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By record, the Winston-Salem Dash were the least successful White Sox affiliate. They finished with the third-worst record in the South Atlantic League at 56-74, which was also good for the lowest winning percentage in the Sox system, but just like the major league club, an ugly record in one-run games (12-23) skewed the perceived quality of the product. The Dash ultimately … [Read more...] about 2025 Winston-Salem Dash season review

Because these affiliate reviews only cover the White Sox prospects who finished the year at the given level, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers won't get credited for being the launching pad for some of the White Sox's happiest development stories of 2025. Caleb Bonemer, Braden Montgomery and Christian Oppor all started the season in Kannapolis, but they proved too talented to keep … [Read more...] about 2025 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers season review

As Jim referenced just a day earlier, Mike Tauchman was arguably the White Sox top offensive producer from their corner outfield mix in 2025. But the prospect of tendering a contract offer for his final year of arbitration eligibility isn't getting any stronger endorsement from White Sox leadership than that they're "openminded in bringing him back." Even if read as a purely … [Read more...] about White Sox outfield looks primed for turnover

When it's time to chart out the White Sox payroll in the Offseason Plan Project, the White Sox's pool of arbitration-eligible players aren't going to make much of a dent one way or the other. MLB Trade Rumors posted its 2026 salary proejctions for this winter's arbitration-eligible players, and the White Sox only have three of them to consider: The post Non-tender deadline … [Read more...] about Non-tender deadline looks like a quiet one for White Sox

There was a more innocuous example midway through the season, where Chase Meidroth and Mike Tauchman flipped spots at the top of the batting order seemingly without a precipitating cause, or a more pointed moment in early May when the White Sox beat worked up to nerve to ask what the story was with Joshua Palacios -- cut by the Pirates at the end of spring training -- … [Read more...] about Will Venable wants to keep the main thing the main thing for the White Sox