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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

Some of the things White Sox prospect Sam Antonacci says will sound a little extreme at times. "The way I look at it is if you’re in an 0-2 count and they throw a curveball at your feet and you’re getting out of the way, that shows me you don’t really want to win too much," Antonacci said, expressing gratitude toward the mindset driven home by his time at Coastal Carolina, … [Read more...] about White Sox prospect Sam Antonacci trying to show how far determination can take him

The White Sox minor league leaderboard isn't the first place to look for the most comprehensive summary of the year on the farm, if only because a lot of the players who would've been good bets to lead certain categories were promoted to the majors over the course of the season. What the leaderboard does offer is a sense of the talent that emerged to fill vacuums that were left … [Read more...] about 2025 White Sox minor league leaders at a glance

Shohei Ohtani, Cal Raleigh, Junior Caminero and Kyle Schwarber are the four MLB players who hit more home runs after the All-Star break than the 21 collected by Colson Montgomery. The list of players that posted a lower slugging percentage than Montgomery in the second half of this season includes Raleigh, Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman and Corbin Carroll. Eye-popping small samples … [Read more...] about Colson Montgomery’s elite power buys time to sharpen the finer points

While Major League Baseball eliminated the tie-breaking 163rd game to settle the matter between teams with identical regular-season records, the 2025 MLB postseason effectively kicks off with a three-game tiebreaker between the Guardians and Tigers. Whoever wins the best-of-three series will have the better record after 164 or 165 games and is free to proceed into the … [Read more...] about White Sox ties in the 2025 MLB postseason