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Hey Sox fans, welcome to the start of Season 5 of the podcast. The MLB Winter Meetings are underway in San Diego. Will the Sox come away with Michael Conforto, Cody Bellinger or Brandon Nimmo? Maybe the Sox will trade someone like Lucas Giolito or Liam Hendriks? One thing is for sure, the White Sox will not be spending premium money on premium talent. We will save that for the New York Mets, Texas...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox addressed their need for more pitching by signing free agent Mike Clevinger to a one year deal, pending a physical. Clevinger seems to be a reclamation project for pitching coach Ethan Katz to get his hands on. It's a low risk move that will hopefully allow the White Sox to fill their other needs. Clevinger has battled injuries over the last few seasons and face...

Hey Sox fans! Welcome back to off-season White Sox chatter. This past week, the Sox added Jose Rodriguez and Bryan Ramos to the 40-man roster then declined to tender a contract to Adam Engel, Danny Mendick and Mark Payton. After the week of moves, the 40-man roster is now at 35. How will the White Sox go about filling out their roster? There are many needs to address. The San Diego Padres are rumo...

Hey Sox fans! Welcome back to another fan-centric episode as we discuss the off-season path laid out by Rick Hahn during the recent general manager meetings in Las Vegas. The White Sox are believed to be more active in the trade market instead of addressing their issues with money. Could the White Sox actually acquire Sean Murphy from the Oakland A's? What would the Sox have to give up and is focu...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox made it official and hired Pedro Grifol as the new manager. Grifol spent many years in the Kansas City Royals organization in a variety of roles but has never held the job as MLB manager... until now. It sounds like Rick Hahn finally got his opportunity to hire a manager and is ready to to take the White Sox in a different direction. Aside from Ethan Katz and Cu...

Hey Sox fans, welcome back to the White Sox offseason. The Chicago White So are now the last team to make their managerial choice known. The Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins and Texas Rangers have all made their announcements. One of the more popular candidates, Astros bench coach Joe Espada, has been ruled out of the White Sox managerial position according to sources. Are the White Sox waiting u...

Hey Sox fans! Welcome back to off-season Chicago White Sox chatter. Due to 'several factors' the White Sox have cancelled SoxFest. The last time there was a January fan convention was in 2020. What were the several factors? Is the front office scared of the backlash that they will receive due to the disappointing and embarrassing season? Do Sox brass just not have the stomach to handle the public...

Hey Sox fans! The MLB playoffs are going strong but the Chicago White Sox have been dormant for quite some time. Despite the on field inactivity, the off-season White Sox rumor mill is churning and there are no shortage of threads to follow. Is Jose Abreu going to the Cubs? Are Andrew Vaughn and Dylan Cease untouchable? Would the Sox actually trade Lucas Giolito or Tim Anderson? The White Sox mana...

Hey Sox fans! The 2022 Chicago White Sox season is over and it was a memorable year for all the wrong reasons. We tried to highlight the handful of best moments but definitely magnified the worst parts. Tony La Russa will not be managing the White Sox in 2023 and Rick Hahn said that he'll be heading up the managerial search but that it will also be a collective effort. What are the oddsmakers sayi...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox (79-80) just completed their final road series of the season as they took two of three from the San Diego Padres. Davis Martin and Lance Lynn had stellar outings for the Sox and Elvis Andrus provided the offense. The big news revolving around the Chicago White Sox is the possible retirement announcement by Tony La Russa. Bob Nightengale, from USA Today, said in...

Hey Sox fans!  The Chicago White Sox (76-77) just finished up a six game homestand where they lost every single game. That's right... The White Sox were swept by the Cleveland Guardians then were swept by the last place Detroit Tigers. After the White Sox lost the first game of the Cleveland series, it appeared as if the team completely gave up. Poor baseball and poor results have the Sox rum...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox (76-71) just won a series against the Detroit Tigers by clubbing three home runs and scoring eleven runs. Andrew Vaughn leads the team with seventeen home runs as he hit his first career grand slam on Sunday. The White Sox dealt with some inconsistent offensive production this past week, while also facing more injuries. No final decision has been made on Tony La...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox (72-69) just wrapped up a seven game road trip on the West coast. The Sox took 2-of-3 in Seattle and took 3-of-4 from the Athletics IN OAKLAND. Despite the loss in the series finale, the trip was a success and the Sox are two and a half games back in the AL Central. Miguel Cairo is still leading the Sox and the team has responded well. The Sox are (9-4) with a +...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox (67-67) just won a series against the Minnesota Twins and history was almost made by Dylan Cease. The White Sox have played the last six games without Tony La Russa as their manger. He has stepped away indefinitely due to medical issues. Bench coach, Miguel Cairo, has taken over and the team has appeared to respond in a positive way. Several players have talked...

