Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In the words of a great bird I once met, “Gobble, gobble.” Thanksgiving is not a holiday traditionally associated with baseball, but if you’re reading a baseball site on Thanksgiving Day, you know that in a just world, every holiday is one associated with baseball. So, today,

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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who received votes (Jackson Chourio and Mason Miller). That’s a good enough success rate to try the whole exercise

This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin’s White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CHICAGO -- Call it the most prolific of mic drops, or to quote Seinfeld’s George Costanza, going out on a high note. Whatever

CHICAGO -- The White Sox declined to tender 2025 contracts to infielder/outfielder Gavin Sheets and right-handed pitcher Enyel De Los Santos, decreasing their 40-man roster to 37. Sheets, 28, was the organization’s second-round selection in the 2017 Draft, following his friend Jake Burger, who was taken in the first round

CHICAGO -- SoxFest is returning for White Sox fans, but with a different name and a different format. The freshly dubbed SoxFest Live is scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday, January 24-25, at the historic Ramova Theatre in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, located a half mile from Guaranteed Rate

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This page will be updated throughout the offseason, with all the latest White Sox signings, news and transactions.

Though the quality of pitching in the Arizona Fall League continued to decline, the developmental circuit's best prospect did his work on the mound. Phillies right-hander Andrew Painter returned to competition after missing the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons and quickly re-established himself as the most promising young arm in

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CHICAGO -- Austin Slater officially joined the 2025 White Sox outfield mix on Wednesday, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $1.75 million contract. Slater, 31, played for the Giants, Reds and Orioles during the 2024 season, slashing .209/.321/.266 with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 24 runs scored in 84

CHICAGO -- Colson Montgomery currently is working out in Tennessee at the Bledsoe Agency, coming off strong showings in the Arizona Fall League and from the end of the 2024 season with Triple-A Charlotte. But Montgomery, whom MLB Pipeline ranks as the No. 3 White Sox prospect and No. 37

Minor League Baseball is coming back to America's oldest professional ballpark in 2025. The Birmingham Barons, Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, will host the Rocket City Trash Pandas (Angels) at Rickwood Field in a tribute to the Negro Leagues on June 4, 2025, the team announced on Thursday.

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The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot was released on Monday. It is headlined by one of baseball's best hitters (Ichiro Suzuki), one of its best starting pitchers (CC Sabathia) and one of its best closers (Billy Wagner), each of whom could be in the same

The 6 p.m. ET deadline to add players to their 40-man rosters and protect them from the Rule 5 Draft has come and gone. We've listed every organization's ranked prospects who are Rule 5-eligible and whether they were protected or not. There were four Top 100 prospects who required protection

CHICAGO – Before it truly took root, Garrett Crochet basically spoke into existence his high-level mound performance as a first-time Major League starting pitcher, leading the White Sox left-hander to claim this year's American League Comeback Player of the Year Award. It began at the end of the 2023 season,

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For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason had to be made by Tuesday's deadline for setting 40-man rosters. Any player eligible for the Rule 5 Draft and not added to his organization’s roster by 6 p.m. ET now will be available to be

CHICAGO -- Ryan Fuller can draw from all his past coaching experiences with Baltimore as the new White Sox director of hitting, with his hiring officially announced on Thursday afternoon. Fuller, 34, served as co-hitting coach over the past three seasons for the power-packed Orioles. He was Baltimore’s full-season hitting

Call it a last-chance saloon in the middle of the desert. The Arizona Fall League provides more than just an opportunity to see some of the game’s top prospects in one spot. It’s also the final place certain Minor Leaguers can prove they are deserving of a 40-man roster spot

CHICAGO -- It has been a busy week for Will Venable since the White Sox hired him as the 44th manager in franchise history. Venable traveled to San Antonio for the General Managers Meetings on Monday, joining general manager Chris Getz and the front office as they finalize coaching staff