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White Sox’s sluggers struggled against right-handed heat, and not just in October
Rewatching Game 5 of the American League Division Series is painful , even for those who don't root for the Chicago White Sox. Constantly seeing major league hitters look slow and unaware is jarring, as White Sox hitters clearly didn’t know what pitches to look for in each at-bat. Cleveland starter Gavin Williams threw more breaking stuff early in the count , getting first-pitch strikes in 11 of 16 plate appearances. Then, when it was time to throw heat, Williams, fueled by postseason adrenali...
Podcast: White Sox Business with Ishbia plans and possible Schriffen replacements
Episode Summary Future Chicago White Sox owner/steward Justin Ishbia spoke publicly for the first time since The Railyards renderings were released. Sox Machine's Josh Nelson attended and shared additional insight into Ishbia's comments and which South Loop properties he's purchasing. Also: Latest Amtrak updates as there's a big question about Lot G at Rate Field According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the White Sox and John Schriffen might be breaking up. Who would be replacements in the ...
Sporcle Saturday: Your 2026 Chicago White Sox
Good morning! For the first time in five years, this annual Sporcle Saturday arrives in mid-October rather than the first weekend after the regular season. While it was looking like this post might have been delayed another week, alas, all good things must come to an end . While it's a misattribution to Dr. Seuss, the sentiment still applies: "Don't cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”. This season provided the most quiz fodder of any season since I began posting a weekly Spor...
Justin Ishbia’s big bet on the South Loop
Ever since he changed his mind about buying the Minnesota Twins , Chicago White Sox fans have hoped that Justin Ishbia's future ownership will bring major transformation, shifting from a current operational model of a mid-to-small market team to one that acts like a major-city franchise with significant financial might. But for Ishbia, the White Sox are just one piece of his grand plan. His vision isn't just to help the White Sox reach new heights, but to revitalize Chicago’s South Loop nei...
Chris Getz lauds White Sox for 2026 successes before setting out to build on them
Given that his team squandered a 2-0 lead in the ALDS to the Cleveland Guardians, Chris Getz couldn't exactly take a victory lap in his year-end media session with reporters on Wednesday, but although he acknowledged the heartbreak of being eliminated from the postseason, he still wanted to use the platform to express a (defensible) amount of satisfaction not seen from a Chicago White Sox executive in recent years. "As a whole, it certainly stings to be eliminated from the playoffs the way t...
Podcast: Chris Getz end of season presser and Chase Meidroth is a Gold Glove finalist
Episode Summary Chicago White Sox general manager Chris Getz hosts his end-of-season press conference. He outlines his thoughts on the 2026 season, how the team will approach the offseason, why pitching and outfield are top free-agent targets, and the progress of Munetaka Murakami. Chase Meidroth is a Gold Glove finalist at second base. MLB Trade Rumors: arbitration projections and White Sox free agents to help prepare for the Sox Machine Offseason Plan Project. Presented by Ankin Law - ...
Spare Parts: Will Venable’s report card grapples with unique demands, responses
As the White Sox’s substitution-heavy approach advanced through the Wild Card Series and into the second round of the postseason, I started looking forward to the FanGraphs managerial report card on Will Venable, just to see what a third party would make of it. And while the White Sox squandered a 2-0 lead to the… The post Spare Parts: Will Venable’s report card grapples with unique demands, responses appeared first on Sox Machine .
Arizona Fall League Update: Two White Sox prospects out of action
Now that the White Sox are out of the postseason — and it’s assuring to see the Guardians are capable of tormenting other teams’ bullpens, even a fresh one — it’s time to shift our attention to the usual October programming that took a backseat to October baseball. Let’s start with the Arizona Fall League,… The post Arizona Fall League Update: Two White Sox prospects out of action appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: 2026 Chicago White Sox Recap
Episode Summary Now that the 2026 season is over, the Sox Machine crew recaps how the postseason ended. What lessons can we learn from this season? Favorite moments of 2026 and White Sox postseason awards. Episode presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal Video Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Emyle5Lmo The post Podcast: 2026 Chicago White Sox Recap appeared first on Sox Machine .
The 2026 White Sox delighted even more than they surprised, and they shocked
A few minutes into the broadcast of Game 1 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and the Brewers on Sunday night, Mini Margalus yelled a sentence from the living room that I didn’t expect: “Daaaaaaaaaad! I don’t see Munetaka Murakami!” Mini Margalus — referred to as such here because he was born four minutes into… The post The 2026 White Sox delighted even more than they surprised, and they shocked appeared first on Sox Machine .
Takeaways from the final White Sox game of 2026
Toward the end of what turned out to be the White Sox’s final sustained scoring threat of the 2026 season in Game 5 Saturday night, Miguel Vargas came to the plate with runners on first and second and two outs in the sixth inning and took Gavin Williams’ first-pitch slider off the plate for a… The post Takeaways from the final White Sox game of 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Guardians 2, White Sox 0: Buried by 21 strikeouts
In the end, the 2026 White Sox’s postseason lived and died like the 2026 regular season, with a surprising over-.500 record overshadowed by the Cleveland Guardians coming from behind to clip them. Over the first six months, the White Sox shocked baseball with an 84-78 record and the third wild card spot, but it was… The post Guardians 2, White Sox 0: Buried by 21 strikeouts appeared first on Sox Machine .
Pregame notes: A White Sox season on the line
The White Sox have maximized usage of the cushion that winning the first two games of the ALDS afforded them, and now they have to end this two-game skid against the Guardians for the privilege of flying to St. Petersburg and opening the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, or else their season… The post Pregame notes: A White Sox season on the line appeared first on Sox Machine .
