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Another day, another roster move, but one unrelated to the 28-man squad: The White Sox claimed infielder Ben Cowles off waivers from the Cubs and added him to the 40-man roster, which is now at 39. Cowles had been designated for assignment by the Cubs after they claimed Carlos Santana. They originally acquired him from the Yankees in a trade for Mark Leiter Jr. at the 2024 … [Read more...] about First Pitch: White Sox at Twins

The arrival of September signals the gradual conclusion to the minor league baseball season. Kannapolis and Winston-Salem play their final series of the season this week, while Birmingham's regular season carries through Sept. 14 (although the Barons should have at least a couple more postseason games after that). The Charlotte Knights play all the way through a doubleheader on … [Read more...] about Farm Fortnight: White Sox affiliates winding down 2025 seasons

The idea of a White Sox bullpen game is as fraught a concept as making the entire plane out of the part that failed, but it was only a matter of time before the equally shaky Minnesota relief corps sprung a leak, and the Sox offense found a way to turn the tables before the 27th out. Brooks Baldwin and Mike Tauchman strung together back-to-back RBI doubles with two outs in the … [Read more...] about White Sox 6, Twins 5: Scratching out a 50th win

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