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White Sox deal Lenyn Sosa to Toronto

The White Sox pulled the trigger on another early-season shuffle, packing off Lenyn Sosa to Toronto for outfielder Jordan Rich and the usual bag of mystery cash or future guy. Sosa, 26, leaves the South Side after five seasons of fits and starts. Signed as a kid out of Venezuela in 2016, up for air […]

White Sox Minor League Player of the Week (April 6-12, 2026): Korey Lee

Charlotte KnightsRecord 3-3 (last week), 7-7 (first half), 7-7 (overall) Knights Players of the WeekKorey Lee .353/.478/.882, 17 at-batsOliver Dunn .333/.462/.619, 3-for-3 stolen bases, 21 at-bats LaMonte Wade Jr. .286/.304/.476, 21 at-batsMario Camillettii .357/.471/.429, 1-for-1 stolen bases, 14 at-batsJacob Gonzalez .190/.370/.371, 21 at-batsWilliam Bergolla .273/.333/.273, 11 at-batsJarred Kelenic .200/.368/.467, 15 at-bats Noah Schultz 5 IP, […]

Who is the biggest White Sox rival and the team you hate the most?

We’ve spent plenty of time talking ourselves into hope. Convincing ourselves that this rebuild will be different, that this time the plan will actually resemble a plan, that the next good White Sox team won’t just be a two-year window duct-taped together with waiver claims and good vibes. But let’s be honest, hope is fragile […]

White Sox Minor League Update: April 12, 2026

Charlotte Knights 13, Memphis Redbirds 4Making his first start in Triple-A upon being sent down from the big leagues, righthander Shane Smith allowed three runs on four hits in four innings of work, but thankfully the Charlotte offense was able to make up for it as the Knights (7-7) defeated the Redbirds (11-4), 13-4. Twelve […]

Cannon to the right of them, walks to the left: Sox split series with erratic 6-5 win

White Sox pitchers these days have to feel something like the cavalry riders of Lord Tennyson’s vivid description of the Charge of the Light Brigade: Galloping hopelessly into a unrepentant line of cannonfire (or Cannon-fire, in today’s case) knowing that offensive support is minimal and death is more or less certain. The Kansas City Royals […]

Youth movement: Noah Schultz gets the call

I was in Los Angeles for an MLB The Show tournament, eating dinner at my hotel with my eyes glued to the TV on the other side of the bar, when the Chicago White Sox drafted Noah Schultz, an 18-year-old left-handed reliever from Oswego East High School, for the 26th overall pick. “That’s my rival […]

White Sox Minor League Update: April 11, 2026

Louisville Redbirds 6, Charlotte Knights 4The Redbirds have done a number on several Knights relievers this series, and this time it was Tyler Schweitzer’s turn to face the music. Schweitzer earned the loss after giving up the go-ahead, three-run homer off a changeup right down the pipe. Korey Lee attempted to rally a comeback by […]

White Sox bats still made of marshmallow, fall to Royals, 2-0

This game had three highlights: Fedde pitched a fine game today. Michael Wacha pitched a better one. Fedde made one mistake, starting the game after a short rain delay with a get-me-over first pitch to settle in, a pitch Maikel García deposited 412 feet away. Well, two mistakes, the other being a case of chronic […]

Game Thread: White Sox (5-9) at Royals (6-8)

Having traded 2-0 victories (or losses, if you prefer), two of the worst offensive teams in the majors — White Sox 29th in runs per game, Royals 27th — take another stab at trying to figure out where a ball was pitched this afternoon in the third of a four-game series in Kansas City. The […]

Early impressions of the 2026 White Sox

Two weeks into the season and the 2026 White Sox roller coaster already has been twisting us left, right, up and down. In such a tumultuous time, the Sox have swung between being swept to being the sweepers faster than Yermín Mercedes peaked and then abruptly retired from baseball in 2021. Ah, such memorable times […]

Today in White Sox History: April 11

1917 The world championship season began in St. Louis, where the White Sox battered the Browns, 7-2. Jim Scott picked up the win, giving up four hits and a run in six innings of relief work for Lefty Williams. Buck Weaver drove in three runs for the Sox on the day. Slightly more than six months later, the Sox […]

