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Kyle Teel returns to White Sox, whose catchers could use the boost
After a pair of sprains teamed up to put him on the shelf for the first 76 games of the season, Kyle Teel is back, and just when the White Sox could use him the most. The White Sox activated Teel from the injured list this morning, and optioned Edgar Quero to Charlotte to make… The post Kyle Teel returns to White Sox, whose catchers could use the boost appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 21, 2026
Pierce George will be pitching for a third White Sox affiliate before the third month of this season is over. After opening the season and being bumped up to Winston-Salem at the start of May, the White Sox will be promoting George to Double-A Birmingham for the start of the next series. George closed out… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 21, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox Road Woes Continue in Detroit
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: White Sox Road Woes Continue in Detroit appeared first on Sox Machine .
Tigers 5, White Sox 4 (10 innings): Rested bullpen run down
It might not have been the most imposing offensive display, but the White Sox still had the Tigers where they wanted them -- leading by two runs with Bryan Hudson, Grant Taylor and Serathony Domínguez all rested and ready after six innings of a rejuvenated Davis Martin. "You look at what that sixth inning looked like; it wasn't, obviously, the crispest of the day," Martin said. "My ego wants to go back out, but knowing that we have Huddy, Grant and Ser; you tell me we have those three guys f...
Pregame notes: Draggin’
DETROIT -- Miguel Vargas, 3-for-27 with a double over his last seven games, is getting a day off. Well, half of one. Maybe. "I think he went an entire month straight of starting every game for us," said Will Venable. "Just want to get him a day and recharge him. It won't be a full day off. It rarely is. He'll be in there at some point, I'm sure. Just wanted to give him a little bit of a blow." The post Pregame notes: Draggin’ appeared first on Sox Machine .
Keep the White Sox dugout weird
DETROIT -- The ire that Tarik Skubal directed toward the White Sox dugout on Friday night was unique, but it's pretty far from the first feedback they've gotten about the atmosphere they've conjured. It's just usually more often curiosity than condemnation. "We've heard from other guys on other teams, or whoever, staff members have heard, 'What is going on your dugout?'" Mike Vasil said. "But we also love that, because it's kind of like, now our identity and who we are, so I think everybody ...
White Sox Minor Keys: June 20, 2026
After today, the Birmingham Barons are done with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the season, and the season series can't end soon enough. After having to play through a 3 hour, 40 minute rain delay on Thursday and nearly seeing the game suspended by curfew until the Southern League stepped in, the Barons lost 4-0 on Saturday in a seven-inning game that was delayed by four hours. The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 20, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Tigers 4, White Sox 1: Bullpen game not the problem
Maybe it unfolded in an unnecessarily arduous fashion, but if you told Will Venable that a true bullpen game would limit the Tigers to four runs without any of the high-leverage arms getting involved, he'd probably take it. "Joe Rock coming in and doing a nice job getting that out with the bases loaded [in the fourth], and then maybe a couple of the lefties that he faced we would have liked for him to handle and get out," Venable said. "But overall, our pitching staff did a good enough job t...
2026 MLB Draft Report: Mock Draft 2.0 and who to follow at College World Series
It’s been a wild ride in the NCAA postseason, and while many of us knew that at least one SEC school would make the College World Series final, I don’t think many expected Oklahoma to be one of the final schools. They lost their last four conference series and the SEC Tournament opener to LSU (which didn’t make the tournament). The Sooners were one of the last teams to make the field, and they’ve taken advantage of this opportunity. North Carolina is looking to snap the SEC’s dominant run in...
Pregame notes: A hole in the White Sox rotation
DETROIT -- No one talked about Jackson Flora or anything, but otherwise t here was a lot of the premise of Jim's column about the White Sox thin upper minors pitching depth being bandied about before Sean Newcomb starts a pure bullpen game. He was originally announced as an opener, but the Sox don't have a bulk guy for which to open, and even Newcomb might not be at the height of his powers. The post Pregame notes: A hole in the White Sox rotation appeared first on Sox Machine .
Sporcle Saturday: Colson Montgomery breaks the mold at White Sox shortstop
Good morning! As Josh noted on the most recent episode of the Sox Machine podcast , Colson Montgomery joins some pretty elite company having now hit 41 home runs over his first 141 games (entering Friday evening's contest against the Detroit Tigers). The post Sporcle Saturday: Colson Montgomery breaks the mold at White Sox shortstop appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 19, 2026
As a 23-year-old right-hander who earned a midseason promotion from Low-A after running a 1.84 ERA for 58⅔ innings in Kannapolis this year, Max Banks refers to himself as a “late-bloomer.” Not so much in his current form, where he stands 6-foot-4, 225 pounds and is averaging nearly 94 mph on his four-seamer after seeing… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 19, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Tigers 4, White Sox 3: An ornery opener in Detroit
DETROIT -- The audience here at Sox Machine probably wouldn't regard it as a shame , but Tarik Skubal's days in Detroit could be limited, right when his relationship with the White Sox seems to be getting interesting. Ultimately a showdown between a guy who has won the AL ERA title twice and Brandon Eisert opening for Erick Fedde became a low-scoring game swung by a Kerry Carpenter two-run double off the latter. But the efforts to shield Fedde from the left-handed slugger ran into just as ma...
