and Chase Meidroth celebrate after Meidroth’s sixth inning home run to cut the Knights deficit to two, 8-6. | Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights The Double-A Barons were postponed due to rain, but everyone else won, for an affiliate sweep! Charlotte Knights 9, Norfolk Tides 8 (Gameday box) (Statcast box)Although the Knights couldn’t get the job done Saturday, their bats were...2025
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 15, 2023
Luis Mieses provided the winning hit in a true Game of the Year in Birmingham on Saturday. | David Durochik/MLB Photos via Getty Images An extraordinary back-and-forth win in Birmingham highlights a pretty fun day on the farm It wasn’t something any of us foresaw: After a full career of relief over his first three years in the White Sox system, southpaw Sammy...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: July 8, 2023
Tim Elko revved it up and rode it all the way to third with a first-inning triple that held up as the GWRBI on Saturday. | Winston-Salem Dash Two very different Single-A wins, and a really fun one in Charlotte Gotta love a rout in the system that went in the right direction, for once, as well as the wunderkind Noah Schultz with another great start at Kannapolis. ...2023
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• South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 42: Garrett Schoenle
Garrett Schoenle started 2022 in the Kannapolis pen — and ended it as perhaps the most promising starter in the White Sox system. | @GSchoenle_3 Most promising pitcher in the White Sox system you’ve hardly heard of? Meet this tall lefty, who could be South Side-bound sooner than you think Garrett Schoenle Left-Handed Starting Pitcher6´5´´185 poundsAge: 242022 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 97202...2023
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
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• White Sox To Select Tim Elko
The White Sox are selecting first baseman Tim Elko onto the big league roster, reports Vinnie Duber of The Chicago Sun-Times. He’ll be in line for his MLB debut tomorrow against the Marlins. Chicago’s 40-man roster is at capacity, so they’ll need to make corresponding active roster and 40-man moves. Elko has never gotten much prospect…...2025
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• White Sox select SS Jacob González in first round (No. 15 overall)
The White Sox made a return to conservative picks in grabbing another shortstop, Jacob González, in the first round. | Eric Francis/Getty Images Established hitter with positional flexibility; if that sounds like a redundant pick in the the middle of the first round, you are correct With the 15th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, the White Sox selected shortstop Jacob González from Ole ...2023
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 32: Tyler Schweitzer

Tyler Schweitzer held his own during his first taste of the pros. | Salina Rae Silver/South Side Sox As the system strengthens, don’t sleep on this southpaw Tyler SchweitzerLeft-Handed Starting Pitcher6´0´´185 poundsAge: 232023 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 272023 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -1.1 yearsSSS rank among all left-handed starters in the system 6Overal...2024
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• Adrian Houser tosses six two-hit innings in debut as White Sox beat the Mariners, 1-0
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• Cubs 7, White Sox 3: At last, all even
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• Chase Meidroth and Tim Elko shine, but the rest of the White Sox bats stay cold
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds

Andrew Vaughn is on a five-game hit streak, including two homers and two doubles, since word Tim Elko was being called up. Coincidence? | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Lunchtime game in Cincinnati The White Sox will be going for a series sweep (bet you didn’t expect to read that any time this year) and trying to win five-of-six (bet even more you never expected to reads that) as they take on t...2025
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• Miguel Vargas blasts a three-run home run in extras as White Sox defeat the Reds 5-1

Miguel Vargas was the 10th-inning hero to give the Sox plenty of insurance runs. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The South Side offense racked up nine hits while the pitching staff struck out 12 in Tuesday’s win in Cincinnati What a game it was for the White Sox (13-29), who led for a majority of the game before blowing the lead in the bottom of the ninth to ...2025
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• Adrian Houser tosses six two-hit innings in debut as White Sox beat the Mariners, 1-0
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2025

Jordan Sprinkle, hitting .529 in the early going, has offered a serious objection to being sent back to Low-A to start 2025. | Kannapolis Cannon Ballers EIGHT games — and six losses All right, I can’t put this puppy off any longer, here we go with a truly Old School, eight-game minors update. How can this be, Brett, as the rookie leagues are not playing and Great Falls is now an independen...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 6: Braden Montgomery

Braden Montgomery has a smile that’s infectious. | Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Chicago swings for the fences with this power-packed prospect Braden MontgomeryRight Fielder6´2´´220 poundsAge: 212024 High Level Texas A&M (NCAA)Age relative to high level years -0.3SSS rank among all right fielders in the system 1Overall 2024 NCAA stats 61 games ⚾️ 27 HR ⚾️ 85 RBI ⚾️ .322/.454/.733 ⚾️ 53 BB ⚾...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 16: Jacob Gonzalez

The 2024 started very, very hot for Jacob Gonzalez — but ended ice-cold. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Instead of following right behind Brooks Baldwin to Chicago, Gonzalez floundered in the second half with the Barons Jacob Gonzalez6´2´´200 poundsAge: 222024 South Side Sox Top Prospect Ranking 62024 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to high level -1.8 yearsOverall ...2025
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• New Year — time for a new White Sox story

Unfortunately, our Father Time won’t leave. | dreamstime.com Is target date 2028 too soon? Lots of sports teams talk about a youth movement, but there is no team in all of sports better suited for an all-out youth movement than the White Sox. They’re going to be awful for years no matter what, so why not take a chance on going really young now in order to possibly be really good later? Aft...2025
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• 2024 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 34: Juan Carela

The White Sox lucked into a live arm in Juan Carela. | @DugoutStation/Instagram This live-armed righty didn’t miss a beat after moving over from the Yankees system in July Juan Carela Right-Handed Starting Pitcher6´3´´186 poundsAge: 222023 High Level Winston-Salem (High-A)Age relative to high level -2.1 yearsSSS rank among all right-handed starting pitchers in the system 10Overall 2023 st...2024
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• Cubs 8, White Sox 1: Not Great!

Some things never change. | @kindableu Nothing really matters, anyway Today is the day, friends. We’ve got baseball back after a long yet mildly-warm winter. There are new guys on the field competing for that coveted spot in the big leagues, and a new face in the booth with Steve Stone. I’ve enjoyed listening to John Schriffen, but I know fans miss Jason Benetti. Getting this out of t...2024
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 26

And so the end is near, and so I face that final curtain Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. Did my subhed get you to sing “My Way” in your head? It is a gre...2023
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• White Sox Minor League Update: May 13, 2023
Oscar Colás is apparently willing to do anything — even smash-and-grab — to get back to the South Side. For tonight, at least, no crimes were committed, it was sheer baseball mashing. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Everybody lost. But three games were close, and by South Side standards, that’s striving, baby The affiliates have been by and large stronger so far this season, so there haven’...2023
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