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Hard-throwing Alexander Alberto hopes to build upon mechanical tweaks with White Sox after Rule 5 selection

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A grinning Alexander Alberto answered his introductory Zoom call with media donning a MLB Players Association t-shirt, since his selection by the White Sox in last month's Rule 5 Draft put the towering 24-year-old right-hander on a 40-man roster for the first time. Even after spending the first six years of his professional career in the Rays organization, the White Sox being … [Read more...] about Hard-throwing Alexander Alberto hopes to build upon mechanical tweaks with White Sox after Rule 5 selection

Spare Parts: Roch Cholowsky stands tall against recent preseason No. 1 draft prospects

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So much excitement hinged on the White Sox winning the No. 1 pick in the MLB draft lottery at the Winter Meetings last month because with Roch Cholowsky, there was a clear-cut favorite for the first-overall selection that warranted the hype. But as somebody who 1) doesn’t fashion himself a college baseball expert and 2)… The post Spare Parts: Roch Cholowsky stands tall against … [Read more...] about Spare Parts: Roch Cholowsky stands tall against recent preseason No. 1 draft prospects

Edgar Quero’s rookie season was solid enough to drive trade interest, but ‘everybody knows I can do more’

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White Sox catcher Edgar Quero does not easily cough up a positive self-assessment, at least not of his 2025 rookie season. "I feel pretty good for it to be my first year," Quero said, speaking on the phone from Arizona, where he's spent the offseason training largely at the team complex. "Everybody knows I can do more." The post Edgar Quero’s rookie season was solid enough to … [Read more...] about Edgar Quero’s rookie season was solid enough to drive trade interest, but ‘everybody knows I can do more’

Sporcle Saturday: A double and a triple

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Good morning! A bit of random quiz for you, this morning. While running some Stathead queries for something completely unrelated I ran across a bit of an oddity: over the past four seasons, the White Sox have had exactly one (1) player per season log a game where they recorded at least one double and one triple. For context, 22 MLB teams in 2025 had two or more players … [Read more...] about Sporcle Saturday: A double and a triple