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After six months of intermittent rumors, the Mets finally completed a trade for Luis Robert. The 28-year-old center fielder heads to Queens in exchange for Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley, the Mets’ 12th-round pick in last year’s draft. Robert is under contract for $20M in 2026 with an additional club option for $20M in 2027. […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 10 days ago | 2 reads
1963 With expansion resulting in an explosion of offense, the MLB Rules Committee decides to increase the strike zone to the top of a batter’s shoulders down to his knees. The results swing the balance of power so dramatically that in just five years and in spite of a four-team expansion looming, baseball will shrink […]
From South Side Sox | 10 days ago | 3 reads
“We’ve got some financial flexibility now to continue to bring in talent.” Talk about a real knee-slapper. The White Sox GM sure knows how to tell ’em. Chris Getz made that remark after the trade of Luis Robert, Jr. to the Mets, a move that not only forced everybody covering the team to figure out […]
From South Side Sox | 11 days ago | 1 read
1985 The first Australian ever to play for the White Sox, Shane Lindsay, was born in Melbourne. Lindsay only had a four-game, 10-day major league career. He was called up as the season spiraled down the drain in 2011, with a solid debut in Detroit on September 4 (one scoreless inning, with a walk and […]
From South Side Sox | 11 days ago | 2 reads
1939 It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird. Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame — on his fourth try. Collins, by his 124.4 WAR the best second baseman in baseball history, had fallen 110 votes short […]
From South Side Sox | 12 days ago | 1 read
Chicago White SoxSeranthony DomínguezThat’s the news, baby Today on the site, Josh will argue that the Yankees shouldn’t be too comfortable in handing over the leadoff spot to Trent Grisham and should instead seriously consider Ben Rice. Matt will offer up a 68th birthday tribute to former Yankees/Mets reliever Neil Allen, and for our 50 […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 12 days ago | 2 reads
For the first time since 2022, the White Sox have an official closer. Chicago agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with reliever Seranthony Domínguez two days after trading Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for a pair of prospects. No one expected Jerry Reinsdorf to actually use the extra change on a solid free […]
From South Side Sox | 13 days ago | 2 reads
Seranthony Dominguez, the long time Baltimore Orioles reliever whom the Blue Jays acquired at this past season’s trade deadline, has signed a deal with the Chicago White Sox. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the deal is for two years and $20 million. Dominguez has been a steady performer throughout his career, […]
From Bluebird Banter | 13 days ago | 3 reads
It didn’t take long for the Chicago White Sox to use their Luis Robert Jr. savings, as they’re bringing in the guy who might be the last big-ish name reliever on the free agent market. Seranthony Dominguez, who has long been an effective reliever, is coming off a particularly strong age-30 season in 2025, and gets paid VERY handsomely as a result: Right-handed reliever Seranthony Domínguez and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $20 million contract, sources tell ES...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 13 days ago | 1 read
Happy Friday everyone! We’re light on Tigers news, but there are still some big baseball stories to check in on. The Hall of Fame inductees were announced this week, and Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones will be heading to Cooperstown. We also check in on Matt Vierling, plus a big move for the White Sox, […]
From Bless You Boys | 13 days ago | 4 reads
1928 Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was born in Caracas, Venezuela. A 21.3 WAR player over his decade in the majors, Chico made an immediate impact with the White Sox, finishing 12th in AL MVP voting as a rookie and in just his second season becoming the first Latin player ever to appear in an All-Star Game […]
From South Side Sox | 13 days ago | 1 read
Writing a primer on a player who it feels like Mets fans simultaneously don’t know very well but also know intimately well in Luis Robert Jr. is an interesting position to be in. The 28-year-old Cuban-born center fielder defected in 2016 and signed with the White Sox the following year, spending his entire career until […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 14 days ago | 1 read
In true Chris Getz fashion, the White Sox are once again in a position that warrants more questions than answers. On a cold and random late January night, the Sox dealt Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for prospects Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley. This trade is anything but straightforward, so let’s dive into it. […]