White Sox Minor League Update: April 10, 2026

Charlotte Knights 9, Louisville Redbirds 8 (10 innings)It’s sort of early for a must-win, but with Charlotte dropping six of eight since an opening weekend sweep AND blowing a seven-run lead tonight, this one felt like it. The Knights moved back to .500 (6-6) courtesy of Mario Camilletti’s game-winning single: Your browser does not support […]

Speedrunning offensive ineptitude: White Sox lumber curls up, blows away, 2-0

On a night 21° colder than Thursday, everyone on the field was playing like it was 21°, period, as it didn’t even take two hours for Kansas City pitching to utterly eviscerate and embarrass their visitors’ offensive attack. Kansas City starter Kris Bubic and White Sox counterpart threw pitches like they had to pay per […]

White Sox add Pope hat to stacked list of giveaways

The White Sox added a signature Pope hat to their list of popular home giveaways this year. Initially launched as a limited-edition item available only to specialty theme night ticket purchasers on August 11 against the Reds at 6:40 p.m. CT, the viral sensation Pope hat created to honor Pope Leo XIV will now be […]

Game Thread: White Sox (5-8) at Royals (5-8)

If I’m the Royals, and even just two weeks into the season the WHITE SOX are tied with me in the standings, I’m much displeased. But thankfully, despite some significant time logged in Kansas City, I am not the Royals. Given that our readers just voted the offense to be most likely improved in 2026, […]

South Side Sox Reacts: Hitting should be the most improved

With a slight turnaround from the debacle of a season start the White Sox went through — namely, sweeping the defending AL champs — it seemed like the right time to spin things a bit more positively. So the question this week prodded you to pick an aspect of White Sox baseball that has most […]

Today in White Sox History: April 10

1931 After five seasons on the South Side, Moe Berg was sold to Cleveland. The catcher epitomized a replacement players, with a sum total of -0.2 WAR in his Chicago years — all subpar but for 1929 (0.7 WAR, .287 batting average, and 107 games that would end up being his career high, by far). […]

White Sox Minor League Update: April 9, 2026

Memphis Redbirds 4, Charlotte Knights 1Memphis wasted no time, tagging starter Douglas Nikhazy for three early runs. The 26-year-old, a spring waiver flier from the Cleveland Guardians, has been little more than a roster filler. Tonight, he went 3 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on five hits. The Redbirds tacked on one more tally […]

Game Thread: White Sox (4-8) at Royals (5-7)

The White Sox will get a first look at division rival, the Royals, and at a (hopefully) good time. Kansas City just dropped two of three against the Guardians, losing 10-2 yesterday. Chicago made several moves ahead of this series. Two pitchers, Duncan Davitt and Brandon Eisert, have been recalled. The team also added Chris […]

I took a year off baseball, and you can, too. But maybe don’t, just yet

Last season, overwhelmed by the pandemonium both on the field and in the world at large, I took a yearlong break from baseball. The scores were pinned to my home screen, but not a single full game was broadcast in my home. For the first time since 2003, I was tuned out. I got so […]

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Today in White Sox History: April 9

1963 The start of the season found the White Sox in Detroit, and it was a highlight game for third baseman Pete Ward. Ward smacked a seventh-inning, three-run home run off of Jim Bunning to push the Sox into the lead, and in the ninth inning makes a clutch, barehanded pick up-and-throw out of a slow roller hit […]

White Sox Minor League Update: April 8, 2026

Charlotte Knights 7, Memphis Redbirds 3The Knights (5-5) put a massive third inning together en route to a 7-3 victory over the red-hot Redbirds (9-2). Knights starter and star prospect Noah Schultz, 22, ran into some trouble in the top of the first. César Prieto led off the game with a double, and Joshua Báez […]

Close, but not really: White Sox fall 5-3, swept by Orioles

The base runners were there. The result? Same old story. White Sox lose 5-3 to the Orioles, swept again, because of course they are. Sean Burke did his best Houdini act, chewing through 23 pitches in a clean first. More traffic in the second — plunked a guy, walked another, but somehow left them both […]