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Two weeks into the Arizona Fall League, Hagen Smith’s walks are still dampening some of the excitement from his strikeouts and general effectiveness, but at least the league context is a lot more forgiving. Smith’s on-again-off-again relationship with his control stood out as worrisome in the Southern League, and more specifically in a Birmingham Barons… The post Arizona Fall … [Read more...] about Arizona Fall League update: Hagen Smith still the same, for better or worse

Good morning! It was on this date in 1949 one Ed Farmer was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Before being a White Sox radio guy Farmer, of course, had a nice 11-year career as a reliever. 1980 was one of his finest seasons: his only All-Star selection, and he saved 30 games for the White Sox, the most by a Sox reliever to that point. (As an aside, look at the pitchers for that … [Read more...] about Sporcle Saturday: Season saves leaders

While reviewing the longest White Sox home runs of the season is typically a staple of Sox Machine’s October programming, we skipped it last year because the number of homers (133) by the 2024 White Sox was just a little too close to their number of losses (121). To quickly replace the missing link, here’s… The post The longest White Sox home runs of 2025 appeared first on Sox … [Read more...] about The longest White Sox home runs of 2025

It’s been six months since the Catholic Church elected a White Sox fan as pope to set the spirtual agenda for 1.4 billion people worldwide, which has been enough time for the concept of a pope who had to wrestle with forgiving Jerry Dybzinski to settle into my brain as an established fact despite the… The post Following up: The pope is keeping score appeared first on Sox … [Read more...] about Following up: The pope is keeping score

Before the start of every spring training, we sketch out the present for dozens of White Sox prospects before settling on top-10 lists with a smattering of honorable mentions. At the end of every season, we review the bodies of work for dozens of White Sox prospects, then survey the body count from the top-10 lists we posted in February. These lists were never updated during … [Read more...] about Sox Machine’s top 10 White Sox prospects for 2025 in retrospect