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First Pitch: White Sox at Orioles
Now that the White Sox have improved to 1-6 in their last seven games against the Orioles, they’ll attempt to secure a rare series victory tonight. Erick Fedde takes the mound sans opener, where he’ll face rookie righty Trey Gibson. The White Sox have loaded their lineup with lefties against Gibson, which makes it especially… The post First Pitch: White Sox at Orioles appeared first on Sox Machine .
Tristan Peters and Jacob Gonzalez have emerged from obscurity this year for White Sox, but that doesn’t mean they’re surprised
Tristan Peters spent a lot of time this offseason thinking about the paltry 12 hitless at-bats he got in his major league debut with Tampa last season. He's admitted he was sweating out the final roster cuts at the end of spring camp, expecting he might start in Triple-A. But the part of his whirlwind last three months where public defensive metrics have him as one of the best center field defenders in the sport -- fifth in Outs Above Average (OAA) and sixth in Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) amo...
Podcast: Chicago White Sox 2026 First Half Grades
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: Chicago White Sox 2026 First Half Grades appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 8, Orioles 2: Up to the challenge
If baseball games were like pickle jars, Miguel Vargas could argue that he loosened it. As just before Colson Montgomery stayed on lefty Grant Wolfram's slider for a two-out go-ahead RBI double to center that put the Sox up for good, Vargas put the Orioles reliever through an 11-pitch war that ended with a routine fly out to right, but still might have strained the victor. But still another narrative thread to the triumphant six-run outburst in the final two innings is that despite the White...
First pitch: White Sox at Orioles
It's not quite Gavin Sheets returning to the park where his father played, but Sean Burke is sort of returning to his old stomping grounds as a University of Maryland product. His last two outings have been stellar: 13.2 IP, 11 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 2 HR. The post First pitch: White Sox at Orioles appeared first on Sox Machine .
There are soft skills behind a White Sox offense making a lot more hard contact
The White Sox want to grab hold of every opportunity to press any perceived advantage. But when it comes to the league's eighth-best scoring offense that's vaulted them into contention for the American Central crown after three straight 100-loss seasons, they're also ... kind of chill? "[Friday], after my second at-bat, I had struck out on a 3-2 pitch and hit a groundout to the shortstop, [Will Venable] came up to me," said Kyle Teel. "He said, 'Hey man, you're being really hard on yourself....
White Sox Minor Keys: June 28, 2026
The good news about a rocky small sample is that it’s a small sample, and one or two big games can overwrite it. Caleb Bonemer is the latest example, as he’s now hitting .293/.396/.415 over his brief Double-A career after going 4-for-5 with two doubles and his first Birmingham homer, which happened to be a… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 28, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox clinch season series vs. Kansas City
New Sox Machine Podcast episode recapping the Chicago White Sox series win against Kansas City and previewing the upcoming Baltimore Orioles series. The post Podcast: White Sox clinch season series vs. Kansas City appeared first on Sox Machine .
Royals 5, White Sox 4: Not Anthony Kay’s day
Anthony Kay didn't have it, and the White Sox offense couldn't quite bring it. Kay gave up runs in each of the four innings he started, immediately squandering a pair of early leads provided by the Sox offense. Five White Sox relievers kept the Royals scoreless to keep the game within reach, but five Royals relievers kept the White Sox scoreless, and so the 5-4 final score was frozen in place after 3½ innings. The post Royals 5, White Sox 4: Not Anthony Kay’s day appeared first on Sox Mach...
Pregame notes: Giving no quarter at the halfway point
In actuality, giving no quarter to a defeated enemy is a pretty shameful war crime that has no place in civilized society. At least, you'd hope. In jokey baseball context, it's just being used here to refer to the White Sox trying to complete a sweep against a Kansas City Royals club that has the worst record in the American League and could be said to be going through it , in more ways than one. The post Pregame notes: Giving no quarter at the halfway point appeared first on Sox Machine .
Doubling the 2026 White Sox’s numbers at the halfway point
At the mathematical halfway point, the 2026 White Sox are on pace to finish 86-76. An entire half of work remains, but as long as they sit in a postseason spot, they’re free to play the “nobody believed in us” card like Davis Martin did after Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. “We… The post Doubling the 2026 White Sox’s numbers at the halfway point appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 27, 2026
Two updates from the White Sox middle infielder ranks: *Jeral Perez was bumped back to Winston-Salem after hitting .180/.282/.281 over 60 games with Birmingham. He hadn’t found any real traction at any point over his first three months in Double-A. June was theoretically his most productive month (.232/.317/.357), but it was accompanied by a strikeout… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 27, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 2, Royals 1: Winning incredibly ugly
A laugher akin to their 22-1 blowout on Friday night wouldn't have suited a tribute to the 1983 White Sox . A game-ending Jacob Gonzalez single preceded by one of the strangest mistakes you'll ever see? Now that's winning ugly. The post White Sox 2, Royals 1: Winning incredibly ugly appeared first on Sox Machine .
