FutureSox Podcast

Ian Eskridge and James Fox live for another episode of the FutureSox podcast to discuss the ridiculous losing streak, the #WhiteSox trade return and performance so far, Ian's trip to the affiliates, and recent promotions and roster moves.  They also take a look at recent managerial rumors, some thoughts about some of the incumbent prospects, and who will play for the rest of the year. See omny...

On the latest episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller discuss the White Sox 2024 trade deadline. They take a look at what the Sox gave up and who they received in return. They also take a peek in how the team managed to get into the position of trading "key pieces" to the 2017 and beyond rebuild. They then turned their focus on the White Sox losing strea...

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and James Fox get together for a full trade deadline analysis episode. They start by discussing this fascinating deadline around the league from a general sense before diving into every trade made by the White Sox. They talk about each trade and the specific players brought in by Chicago via these deals. They continue by talking the deals that...

On this special interview edition of the FutureSox podcast, Elijah Evans is joined by recent draft pick Blake Shepardson. He joins to discuss his unique journey to being drafted from arm surgery in high school to a somewhat rocky collegiate career and everything in between. He talks about the experience of being drafted in the same year as his young brother and how he has grown in the past years....

In this special interview edition of the FutureSox Podcast, Elijah Evans sits down with two different recent White Sox draft picks who happen to have played together in the Cape Cod League. First, 7th round pick Phil Fox joins Elijah as he details his journey from a small university to emerging as a legit prospect this spring at Pitt. He talks his draft experience and adjusting to pro ball before...

On this special interview edition of the FutureSox podcast, Elijah Evans is joined by recent 3rd round pick of the White Sox Nick McLain! He joins to talk all about being drafted by the organization and much more. He discusses growing up with two older brothers in baseball, injuries he dealt with in college, offensive strengths, defensive comfort, and much more. Learn all about the recent draft pi...

On this episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller discuss the White Sox successes and failures of the weekend and the upcoming trade deadline. They also take a trip down memory lane to talk some Mark Buehrle on the 15th anniversary of his perfect game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen provide an in-depth preview of the MLB Trade Deadline from the White Sox perspective. First, they briefly discuss the draft once again as well as the promotion of Brooks Baldwin and continual excellence of Drew Thrope. They also quickly go through each affiliate, mentioning recent top performances. Then, they go through every tr...

On a post draft edition of the FutureSox podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox talk White Sox draft picks and how the Sox spent their draft pool. They run through the entire list of picks and got over what the possible thought process was in the War Room as they worked through a strategy to build the team.   Within minutes of the stream being over Hagen Smith was given 8M and Nick McLain signed with...

On a special FutureSox Interview series episode Elijah Evans is joined by the head coach of Okemos High School, Raul Presas, to talk all about White Sox second round pick Caleb Bonemer. Presas shares stories of coaching Bonemer since he was 12 years old and how he has progressed over the years. He provides insight about Bonemer's offensive and defense skills as well as his mentality on and off...

Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas get together for a special edition of the FutureSox Podcast breaking down the entire White Sox 2024 MLB Draft Class. They discuss general thoughts on the draft and strategy exhibited by Mike Shirley before going through all 21 picks and providing information on each player. They give a scouting report on each player as well as thoughts on how much bonus pool will be a...

Nick Murawski and Danny Miller discuss the White Sox all star Garrett Crochet possibly having been replaced via the MLB Draft. Also there is some MLB Draft recap with the picks the guys like and what is going on with the bonus pool? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen are back with another edition of the FutureSox RoundUp. First, they briefly discuss the first two days of the MLB Draft which featured a fascinating draft strategy from the White Sox. Then, they go through the farm system quickly but focus on the Triple-A Knights team which is more exciting than ever. They talk about a variety of players on that roster including Brooks...

On this week's bonus episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox went live to react to the first and second round of the 2024 MLB Draft. For part 2 of this special podcast Ian and James welcomed their FutureSox cohort and contributor to Just Baseball, Elijah Evans, to react to the White Sox 43rd and 68th pick and go over some of the surprises in round 1&2. See omnystudio.co...

On this week's episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox went live to react to the first and second round of the 2024 MLB Draft. In the first half of part 1 they went live with Burke Granger of D1 Baseball. They discuss the guesses on who would go 1 overall and who the White Sox would take with pick 5.  On the second half of part 1 they welcomed their FutureSox cohort and con...

On the latest episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller discussed the Michael Kopech situation and his new agency, The Boras Corporation. The also talk about the upcoming draft and who Danny wants to see the White Sox draft. They also take a run through the possible trade candidates from the Sox 40 man roster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen break down all the recent promotions and top performers within the White Sox farm system. They start by looking at three young MLB players who have impressed recently in Drew Thorpe, Jonathan Cannon, and Lenyn Sosa. Then, they talk through our hitter of the week, George Wolkow, and pitcher of the week, Riley Gowens. They also div...

Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcome Locked on Guardians Jeff Ellis to talk MLB Draft. With his years covering the MLB draft, Jeff, breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the 2024 draft class. He goes extensively into this crop of talent and where he sees the draft order going.  He breaks down what he thinks the Guardians will do at 1 overall, and what they plan on doing with their bonus pool i...

The MLB draft is 1 week away, and on this episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox are making their pick for who they are 100% in on. They break down what the White Sox might look to do with their bonus pool early to try and grab the guys that they're looking at. All the draft content is out on the site building to next Sunday's draft, which FutureSox will be covering li...

On a special edition of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcome a fountain of draft knowledge in the form of Joe Doyle of FutureStarsSeries.com. He was gracious enough to give us an hour plus.  There is a lot of information packed into a short time. The opening topics include: Draft strengths and weaknesses by category, what kind of impact you will see in the Top 100 lists from th...

On the latest episode of Hot Takes & Heaters Nick Murawski and Danny Miller discuss the recent report from Bob Nightengale that the Sox are shopping Crochet, Robert, and Benintendi (lol). The White Sox sold out for Mexican Heritage night, but will they ever be able to be consistent with that kind of attendance? Thorpe and Cannon have some promising outings, TA is DFA'd in Miami, and the So...

Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen are joined by Peter Flaherty of Baseball America on this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp. First, Elijah and Jeff talk about some headlins within the farm system including Drew Thorpe's lastest gem, Ky Bush's promotion, and George Wolkow's big week.  On the 2nd piece of the podcast, BA's Peter Flaherty joins for an in-depth MLB Draft preview as he talks...

Ian Eskridge & James Fox discuss the White Sox failed contract ext. talks with Garrett Crochet and subsequent trade rumors perpetuated by Bob Nightengale. In addition there were Luis Robert and Andrew Benintendi trade rumors. Also Ian and James delve into the recent success of George Wolkow, and what it could mean for his status on "the lists". Also draft talk, Kannapolis 3 pitcher no-...

On this episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcome Baseball America's Carlos Collazo. They discussed his recent trip to the MLB Draft Combine, what his takeaways were and how he feels the combine benefits MLB execs. They recap the BA MLB Mock Draft 4.0 and who the Guardians will take 1.1 and who he would take at 1.1 if money were no object.  They get around to who Carl...

Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen walk through each level of the farm system on this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp. They review the first half of the season while highlighting recent performances starting with Drew Thorpe and Jonathan Cannon at the MLB level. Then they dive into players at every level of the farm system who performed well this week, some of which Jeff saw in person, including Nick Na...