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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

Before Major League Baseball moved its short-season complex leagues up a month in response to the reduction of the player roster limit, this team would've been a lot more fun to watch over the last month of the season, what with the White Sox using picks in the first, second and fourth rounds on high school players, not to mention an 11th-rounder who received the highest bonus … [Read more...] about 2025 ACL White Sox season review

The White Sox tabbed David Keller to head their international efforts after firing Marco Paddy back in September 2024, giving him only about four months before the opening of his first signing period. Considering the time crunch, the performance of the 2025 Dominican Summer League White Sox didn't suffer from the upheaval. The team went 29-26, and while the underlying … [Read more...] about 2025 DSL White Sox season review

Nobody asked me to set goals for the White Sox in September, which is a shame, since I had a few ones that seemed reasonably attainable: Post a winning record in a month for the first time since May 2023. Avoid a third consecutive 100-loss season. Play in such a fashion that Chris Getz couldn't easily talk around adding to the roster over the winter. The post Month in a Box: … [Read more...] about Month in a Box: The White Sox in September 2025