From South Side Sox | 14 days ago | 1 read
1960 The White Sox introduced the first Major League Baseball jersey that had a player’s name on the back. It was the brainchild of owner Bill Veeck. At first the name was only on the road jersey, but starting in 1961 names were also on the backs of the home jerseys. The White Sox then removed the […]
From South Side Sox | 14 days ago | 1 read
The Chicago White Sox officially kicked off the 2026 international signing period last week by announcing a deep class of 18 prospects, spending a significant portion of the $6,679,200 international bonus pool that was allocated to the club this year. Spread across position players and pitching prospects, Chicago’s international class tilts slightly toward the mound […]
From South Side Sox | 15 days ago | 2 reads
According to Francys Romero , the Chicago Cubs are signing another reclamation pitcher, bringing in righty Yacksel Rios on a minor league deal. The 32-year-old reliever spent parts of the 2017-21, and 2023 seasons in the big leagues, pitching for the Phillies, Pirates, Mariners, Red Sox, and A’s, flashing big stuff without much in the way of results (6.32 career ERA, 5.61 career FIP, but only 98.1 big league innings). Yacksel Rios has also been in the Rays, White Sox, and Braves’ systems,...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 15 days ago | 6 reads
With spring training on the horizon, David Stearns continues to round out the Mets’ lineup for the 2026 season. Last night, the team acquired Luis Robert Jr. from the White Sox in exchange for infielder Luisangel Acuña and RHP prospect Truman Pauley. The Mets had been linked to Robert for quite some time, and the […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 15 days ago | 1 read
Not a long one here, but while y’all were celebrating Andruw Jones’ election to the Hall of Fame, the Mets traded for Luis Robert Jr. That completed a years-long flirtation between the White Sox and literally anyone even remotely interested in Robert’s services. In the end, though, all the White Sox got were Luisangel Acuña […]
From Talking Chop | 15 days ago | 2 reads
MLB Trade Rumors: The New York Mets are acquiring outfielder Luis Robert, Jr. from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Luisangel Acuna and pitcher Truman Pauley, per multiple reports. The White Sox have been looking to move the 28 year old Robert for some time. He appeared to be a burgeoning star after […]
From Lone Star Ball | 15 days ago | 0 reads
1953 Somewhat astoundingly, Joe DiMaggio was not elected to the Hall of Fame on his first ballot, finishing eighth. However, by the skin of his teeth (one vote), ex-White Sox outfielder Al Simmons achieved immortality, along with Dizzy Dean. With 51.3 WAR at the time of his 1933 trade to Chicago from Philadelphia, Simmons was […]
From South Side Sox | 15 days ago | 2 reads
With just a few weeks before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training, the MLB stove has been heating up as teams work to fill their roster gaps and prepare for the 2026 season. That includes Chicago White Sox GM Chris Getz, who traded center fielder Luis Robert Jr. to the New York Mets, leading […]
From South Side Sox | 16 days ago | 1 read
The Mets, continuing their roster overhaul after their disastrous 2025, agreed to a trade with the White Sox for center fielder Luis Robert Jr on Tuesday night. The Mets are sending two young players to the South Side of Chicago in return, one we have seen a lot of in Luisangel Acuña, and one that […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 16 days ago | 1 read
There was a time, maybe three years ago, when this would have been seriously gigantic news. Back in 2023, Luis Robert Jr. hit 38 HRs en route to a 4.9 WAR season as a 25-year-old center fielder, just a few successful seasons into a six-year, $50M deal with the White Sox. A budding star in Chicago for a team with slowly decaying, but still lofty hopes. But things have fallen sufficiently far the last two years for both the White Sox and Luis Robert Jr. (just 210 games combined, 84 wRC+, 1.3 WAR...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 16 days ago | 2 reads
1910 The first 10-year White Sox player, Frank Isbell, retired to manage the Wichita Jobbers of the Western Association, a position he long coveted. In fact, Isbell had been petitioning Charles Comiskey since late in the 1907 season to retire, after teammate Patsy Dougherty accidentally spiked Isbell in the hand and severely injured him. Comiskey, […]
From South Side Sox | 16 days ago | 2 reads
Anthony DePinoFirst Baseman5´11´´218 poundsAge: 22First appearance in the South Side Sox Top 1002025 High Level Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Low-A)Age relative to high level +1.6 yearsSSS rank among all first basemen in the system 3Overall 2025 stats 29 games ⚾️ 2 HR ⚾️ 18 RBI ⚾️ .223/.359/.320 ⚾️ 11-of-11 (100%) SB ⚾️ 20 BB ⚾️ 29 K ⚾️ .990 FLD […]
From South Side Sox | 17 days ago | 1 read