The Chicago White Sox (63-65) were just swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks. In a season full of disappointments, this past weekend marked a new low for the floundering Sox. More injuries continue to pile up without the answers to how this continues to happen. Underperforming and maybe not caring have become two key elements to this White Sox team. Where's the accountability and does Tony La Russa h...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox (62-59) are coming off a weekend where they split two games with the Cleveland Guardians and had the series finale postponed due to rain. The Sox remain two and half games back in the AL Central. The two games that they did play against Cleveland had no shortage of drama. Intentional walks with two strikes, failure to score a runner from third with nobody out, J...

Hey Sox fans! The Chicago White Sox just swept the Detroit Tigers on the South Side and are three games over .500 for the first time since April 17th. Solid starting pitching and clutch hitting late in the game helped the Sox bounce back from the disastrous Kansas City Royals series. We talk the Anderson injury, Kopech flirting with a no-hitter, the team taking on the personality of TLR, realistic...

Hey Sox fans!  The Chicago White Sox are (55-53) and two games back in the AL Central. They just split with the Texas Rangers and have an off day before a four game series with the Royals in Kansas City. The Sox continue to just thread water and despite getting their '6-man core' in the lineup for the first time all season, they prove to be just a mediocre team. We further examine the trade d...

Hey Sox fans!  The White Sox just took two of three from the Oakland Athletics. Dylan Cease pitched another masterpiece. The Chicago White Sox are one game over .500 and two games back in the AL Central as the calendar flips to August. What moves.. if any.. will the White Sox make before the August 2nd deadline? Will the White Sox go after starting pitching or bullpen help? Defense or left-ha...

The Chicago White Sox (41-43) enter an extremely important week of baseball. They have 8 games in 7 days against the Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins. Currently, the White Sox are 5 games out of first place in the AL Central. Can the Sox come together as a team, play through soreness and fatigue while leaving it all on the field before the All Star break? They will have to. For the White So...

Hey Sox fans, the Chicago White Sox are (38-39) and just swept the San Francisco Giants. They scored 19 runs in three games but did not hit a home run. Lance Lynn, Dylan Cease and Lucas Giolito all were more than serviceable in their outings. The Sox come home and begin a critical stretch of games against AL Central opponents. Will the Sox not only get back to .500 but also jump to first place in...

Hey, Sox fans. During the past week, our White Sox won two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays but lost three of four to the Baltimore Orioles.  Thankfully, Dylan Cease was so dominant in the series finale or we'd be talking about the Sox getting swept. The Sox continue to deal with all kinds of different injuries. The offense has been anemic as of late. The Sox went on a 5 game stretch witho...

Hey Sox fans, our Chicago White Sox are a few games under .500 but are back at home and Tim Anderson is returning to the lineup. The Sox host the Blue Jays and Orioles this week as the Sox hope to recapture some of that offense from almost a week ago when they were in Detroit. We talk about Moncada's latest injury, the status of Eloy, lineups, second base and starting pitching. We also recap the s...

Hey Sox fans, our Chicago White Sox just dropped two of three to the Texas Rangers and have fallen to 4 games below .500. They are 6 back in the AL Central race. What could go wrong, has gone wrong for the White Sox and the frustration from the fans has reached a boiling point as "Fire Tony" chants rang out loud and clear this past weekend. Jake Burger has stayed hot and has made the most of his t...

Hey Sox fans, after a horrible trip in Toronto, the Chicago White Sox took two of three from the Tampa Bay Rays and find themselves two games under .500 as they head back to the South Side to play the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers. Maximizing their time on the field, the White Sox got production from Danny Mendick and Jake Burger in big ways. Andrew Vaughn continues to be a bright spot and...