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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
19 Nov
One year after the Today’s Game Era Committee sneaked Harold Baines into the Cooperstown through a fire exit, his induction has altered the way Hall of Fame candidacies are discussed. Baines had none of the markings of a typical Hall of Famer. He...
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... ferent seasons. Most vital to the local cause, he was the leader of the only White Sox World Series team anybody alive can remember, picking up the ALCS MVP and pl ...
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Josh Nelson
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Sox Machine
18 Nov
Guest: James Fegan, The Athletic The Rundown: Helping to provide additional insight on the happenings from the GM Meetings, White Sox beat reporter James Fegan of The Athletic joins the show to discuss Jose Abreu, other offseason plans, and his MVP...
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... r the GM Meetings, Josh and Jim share their Top 5 Free Agent Targets for the White Sox (83:00) This week’s P.O. Sox mailbag with questions about Michael Kopech, Wh ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
17 Nov
It’s always fun to see how two different people interpret the same quote based on what kind of generosity they’re willing to expend. Case in point: Rick Hahn’s quotes about Don Cooper during the general managers meetings. Despite a lack of progress...
Chicago White Sox
... ey from within to replace him, the White Sox are not in the overhauling business. They also haven’t been in the results b ...
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Ted Mulvey
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
Who's played first base for the White Sox in franchise history?
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... base has been one of the few (perhaps only) positions of consistency for the White Sox over the years. Now that Mal Tiempo has been locked up for another year, and ...
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iamkarnold
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Write “tender” or “non-tender” after each player and their projected 2020 salaries. Feel free to offer explanation afterward if necessary. Alex Colomé, $10.3M – TENDER Yolmer Sánchez, $6.2M – NON-TENDER James McCann, $4.9M
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AKsouthsiderCOL
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
PREAMBLE Going into the offseason there seem to be two main approaches as to how the Sox should go about things this winter. Be aggressive and acquire high level talent in the hopes of potentially being this years 2015 Cubs that improved by 24 wins...
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... o the players with the brightest futures may be the most important thing the White Sox can do this offseason. ****Im no expert on projecting arbitration numbers a ...
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cpwbaseball402
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
PREAMBLE While we all are eager as all hell for the off-season to start the second the WS finishes, it did just dawn on me it kinda doesn’t make sense to truly do one of these plans until the landscape is kinda settled. Now that QO offers are out of...
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... cline. However, I am looking at the next 3 years as a possible golden age of White Sox baseball led by my two superstars, Yoan Moncada and Lucas Giolito. So everyt ...
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jfitz427
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
PREAMBLE ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Alex Colomé, $10.3M Tender Yolmer Sánchez, $6.2M Non-Tender James McCann, $4.9M Tender Carlos Rodon, $4.5M . Tender Leury García, $4M . Tender Evan Marshall, $1.3M Tender Josh Osich, $1M . Claimed by Bos Ryan...
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albertbellefanclub
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Sox Machine
16 Nov
AlbertBelleFanClub 2019-2020 Offseason Plan PREAMBLE This is less what I think will happen and more what I would like to see happen. Really love reading people’s projects every year. ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Alex Colomé, $10.3M NON-Tender Yolmer...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
15 Nov
Lost in the drama of Jose Abreu’s immediate future and whether birthing-related metaphors are worth using multiple times, Rick Hahn issued a Jake Burger update at the general managers meeting in Arizona. There’s no need to clarify the variety of...
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... e doesn’t seem to be a Vaughn skeptic anywhere. On an unsettling third hand, White Sox draft picks invite skepticism until they prove themselves in the pros, becau ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
15 Nov
Whether it’s because he practically had the opportunity to re-sign himself at a raise, or whether it’s because the qualifying offer was going to put a damper on his market, all signs pointed to Jose Abreu accepting the one-year, $17.8 million...
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... 0 in WAR and looked every bit the part,” and by “hell,” I mean “bad tweets.” White Sox writer James Fegan was the only one to leave DJ LeMahieu off his ballot enti ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
14 Nov
Today marks one of the major deadlines of the offseason as far as the White Sox are concerned. Jose Abreu, along with a few free agents the White Sox might be tracking, have to decide whether to accept the $17.8 million qualifying offer. Bruce Levine,
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... might have more clients than teams angling to add. James Fegan wrote up the White Sox-related portions of Boras’ annual summit at the general managers meeting. “T ...
