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We're entering the seventh year since the White Sox failed to sign either Manny Machado or Bryce Harper. The two executives responsible for leading the pursuit have been fired, and the chairman who hamstrung their efforts has created a plan to transition the controlling interest to an entirely unrelated person. While Harper and Machado remain productive big leaguers for … [Read more...] about George Springer, the postseason hero the White Sox never pursued

Continuing the offseason podcast episodes to help build Sox Machine Offseason Plan Projects. This show takes a look at the White Sox starting pitching staff heading into the offseason. The post Podcast: 2025 Offseason White Sox Starting Pitching Review appeared first on Sox Machine. … [Read more...] about Podcast: 2025 Offseason White Sox Starting Pitching Review

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