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Josh and Jim recap the White Sox first exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs which featured an explosive six-run inning from the offense. Even though the results don’t count, these games are still important for individual players.  Who will be the White Sox fifth starting pitcher? Will Yoan Moncada be ready for Opening Day? Who will start at second base? Who will make the 30-man roster? We answ...

Guest: James Fegan, The Athletic After the White Sox Friday night news dump, James Fegan joins the show to share his insight on what is going on with Yoan Moncada and Michael Kopech. There is also some intrigue when it comes to the White Sox starting rotation. Is Gio Gonzalez going to be the fifth starter? Or will that be Carlos Rodon’s role to start 2020? Josh and Jim ponder if it’s a good thing...

Guest: Dan Szymborski, FanGraphs The 2020 MLB schedule is released. Josh and Jim comb through the calendar to highlight what they think are the critical games if the White Sox are hoping to reach the postseason in 2020.  The best friend of the show, Dan Szymborski, stops by to share his thoughts about the schedule and why Eloy Jimenez is primed to break out big time in 2020.  Learn more about your...

With Spring Training 2.0 arriving even though Coronavirus may still impact the 2020 season, Josh and Jim preview the upcoming three weeks of camp. How will the White Sox shuffle their starting pitching options, and will Nick Madrigal make the Opening Day roster?  Plus, Minor League Baseball announced the cancellation of the 2020 season. We have audio from President Pat O'Connor about the current s...

Josh and Jim will be streaming a special Sox Machine Live! to recap how the 2020 MLB season will work. How Training Camp will work? What happens if a player tests positive? Rule changes The 2020 MLB Schedule with ZiPS Projections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection an...

Guest: Jim Callis, MLB.com  This podcast is split into three parts.  First third is looking at the Coronavirus landscape changing this past week and it’s impact on MLB returning. Is it too late for both parties to find middle ground when more positive cases are being reported out of team camps?  Second third [32:57] we are joined by our good friend from MLB.com , Jim Callis, to recap the 2020 MLB...

Guest: Evan Marshall, Chicago White Sox RP Over the weekend, the MLBPA decided that talks with the commissioner’s office were “futile” and now wait for Rob Manfred to determine when the 2020 season begins and for how long. After attempts to work out a deal with the owners, MLBPA has decided that their best course of action is to stop playing along.  To provide insight and perspective on why the ML...

Guest: James Fox, Future Sox Josh and James recap Day 2 of the 2020 MLB Draft that saw the White Sox make a big splash by selecting Jared Kelley in the second round. They give their grades on how the White Sox did, and what a future looks like the Garret Crochet and Kelly in tow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...

Josh Nelson recaps Day 1 of the 2020 MLB Draft. What Garrett Crochet brings to the White Sox after being selected 11th overall. Other first-round surprises (there were many), and a preview of Day 2.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adv...

Guest: Keanan Lamb, Baseball Prospectus Josh and Jim discuss the latest happenings with the protests of police brutality and the death of George Floyd. The White Sox have been quiet during this ordeal and raises questions if they shouldn’t be more active at a time the South Side community needs them.  Keanan Lamb of Baseball Prospectus swings by to preview this week’s MLB Draft. Who he thinks coul...

With MLB planning on meeting with the MLBPA on Tuesday to discuss the economics for a 2020 season, Josh and Jim discuss how likely the two sides will compromise. Should the players give more to help the owners, and how financially stable is MLB as a whole?  In P.O. Sox, Oscar Colas comes up and which video game themes we’d enjoy hearing during a fan-less MLB broadcast this year.  Learn more about...

Guest: Jim Callis, MLB.com Major League Baseball is working to resume operations in 2020, but there are drastic changes. Jim Callis of MLB.com joins the show to discuss the ramifications of the draft reduced to five rounds.  On the flip side, the owners are asking the players association to take further pay cuts to play games. Josh and Jim ponder if the labor war expecting to happen after the 2021...

