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Today in White Sox History: November 30
1955 It was the start of a new era at shortstop for the White Sox. On this date, the team purchased the contract of young infielder Luis Aparicio from Memphis. Aparicio would begin his Hall of Fame career the following season, winning Rookie of the Year in the American League — the first Latin player to do so. Aparicio […]
The White Sox project to be a better bad team next season
The White Sox saw a 19-game win improvement in 2025 — and all that did was get the club back to 60 victories. That is how bad things have gotten for this franchise, which has had three straight 100-loss seasons. But at least the 2025 season had a different vibe compared to the horrific 2023 […]
Today in White Sox History: November 29
1963 He had a spectacular 1963 season, and because of it White Sox star southpaw Gary Peters was named the American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Peters went 19-8 with a 2.33 ERA (AL-best among starting pitchers), and had 189 strikeouts in 243 innings pitched. He won 11 straight games […]
2026 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 16
Our smallest batch of voters took time away from Thanksgiving and Black Friday to advance our longest player on the ballot so far as our No. 15-voted prospect. Slap-hitting, pesky infielder William Bergolla won decisively despite the small sample size, with 19 of 54 (41%) votes: It took the middle infielder 14 tries before advancing, […]
Today in White Sox History: November 28
1957 While by WAR it was just the 11th-best season of his career, Warren Spahn was nearly a unanimous pick to win what would be the only Cy Young of his career, earning 15 of 16 votes in what was then an award given across MLB, not by league. The amazing southpaw led the majors […]
Today in White Sox History: November 27
1938 White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton, an American League All-Star in 1937 and one of the best young players in the game, accidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting, when his .22 caliber pistol discharged as he was replacing it in his holster; he had failed to engage the safety. Unable to get help, Stratton crawled […]
White Sox Songs of the (off) Season, Part 3
There aren’t a whole lot of songs in the Thanksgiving holiday repertoire. Just about the only recent one, Adam Sandler’s “The Thanksgiving Song,” is already a nonsense spoof, so making a nonsense spoof of it is a tad redundant. Still, the probably best-known ditty of this holiday stems from a poem written by Lydia Marie […]
Today in White Sox History: November 26
1961 The spitball, banned since 1920 in Major League Baseball, remained so after an 8-1 vote by baseball’s Rule Committee. The pitch came back up for question after commissioner Ford Frick advocated for its return, calling it easy to throw and not dangerous to hitters. While no White Sox pitchers were rumored to be throwing […]
White Sox must prioritize stability in 2026 Winter Meetings
The White Sox need to approach this year’s MLB Winter Meetings with one primary goal: diversifying their talent. Last year, Chicago focused on acquiring high-ceiling prospects and veterans who had strung together a couple of average seasons. While that was enough to get them through their first full rebuild year, the Sox now face a […]
Chicago’s young core cashes in thanks to pre-arbitration bonus pool
The White Sox may not have earned any postseason honors in 2025, but that doesn’t mean some of their younger players left town empty-handed. MLB announced its 2025 pre-arbitration bonus pool distribution, and four of Chicago’s players received supplemental cash based on their contributions this past season. Dollar amounts are based on “Joint WAR,” a […]
2026 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 15
It seems our debut with The Polling Studio was a success, with the added bonus of preventing duplicate votes, something Crowd Signal and Chorus before that did not do. So it is safer to say that the 108 votes last round came from 108 individual readers/voters. That is a good thing! Seeing the impressive advance […]
From dreams to dugouts: reflections on a night of trailblazing women in sports
Wednesday night, four of us women from the South Side Sox staff had the chance to step inside a different kind of ballpark experience. It was built not on box scores or bullpen decisions, but on stories, representation, and the women helping push the sports world forward. The Chicago White Sox hosted the latest installment […]
2026 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 14
