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"I know that if I do commit, fully commit and trust my process and stuff, I get results like that," said Colson Montgomery soxmachine.com/2026/07/whit...
White Sox 6, Rays 1: Boppin' in the Trop - Sox MachineST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On paper, Nick Martinez presented a tricky matchup for the best scoring offense in the American League. For one, he’s good; having allowed five runs in his last five starts and ...soxmachine.comIf Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas and Colson Montgomery all homer in the same game again this season--they've done it five times now--it'll be an all-time MLB record soxmachine.com/2026/07/whit...
White Sox 6, Rays 1: Boppin' in the Trop - Sox MachineST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On paper, Nick Martinez presented a tricky matchup for the best scoring offense in the American League. For one, he’s good; having allowed five runs in his last five starts and ...soxmachine.comMiguel Vargas' first inning home run was foreshadowed in the pregame notes soxmachine.com/2026/07/preg...
Will Venable met with his White Sox players to get them in the right headspace for the deadline, so what if we did the same thing for our @soxmachine.com audience? soxmachine.com/2026/07/preg...
Pregame notes: It's trade deadline weekend! (Lower your expectations) - Sox MachineST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The White Sox are leading the American League Central and looking to buy, enough that this month’s State of the Sox meeting with coaches and players focused on addressing the di...soxmachine.comHello from The Trop. Before he secured a win with a scoreless 12th yesterday, I spoke with Seranthony Domínguez about life after getting moved out of the closer role, and working his way back. Notes on Trevor Richards and Colson Montgomery as well soxmachine.com/2026/07/whit...
Sean Burke has a 1.42 ERA over his last eight outings, five-straight quality starts, and three double-digit strikeout performances in July. "I honestly thought after like the third, fourth inning, my fastball command was pretty bad" Standards have risen soxmachine.com/2026/07/whit...
White Sox 2, Yankees 1 (11 innings): Shrimp in Chicago - Sox MachineThe White Sox entered Thursday leading the American League with 4.8 runs scored per game; an important detail to file away whenever they do something like get shutout for nine innings in a crucial ser...soxmachine.comThe White Sox had the biggest draft bonus pool ever this year, and wanted to wield it aggressively. Second-round pick Cole Prosek witnessed it firsthand soxmachine.com/2026/07/the-...
"The plan is for Noah to be on this team and in the rotation as we’re evaluating the next cycle," said Will Venable. But it's the week before the trade deadline, obviously everything is subject to change. soxmachine.com/2026/07/preg...
Pregame notes: Trade deadline limbo - Sox MachineThey call it the MLB trade deadline, not Trade Deadline Week, as there’s no guarantee of steady activity up until next Monday, and there’s not real reason to reach conclusions until the dust has settl...soxmachine.comTalked to White Sox hitting director Ryan Fuller about the development plans for the slate of seven-figure signings that topped the White Sox draft, headlined of course by Roch Cholowsky soxmachine.com/2026/07/podc...
Podcast: Hitting Gameplan for 2026 Draftees with White Sox Director of Hitting Ryan Fuller - Sox MachineNew Sox Machine Podcast as Chicago White Sox Director of Hitting Ryan Fuller joins the show to discuss development plans for the 2026 draftees.soxmachine.comIn a White Sox loss light on highlights, Munetaka Murakami doubled and played a sparkling first base. More impressive considering he was awoken after midnight with news of a deadly earthquake in his hometown. He says his family and loved ones are safe. soxmachine.com/2026/07/yank...
Yankees 3, White Sox 2: Superior team seals season series - Sox MachineIf, like Colson Montgomery suggests as a way to hype himself up, we are treat this slate of White Sox games against the best of the American League like they are playoff series, this would be one of t...soxmachine.comWhy wait for the game to start to begin debating the White Sox ABS strategy? soxmachine.com/2026/07/preg...
We’re all sitting around waiting for trades to happen so it seemed appropriate to talk about it with the White Sox players milling around me “Whoever comes in is going to be able to hit the ground running." soxmachine.com/2026/07/trad...
Trade deadline additions will affirm White Sox's progress, and find a welcoming environment - Sox MachineAsk these young White Sox when they thought this team would be pretty good, and prepare to hear more about last year’s 28-37 second half (albeit with a positive run differential) than you likely antic...soxmachine.comAsked about Noah Schultz's next turn in the White Sox rotation, Will Venable didn't commit to it, nor did he openly suggest change is afoot. soxmachine.com/2026/07/yank...
Posted the White Sox pregame notes now because I worked on them for an hour and would be pissed if this game got banged a half hour before they went up. Everson Pereira is back. It sounds like post-concussion testing is a drag. soxmachine.com/2026/07/preg...
Pregame notes: Everson Pereira returns to a different White Sox roster from when he left - Sox MachineAt an earlier point of the season, when it seemed the White Sox would be going through their typical year-long search for viable hitters, Everson Pereira seemed like a potential port in a storm. He’s ...soxmachine.comTalked to Zach Bove and Noah Schultz about their work to restore his best breaking ball, but also how the latter is embracing the challenge in front of him "There's really only one way to move in this situation” soxmachine.com/2026/07/noah...
Noah Schultz is working on his slider, and embracing challenge to prove himself: 'It's fight or flight' - Sox MachineNoah Schultz has a 6.04 ERA heading into tonight’s game against Max Fried and the Yankees, which will take place exactly a week ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline, as the first place White Sox hunt st...soxmachine.com