Sporcle Saturday: These guys walked
Good morning! With Jim highlighting the lengths to which Miguel Vargas is being respected , I thought it might be interesting to examine just how he compares across other playoff runs in terms of walks. As it turns out, he is tied for second all-time with three walks over the course of the ALDS. Pending the results of tonight's game, Vargas could very well be on top of this list: perhaps, a couple dingers (with multiple runners on base) would take the sting out of missing the top spot. Tod...
White Sox postseason run has provided escape from looming lockout, labor tangle
It’s Oct. 10 and we still don’t have to dip into the offseason content well, and if you told me that before the season, I’d be pleased as punch. If you told me that we’d have to start dipping into the offseason content well on Oct. 11 because the White Sox blew a 2-0 lead… The post White Sox postseason run has provided escape from looming lockout, labor tangle appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox ALDS Game 4 takeaways: At least Will Venable’s Game 5 choices are clearer
There were a few different ways Will Venable could have manipulated the order of the pitchers he used in Game 4 on Thursday to potentially nurse a one-run lead over the final four innings, or at least stand a chance of winning the game by a score of 7-6, although nothing would've been guaranteed. Perhaps he could've stuck with Erick Fedde, even though the leadoff homer to Patrick Bailey was the first of three consecutive hard-hit balls that ushered him out of the game. Perhaps he could've ro...
Guardians 9, White Sox 5: Sixth-inning meltdown sends series back to Cleveland
The White Sox’s pregame pitching plan involved Hagen Smith, Erick Fedde, Anthony Kay, Jordan Hicks and Grant Taylor in some order. Well, Smith didn’t get out of the first inning, Hicks gave up a go-ahead homer, Kay only retired one of the three batters he faced, and Taylor looked cooked. Fedde pitched OK, but more… The post Guardians 9, White Sox 5: Sixth-inning meltdown sends series back to Cleveland appeared first on Sox Machine .
Pregame notes: They’ll try it again
Game 4 is Game 17, in the sense that the ALDS is pretty much the continuation of a season series that gives the White Sox a 9-7 edge at the moment. This time, the Guardians would hold the tiebreaker if the White Sox can’t get to 10. It’s also kinda Game 1, in the sense… The post Pregame notes: They’ll try it again appeared first on Sox Machine .
The case for Erick Fedde in Game 4, and Game 3 White Sox takeaways
And just like that, the White Sox are hosting the only game in town. With the Rays sweeping the Yankees (who never led at any point over three games) and the Brewers and Dodgers both securing clinching victories in their respective Game 4's on Wednesday, White Sox-Guardians is the only Division Series remaining unsettled, so Game 4 will take the primetime slot at 7 CT tonight. "Unsettled" also describes the Chicago pitching situation, although that's also been the status quo for a lot of t...
Guardians 9, White Sox 3: First clinching attempt fails
If there's ever a time to be humbled, it's after winning four consecutive postseason games and holding a 2-0 lead in a best-of-5 series. The excitement from a crowd of 40,590 was subdued by a four-run Cleveland outburst in the second, and while the White Sox offense mounted various threats to close the gap, a two-run eighth pushed the game out of reach, and a two-run ninth made it a laugher. The good news? The White Sox still have two more chances to get it right, and Cleveland closer Cade...
Pregame notes: Cleveland’s last stand
Sean Newcomb is opening for the White Sox, and from that point on, who knows. During the regular season, there wasn’t a point in playing coy about the bulk pitcher because it typically lined up with a start day, and given how much the White Sox relied on their bullpen over the course of the… The post Pregame notes: Cleveland’s last stand appeared first on Sox Machine .
A postseason home game wasn’t guaranteed to these White Sox, but now they can clinch with one
Entering the postseason as the third wild card team with no home games guaranteed, the initial goal was for the White Sox to lock in at least one October date at Rate Field to reward a fan base that had been starving for a team that was not just competitive, but worth investing time, money and emotion. That date arrives today, but because the White Sox won both games of the Wild Card Series against Houston and the first two games of the ALCS at Progressive Field, the goals are suddenly a lot...
White Sox ALDS Game 2 takeaways: Braden Montgomery got the pitch he could handle
By various measures, there wasn't a worse right-handed hitter against left-handed pitching in Major League Baseball during the 2026 season than Braden Montgomery. He hit just .129/.204/.226 with eight walks against 31 strikeouts versus lefties, which results in the lowest wRC+ for any hitter with at least 100 plate appearances in such situations: Braden Montgomery, 19 wRC+ over 103 PA Ian Happ, 36 wRC+ over 144 PA Leody Taveras, 41 wRC+ over 162 PA But when he came to the plate w...
White Sox 4, Guardians 3: Heading home up 2-0
The White Sox outlasted Gavin Williams, and then outlasted a barrage of deep Cleveland fly balls. The evening for the White Sox started and ended on very shaky notes, but they owned the middle of the game, and that turned out to be enough to return to Rate Field with a 2-0 lead in the ALDS. The White Sox trailed 2-0 after one inning due inaccurate pitching from Anthony Kay and inaccurate throwing from Sean Newcomb, and with Williams coming out firing, the White Sox needed somebody to keep ...
Pregame notes: White Sox lowered demand for Game 2
Once again, the White Sox are holding a watch party at the Ramova, and once again, Josh will be livestreaming his half of the Sox Machine Podcast from the venue. Join us at 3:30 p.m. on our YouTube channel: Back when a sizable chunk of White Sox fans took the threat of relocation seriously, rather… The post Pregame notes: White Sox lowered demand for Game 2 appeared first on Sox Machine .
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