Our polling saga continues, so for the time being we are testing a new polling application, The Poll Studio. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll be running this exact poll again via our prior polling program, or something else entirely. Thank you for your patience. Grant Umberger, in just his second time on the ballot, […]
Today in White Sox History: November 22
1946 Two near-teammates on the White Sox in the 1970s, Cy Acosta and Rich McKinney, were born. McKinney, born in Piqua, Ohio, was chosen No. 14 overall by the White Sox in 1968 and made the majors in 1970. He played third, short, second and right field in a brief, two-season career on the South […]
White Sox Songs of the (off) Season, Part 2
When the famed first Elvis Presley Christmas Album came out in October 1957, White Sox fans already had plenty to cheer about. The team had just finished its seventh straight winning season, part of a streak that would continue for another decade. The 90-win total wasn’t enough to challenge the dreaded Yankees, but the Sox […]
White Sox offseason strategy remains unclear after latest roster moves
Leave it to the White Sox to make unexpected and underwhelming moves during the offseason. After electing to not protect several Top 30 prospects from the Rule 5 draft, Chicago doubled down on their surprises Friday by signing outfielder Derek Hill but non-tendering outfielder Mike Tauchman, first baseman Tim Elko, and southpaw reliever Cam Booser. […]
2026 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 13
We had a little trouble with poll production recently, with Brett and I both shut out of our polling program, but we are back in action thanks to colleague Melissa Sage-Bollenbach — apparently now the SSS Mistress of Polls. Thanks, Melissa! Ironically, this round was over fairly quick, with Jeral Perez storming out early and […]
Today in White Sox History: November 21
1893 Ban Johnson is given control of the reorganized Western League, being named its president, secretary and treasurer. While a minor league in this moment, the WL would transform into the American League by 1900 and ascend to major league status in 1901. A year later, Charles Comiskey left the major league Cincinnati Redlegs to […]
Chris Getz’s biggest offseason challenge is getting ownership’s buy-in
Here is a shocker: White Sox general manager Chris Getz has a solid offseason plan. I never thought I would see the day. I was stunned reading Getz, during last week’s GM meetings, outlining the positions he would like to address before Opening Day. Getz is going to focus on adding starting pitching, some bullpen […]
Today in White Sox History: November 20
1869 Clark Griffith was born, in Clear Creek, Mo. While his 63.8 WAR career was built mostly in the 1890s as a pitcher for the Chicago Colts (Cubs), Griffith was a key member of the first MLB pennant-winning White Sox team, in 1901. For that season, Griffith joined scores of National League players who jumped […]
Chicago’s future on display in the Arizona Fall League
The 2025 Arizona Fall League was a showcase for the Chicago White Sox, thanks to a trio of prospects who arrived in the desert with very different expectations. Hagen Smith, the lefty with a first-round pedigree, was already a headline name. Outfielder Braden Montgomery, armed with immense talent but fresh off recovering from a broken […]
Starting today, comments and Feed posts on South Side Sox will have activity notifications
When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
Today in White Sox History: November 19
1900 At the American League owner’s meetings at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, AL president Ban Johnson announces that the league will reject the National Agreement (the truce that governs baseball), paving the way and forecasting the decision that the AL will become a major league and compete directly with the National League. Shortly […]
A rebuild in motion: Chicago overhauls depth chart on a busy afternoon
Well, Chicago’s bare-bones Rule 5 protection moves from earlier in the day make a lot of sense given the reports regarding their involvement in several trades late this afternoon. The wheels were turning in their front office, sending off two relievers and a minor-league catcher for a pitcher and two position players. According to Bob […]
The White Sox zig before the Rule 5 Draft, guarding Tanner McDougal and Duncan Davitt
MLB’s annual roster-protection deadline has now come and gone, and the Chicago White Sox made a light set of moves as they prepare for the Rule 5 Draft on December 10. Thirty-two players in the organization were eligible for selection this year, including seven members of the club’s Top 30 prospects: RHP Tanner McDougal (No. […]
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