Guest: Keith Law, The Athletic Jim sits down with Keith Law who just had his new book published, "The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us about Ourselves." A fascinating way to view baseball (and life) through the prism Law presents and how it relates to the White Sox. (Bonus Patreon content available).  Josh and Jim also discuss how the MLB Draft can follo...

Will it be three shows-in-a-row to have a contestant answer all nine questions correctly? This week's themes include former Cy Young winners, and Rookie of the Year's.  Contestants: Michael Kenny Bart Bishoff Trooper Galactus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and us...

Guest: Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs and author of Future Value: The battle for baseball’s soul and how teams will find the next superstar.  Early Spring usually brings new baseball books, and our good friend of the show, Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs, released his first one. It’s called Future Value, and it takes a look into how baseball works behind the scenes. He shares his unique insight on the...

Will we see another contestant answer all nine questions? This week's themes: Cubs vs. White Sox, Managers, and Active Leaders. Contestants: - Tom Pauly - James Fox - Jeff Feyerer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The third episode will go down in history as one of our contestants answered all nine questions correctly! Listen to find out who went the distance. Contestants: Nick Sullivan Jordan Lazowski Zach Ferguson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data f...

Ed Farmer passed away on April 1, 2020, at the age of 70. He left behind a last legacy in the Chicago White Sox radio broadcast booth that had his voice tied to many great memories. Joining us to remember Ed Farmer and share stories of what he was like on and off the air: - Rob Hart , 780 AM WBBM - Dave Zaslowsky , WGN Radio Sports Operations Manager and White Sox Executive Producer, Radio - Chris...

Guest: Emily Waldon, The Athletic After a brief hiatus, Josh and Jim are back to recap MLB's new plans are for 2020. How the possible schedule and Service Time would work if games do return this year.  Emily Waldon of The Athletic joins the show [33:00] to share her insight on Coronavirus's impact on the minor leagues, and ways fans can help those in need.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Our second episode of Nine Innings will challenge your home run history knowledge. Contestants will try to answer nine questions in-a-row for a chance to win the grand prize! Contestants: Bennett Karroll Mike Cozzolino Jimbo Mihalovich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collect...

The premiere episode of Nine Innings! A new game show brought to you by Sox Machine that will test your baseball knowledge. Contestants will try to answer nine questions in-a-row for a chance to win the grand prize! Contestants: Robert Montgomery Kyle Nelson Dan Frystack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...

 Emergency Podcast which Josh and Jim try to answer these questions: Will the delay just be two weeks? Could it be longer? How will MLB handle the missed games? Will those games be cancelled or rescheduled? Speaking of rescheduling - how will MLB move forward? Will they carry on with the original schedule, or scrap it and create a new schedule focused on not losing divisional games? What will happ...

Guest: Dan Szymborski, FanGraphs A lot of show this week with over 100 minutes of discussion about Yoan Moncada’s new contract and Luis Robert’s impact on the White Sox playoff odds with Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs.  Plus:  What could a contract extension for Lucas Giolito look like? Who is currently leading the position battle at second base? Nomar Mazara and Eloy Jimenez preview’s with Patrick N...

Jim is joined by Greg Nix, filling in for Josh. We discuss the results from the first week of Spring Training, including positive and negative overreactions.  Then it's time to preview Shortstop and Third Base: Can Tim Anderson make the All-Star team? What does the next step in Yoan Moncada's evolution look like? Who's filling in if they miss time? Finally, we answer your questions in P.O. Sox. Le...

Josh and Jim breakdown Aaron Bummer's contract extension while previewing the upcoming 2020 season for the catcher, first and second base positions. Could Yasmani Grandal be a Top 10 position player? Will Nick Madrigal be the Opening Day starter at second base? Can Jose Abreu slow down the decline phase of his career? They explore each of those questions and answer yours in P.O. Sox.  Presented by...