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The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026, which was completed by the elections of Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones this past week, isn’t the easiest to universally celebrate, because they all have something hanging over their heads. Jeff Kent was a strange product of a Veterans Committee that was purposely avoiding other candidates, Beltrán… The post Hall of Fame voting … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame voting continues to shift in Mark Buehrle’s direction, though other pitchers are benefiting sooner

Good morning! With the news of Wilbur Wood's passing last weekend, it felt right that the following week's Sporcle Saturday should, in some way, include the knuckleballer in it. The question was where to start: while his workload is --rightly so-- a defining feature of his career, he has enough other statistics going for him that he has appeared in many quizzes over the years. … [Read more...] about Sporcle Saturday: Remembering Wilbur Wood

It didn’t take Chris Getz long to apply the savings from the Luis Robert Jr. trade. Three days after freeing up $18 million from the White Sox’s 2026 payroll, Getz applied more than half of it in the form of a two-year, $20 million contract to right-handed reliever Seranthony Domínguez, who will give the White… The post White Sox signing Seranthony Domínguez for two years, $20 … [Read more...] about White Sox signing Seranthony Domínguez for two years, $20 million

The White Sox are entering the third year of Paul Janish’s tenure as their director of player development, and on the whole, the changes to his staff for the 2026 are more iterative than transformational. That’s also because Brian Bannister has been leading the organization’s pitching efforts for the same amount of time, so the… The post The new names, jobs of the White Sox … [Read more...] about The new names, jobs of the White Sox 2026 player development staff

For someone present on the day the White Sox introduced Luis Robert Jr. back in 2017, with both Jerry Reinsdorf and José Abreu on hand to tour him around a field he wouldn’t play on for another three years, a late-night January trade feels like an anticlimactic end for the highest-ceiling player of a crop… The post Could’ve been worse, could’ve been better: White Sox trade of … [Read more...] about Could’ve been worse, could’ve been better: White Sox trade of Luis Robert Jr. matches his tenure