I’m putting this together the night before, because I’m out tomorrow morning. We have four games today. Game One: 1:00 Eastern: White Sox @ Guardians: Smith vs. Messick. Game Two: 4:00 Eastern: Braves @ Dodgers. Game Three: 6:30 Eastern: Yankees @ Rays. Cole vs. Rasmussen. Game Four: 8:50 Eastern: Padres @ Brewers. Ray vs. Misiorowski. […]
The Chicago White Sox weren’t expected to come close to the playoffs entering the 2026 season. But now, they’ve clinched their spot in the American League Division Series. The White Sox did it in impressive fashion too, sweeping the Houston Astros in their three-game Wild Card Series. They’ll next face the Cleveland Guardians in a [...]
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Join us as all four divisional series get underway on Saturday. Each best-of-five playoff series in the divisional round will have a 2-2-1 home field structure, where the higher seeded team hosts Game 1, Game 2, and if necessary the deciding Game 5, while the lower seed hosts Game 3 and Game 4. Chicago White […]
The White Sox and Guardians released their 26-man rosters for this round, and the Sox made only one small change from their Wild Card Series edition, replacing Huascar Brazobán with Tyler Davis. Brazobán pitched in Game 2, but it didn’t go well, as he retired just one of the three batters he faced and needed…
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It’s time to begin the Division Series round of the 2026 postseason. There will be two threads for the four games today. This one is for the two afternoon games. The night game thread will post at 5 p.m. CT. At the time of this post, the Braves had not yet listed a starting pitcher. […]
Eight MLB teams remain in the hunt for the 2026 World Series title as the playoffs move into the Division Series. The San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees all ousted their Wild Card round opponents in two games, while it took the Atlanta Braves three games to end the Philadelphia Phillies’ […]
Welcome to the divisional round! There’s a full slate of four games to be played today. Starting at noon, we have White Sox at Guardians. The White Sox will use Hagen Smith (1.29 regular season ERA) as an opener for a bullpen game and the Guardians will counter with their rookie ace, Parker Messick (2.56 […]
Both the American League Divisional Series and the National League Divisional Series kick off today. In the early game, the White Sox go to Cleveland for a noon start in a game on TBS and TruTV. The Dodgers host the Braves in a 3 p.m. game on Fox. The Rays and the Yankees square off […]
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Streaming live from the Ramova Theater, Sox Machine previews Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians.
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Both ALDS start Saturday, and they both look to be exciting matchups. On one side of the bracket, the one-seed Tampa Bay Rays will host the four-seed New York Yankees. On the other side, the two-seed Cleveland Guardians will host the six-seed Chicago White Sox. The ALDS is a five-game series, split two-two-one between the home and away teams. They will run Saturday, October 3, through, potentially, Saturday, October 10. Let’s take a look at some key storylines and players more
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It’s showdown at high noon (Central), as two teams that played as even a regular season series as can be match up in an American League Division Series. The White Sox won the season series, 7-6, with seven of the games being determined by one run, and only one by more than three. The teams […]
The Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox renew their AL Central rivalry in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday at Progressive Field. How to Watch Guardians vs White Sox Cleveland earned the No. 2 seed and…
The Guardians won the regular season series against the White Sox, 7-6.
When he stepped onto the major league stage, the pressure could have been suffocating, but this rare left-handed talent found a unique sense of calm after his first pitch. “It’s just baseball,” said 23-year-old Hagen Smith, recalling his MLB debut ahead of the Chicago White Sox’s 2026 ALDS Game 1. From surviving a grueling high […]
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The MLB postseason is back in action today, as all four Division Series get underway. In the American League, it’s a pair of intradivisional matchups, as the AL Central’s Guardians and White Sox battle while the AL East’s Rays and Yankees are also looking to make it to the ALCS. In the NL, the Brewers […]
The Houston Astros should not let the swing that ended their season dictate their free-agent decision. Bryan Abreu surrendered the three-run homer to Chase Meidroth that crushed the Astros’ comeback hopes and helped the Chicago White Sox clinch their AL Wild Card Series sweep. With that said, Houston should remember that mistake without letting it […]
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For the first time in the two franchises’ mutual 126 seasons of existence, the White Sox and Guardians will meet in the postseason. Hagen Smith starts (or, more accurately, opens) for Chicago against Guards starter Parker Messick in Game 1 of the ALDS this afternoon in Cleveland, and both clubs have now officially released their […]
The Baseball Gods have lined up over 10 consecuive hours of baseball for you to view this Saturday as both the National League and American League Division Series begin. First pitch in Cleveland between the Guardians and Chicago White Sox will be thrown at 1:00 PM ET byt breakout lefty Parker Messick as the Pale […]
Fresh off the franchise’s first postseason series win since 2005, the Chicago White Sox left for Cleveland to take on the division-rival Guardians in the American League Division Series. This isn’t the first matchup in the past few weeks for these franchises. In mid-September, the White Sox held the division lead before losing that critical […]
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The Cleveland Guardians stole the AL Central from the Chicago White Sox, but who will triumph in the ALDS?
The 2005 White Sox won the ALCS 4-1 with complete games from Jose Contreras, Mark Buehrle, Freddy Garcia, and Jon Garland. The bullpen was basically a spectator. Two decades later, second-year manager Will Venable is asking his relievers to carry the load with the White Sox’s ALCS hopes on the line. Ahead of the White […]
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Three Hall-of-Famers share an October 3 birthday. Dennis Eckersley turns 72 years old today, Dave Winfield turns 75, and Fred Clarke (who passed away in 1960) was born on this day back in 1872. Each member of this trio played for a World Series champion, among their many other accomplishments. 1. White Sox/Guardians and Yankees/Rays […]
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Good morning Birdland, There was no major baseball news on Friday, a planned day off for the playoff schedule. But that gets turned on its head today as all four Division Series will get underway. The day starts at 1 p.m. with White Sox at Guardians on TBS. Braves at Dodgers follows on FOX at […]
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Here we are just hours before the Sox face Cleveland in game one of the ALDS, and the roster seems up to the task . Chase Meidroth's emphatic three-run dinger helped seal the deal on a dusting of the Astros , and it also represented the most total bases in game by a White Sox hitter this series, with five.
While five total bases may not seem like much in the context of the regular season-- the Sox logged 99 instances of five or more total bases over the course of 162 games; M...