Sox Machine

We could probably all stand to think about the 2022 Cleveland Guardians less, but Rays rookie speedster Chandler Simpson has the look of someone designed in a lab to flummox previous iterations of the White Sox defense. His four-hit performance on Thursday, opened by a single and his 40th stolen base of the year, seemed like what used to be the ingredients of a chaotic … [Read more...] about White Sox 5, Rays 1: Shane Smith spearheads Sox seizing season series success

The White Sox have two rookie catchers, and they're both raking. Better than that, both have followed the trajectory of hovering around league average production at the All-Star break, before a second-half surge that is hard to view as anything but simply player development. The post Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero making defensive progress below the surface of their offensive … [Read more...] about Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero making defensive progress below the surface of their offensive heroics

As has become typical at this point in the season, Will Venable said postgame Tuesday night that they were still discussing who would start Wednesday night's game. To provide a peek behind the curtain, usually this is followed by a text message from a media relations staffer to beat writers 20 minutes later with the name of whatever reliever has tabbed to serve as an opener, or … [Read more...] about Pregame notes: Sean Burke and Miguel Vargas return

When you send out talent like Adrian Houser and Tristan Gray out into the baseball world, it's only a matter of time until they're both in an opposing lineup ready to do battle. "I don't think it's any different," Will Venable said of preparing for Tuesday night. "It's about us continuing to do the things that we've been doing, and we want to do, and we know we have to do to … [Read more...] about Pregame notes: Adrian Houser/Tristan Gray Revenge Game

The White Sox are off today after playing 17 straight games, and their affiliates are all dormant as well. That means things have stabilized long enough to empty out our P.O. Sox mailbag. The following questions have been sent to us by Sox Machine supporters at the 10 WAR tiers and higher, and the following answers have been provided by a couple of guys. If you'd like to get in … [Read more...] about P.O. Sox: Projecting the 2026 White Sox before 2025 is through