Pregame notes: So you’re facing Tarik Skubal
DETROIT -- The White Sox lineup against left-handed starters has gone through many evolutions this year, what with Everson Pereira's various injuries and Derek Hill getting traded. So it might surprise to learn that the Sox offense has actually been awesome against lefties. Their collective 111 wRC+ against southpaws (.242/.329/.432) is the fourth-best mark in the league. A lot of that is Miguel Vargas hitting .325/.453/.662 against lefties this season, so the White Sox are trying to maximiz...
Andrew Benintendi is finally having fun being a White Sox, and is starting to hit like it too
Surface-level results offer an easy narrative to settle on after Andrew Benintendi's pinch-hit grand slam Thursday night in The Bronx sealed up a 6-5 record for the White Sox over a four-series stretch that saw them hold their own with the Phillies, Braves, Dodgers and Yankees. Since Munetaka Murakami has been sidelined with a hamstring strain, the 31-year-old veteran -- often the most senior member of the lineup in games he starts -- has stepped up. Including the May 29 game where Murakami ...
White Sox Minor Keys: June 18, 2026
You won’t see the Birmingham’s Thursday night box score against Pensacola listed below because the game was suspended after eight innings with the Barons leading the Blue Wahoos 16-13 due to Southern League curfew rules that start new innings from starting after 1 a.m. As for why the game didn’t end after six full innings… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 18, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox secure a winning gauntlet
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: White Sox secure a winning gauntlet appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 5, Yankees 1: Andrew Benintendi’s grand slam backs Sean Burke
After consecutive nights of getting their teeth kicked in , the Chicago White Sox were in need of a good pitching night against the powerful New York Yankees. It wouldn’t hurt if they could string some runs together, too. Any sort of positivity that they could carry out from the Bronx and on their way to a key division road series in Detroit. The long ball played a big factor once again for the White Sox, but two pleasant surprises provided by Sean Burke and Andrew Benintendi powered a 5-1 w...
Pregame notes: Everson Pereira placed on concussion IL
Everson Pereira made a fantastic catch to end the eighth inning and spare Trevor Richards’ tab at least one additional run on Wednesday, but preserving the seven-run deficit came at the cost of a trip to the 7-day concussion list. The White Sox placed him on the IL this afternoon, with Junior Pérez is coming… The post Pregame notes: Everson Pereira placed on concussion IL appeared first on Sox Machine .
The White Sox’s minor league pitching depth has disappeared
Before we delve into the way the White Sox’s pitching depth has utterly evaporated this season, have you ever noticed how the launch of a starting pitcher’s major league career is so reliant on timing? There isn’t another job in sports whose make-or-break moment depends so much on multiple tumblers clicking into place, as the… The post The White Sox’s minor league pitching depth has disappeared appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 17, 2026
As the White Sox prepare for the first pick in the 2026 MLB draft next month, Keith Law looked back at the 2016 draft, as he does with every one that turns 10. I’ve known it was a bad draft year because Nick Hostetler’s quote about Zack Collins being the White Sox’s “No. 1 target… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 17, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Yankees 10, White Sox 5: Bruised, battered and bruised some more
Two things the White Sox can say after two abysmal showings at Yankee Stadium: They're still tied for first in the AL Central. They only have one more game to play in Yankee Stadium this year. The post Yankees 10, White Sox 5: Bruised, battered and bruised some more appeared first on Sox Machine .
First pitch: White Sox at Yankees
--As foretold by Will Venable, Wednesday offers the first new incarnation of the White Sox lineup vs. left-handed starters that features Everson Pereira starting in center field. --The White Sox sure could use another piece of evidence that Anthony Kay can be a stabilizing force in their rotation . Snapping an eight-game losing streak in Yankee Stadium would do a lot. The post First pitch: White Sox at Yankees appeared first on Sox Machine .
Diving into Anthony Kay’s turnaround, which the White Sox need to be sustainable
Once envisioned as a potential midseason line change, Hagen Smith's shoulder impingement means that he, Tanner McDougal and Noah Schultz (rehabbing, but nevertheless) are all on some form of injured list, as is Opening Day starter Shane Smith. Figuring out who is the Sox fifth starter is enough of a conundrum on its own, before considering upgrades elsewhere in the rotation. As such, Anthony Kay's about-face after a decidedly rocky opening month back in MLB has been a vital pillar in the rot...
White Sox Minor Keys: June 16, 2026
Noah Schultz made his first rehab start with Charlotte against Buffalo on Tuesday night after sitting a few weeks with the recurrence of right knee patellar tendinitis, and he didn’t make it out of the second inning before hitting his pitch limit. The bad news? The line was pretty ugly, as he allowed two runs… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 16, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
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