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Tim Hill getting designated for assignment by last year's White Sox in June, only to go on to be a crucial cog in an AL pennant-winning bullpen for the Yankees was rightly derided as another disastrous outcome for the worst team ever. The 2024 Sox were supposed to have a decent defense and instead had a terrible one, and few felt it more than the contact-oriented lefty … [Read more...] about White Sox 3, Yankees 2: Lenyn-ism fends off Yankee overreach

A Q&A with Riot Fest founder "Riot Mike" Petryshyn The post White Sox teaming up with Riot Fest to lure John Stamos appeared first on Sox Machine. … [Read more...] about White Sox teaming up with Riot Fest to lure John Stamos

Friday night's matchup of Carlos Rodón versus Yoendrys Gómez actually features two starting pitchers facing the organization that gave them their first pro contract. Gómez was just 16 years old when the Yankees signed him out of Venezuela in 2016, beginning his slow climb through their farm system that did not culminate in a major league look until 2023. From there, the … [Read more...] about After three DFAs this year, Yoendrys Gómez has found a home with White Sox

There's never a reason to expect a 12-1 loss, but when considering the fact that Wednesday's White Sox-Royals game was preceded by bad news for Luis Robert Jr. and not-great news for Colson Montgomery, there's an urge to write off the entire day in hindsight. Tuesday's 5-4 loss, in which Robert played, Montgomery homered and the White Sox led 4-0 through seven innings, is the … [Read more...] about Following up: Once again, Royals wax White Sox in season series

For future reference, it turns out that White Sox public relations announcing an injured list placement for a star player and a media availability for the general manager, within minutes of each other, is not a harbinger of happy news. It's certainly a more reliable indicator of injury severity than the fact that Luis Robert Jr. played another defensive inning after pulling up … [Read more...] about Luis Robert Jr. has Grade 2 hamstring strain, possibly ending his 2025 season