Pregame notes: What’s the opposite of winning ugly?
Members of the 1983 American League West champion 'Winning Ugly' White Sox are in the building on Saturday for a reunion event, right as the current team is trying to not have a letdown after administering a 22-1 thrashing of the Royals on Friday night. Members of the 1983 team in attendance don't seemed to be bothered by the contrast in themes. The post Pregame notes: What’s the opposite of winning ugly? appeared first on Sox Machine .
Sporcle Saturday: 2+ WAR at third base
Good morning! Miguel Vargas has been quite the revelation this season. After Friday evening's shellacking against the Royals , Vargas is slashing .246/.357/.484, good for a 134 wRC+, 6th among third basement in MLB: with 18 home runs, he's already surpassed his season-high total. The post Sporcle Saturday: 2+ WAR at third base appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 26, 2026
When the White Sox gave 19-year-old Jaden Fauske a full-season assignment at Low-A Kannapolis to start out the year, they weren’t expecting to see all the results they want for him right away. Even Fauske himself mentioned “a constant process of failing and then learning from it” as one of the things he’s enjoyed about… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 26, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox 22, Royals 1: Second-largest win in franchise history
Whatever number of fans that showed up to Rate Field specifically for the postgame concert by Marshmello were treated to a surprise in-game show featuring Mitch Spence None The Richer. Even though the Royals opened this game with a righty in Steven Cruz, the White Sox stacked left-handed hitters in the middle of the order in anticipation of the right-handed Mitch Spence coming in next. The post White Sox 22, Royals 1: Second-largest win in franchise history appeared first on Sox Machine .
Pregame notes: A divisional battle of teams winging it in their rotation
David Sandlin has been called up (Joe Rock was optioned) to start for the White Sox Friday night at the open of a three-game set against the Royals. A productive Triple-A arm (1.57 ERA in 23 innings with Charlotte) with major league experience is a nice, traditional solution to a hole in the major league rotation. But Sandlin was sent down after his previous three-start audition for pretty inarguable performance struggles (8.10 ERA), and being lined up against Noah Schultz having a third reh...
Spare Parts: A.J. Pierzynski meets the pope
Aside from being credited as an unspoken driving force of the turnaround on the South Side, Pope Leo XIV’s White Sox fandom had taken a back seat to weightier matters like speaking out against the war in Iran. But the pope’s baseball interests came to the fore once again when A.J. Pierzynski was afforded an… The post Spare Parts: A.J. Pierzynski meets the pope appeared first on Sox Machine .
White Sox Minor Keys: June 25, 2026
The White Sox have a lot of shortstops in their system, and they could add another if they draft Roch Cholowsky or Grady Emerson with the first overall pick next month. As they seek to distribute those infielders around the diamond to create upward mobility at various levels, Caleb Bonemer is probably the first place to start. The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 25, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
‘We’ve committed to this idea of doing whatever it takes’: A breakdown of Will Venable’s in-game strategy with the White Sox
The White Sox's approach to in-game strategy, an endless wave of pinch-hitters, openers and defensive substitutions that regularly empties Will Venable's bench before the ninth inning, requires some sort of snappy summary to better explain the overriding concept. "If we see five dollars on the ground, we pick it up," said bench coach Walker McKinven. "That's kind of the thought process." The post ‘We’ve committed to this idea of doing whatever it takes’: A breakdown of Will Venable’s in-ga...
White Sox Minor Keys: June 24, 2026
The last Farm Fortnight served as something of a first-half overview, the main theme of which was that the White Sox farm system had largely done a good job of supplying the major league roster with reinforcements, which is the main point of one. That said, I was still surprised to see Baseball America say… The post White Sox Minor Keys: June 24, 2026 appeared first on Sox Machine .
Podcast: White Sox Wild Series Win vs. Cleveland
This episode is presented by Ankin Law - Injury Law Made Personal. The post Podcast: White Sox Wild Series Win vs. Cleveland appeared first on Sox Machine .
Guardians 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings): Delayed disappointment
Guardians rookie Khalil Watson got his first hit during their seventh inning rally Monday night off Grant Taylor, got his first home run Tuesday night for Cleveland's only run off Sean Burke, and continued his coming out party against Taylor again on Wednesday. His 85 mph grounder was a seeing-eye single for sure, but it was the second well-placed soft roller Taylor allowed in the 10th, and brought Watson to six RBI for the series. And when Chase Meidroth and Braden Montgomery both grounded ...
Pregame notes: Trying to pad the division lead
If the White Sox lose on Wednesday, they will still have a share of the American League Central lead and technically be ahead of the Guardians on percentage points. But if they win, they'll be all alone with a two-game lead, a commanding start to their head-to-head matchup, and maybe even return to being one of three AL teams with a positive run differential (dare to dream). The post Pregame notes: Trying to pad the division lead appeared first on Sox Machine .
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