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Sitting upper 90s with a pair of hard, diving breaking balls, Tanner McDougal has long looked the part of a meaningful prospect. But in putting together a minor league season of a 3.26 ERA, with 136 strikeouts in 113 ⅓ combined innings and ending his campaign as the rotation anchor for the Southern League champion Barons, the 22-year-old made himself an “automatic” selection … [Read more...] about Tanner McDougal, Duncan Davitt discuss their additions to White Sox 40-man roster

The White Sox made their mandatory decisions to add Rule 5-eligible prospects to the 40-man roster, but that only accounted for but a portion of their transaction activity at today’s deadline. Along with adding Tanner McDougal and Duncan Davitt to the 40-man roster, Sox Machine can confirm the White Sox acquired left-handed pitcher Chris Murphy… The post After two trades and a … [Read more...] about After two trades and a retirement, White Sox add two to 40-man roster

The White Sox are not hyping up outfielder Everson Pereira as a major acquisition, which is probably prudent for a 24-year-old with a career .146/.227/.215 batting line and a 38.6 percent strikeout rate through 50 games in the majors. The team's press release made no mention of his former top-100 prospect status, as he wouldn't be the first Yankee minor leaguer whose hype … [Read more...] about Everson Pereira is another White Sox post-hype project, and probably their most extreme yet

Catching up on the findings from GM Meetings and the upcoming 40-man protection deadline The post Podcast: Catching Up From 2025 GM Meetings appeared first on Sox Machine. … [Read more...] about Podcast: Catching Up From 2025 GM Meetings

At the start of the process that led to the White Sox hiring Will Venable last year, Chris Getz said he started with a list of 60 names, whittling it down to 20 candidates they talked to, then five they took to a final stage. In the end, he ended up selecting a World Series-winning associate manager, which seems pretty straightforward. Perhaps it was due to a lack of turnover. … [Read more...] about Spare Parts: MLB managerial carousel wilder this time around