Baseball’s annual winter meetings have begun and the hot stove is simmering as teams have made trades and signings. The festival of roster building ends on Thursday December 14th (beginning at 9am ET) after the completion of the Rule 5 draft. Like last year, the White Sox are still in rebuilding mode and this event […]
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Over the last few years, the White Sox have left nearly every Winter Meetings as at least one of the “Winter Winners” – annual paper champions. General Manager Rick Hahn has seemingly grown familiar with the national media as he has made a habit of getting a chair on the dais each December following his
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This is the second set of #AskFutureSox questions we got from our readers on various social media and discussion forum channels last week. We published the first set on Friday, which you can read here. In this second and final set, we dig into a lot more specific prospects and front office staff, as opposed
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With the stove not quite warmed up yet, let’s do a mail bag. We asked our followers on social media (Twitter and Facebook) and discussion forums (like SoxTalk.com and the White Sox Reddit) for their burning questions about the White Sox farm and prospects, and they delivered. In fact we got so many that we are
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Welcome to the latest edition of our News and Notes, covering the White Sox minor leagues. During the season this article runs weekly, but from October through February it will be closer to monthly. This article covers all the news and updates for the current month. Offseason or not, there has been plenty of activity
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The White Sox added Eloy Jimenez, Casey Gillaspie, Micker Adolfo, Luis Basabe, and Ian Clarkin to the 40-man roster yesterday while assigning Chris Beck and Tyler Danish to Triple-A Charlotte to free up space. The roster currently stands at 39, leaving one spot open. Rule 5 Draft The catalyst for these changes is the upcoming Rule
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When the White Sox blew past their 2016-2017 international pool limit and signed Luis Robert to a mega 26 million dollar deal, the penalty was that they were capped at $300k per player on the international market for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 periods. Luckily for them, nothing prevents them from dealing the excess cap room (they
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That heat you feel emanating from the Caribbean isn’t the latest flashpoint in the debate over global warming. It’s more likely the white-hot bat of Chicago White Sox wunderkind, Eloy Jimenez. The number one prospect in the organization and number four overall according to MLB pipeline, has been annihilating Dominican Winter League pitching. In 23 games,
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A world series has been won, qualifying offers have been extended and free agents can officially put ink to paper with clubs. The major league baseball off-season is upon us. The White Sox have embarked on a rebuild and while much of the heavy lifting occurred last season, the team-building must continue. The organization has
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The Chicago White Sox have claimed 26-year-old outfielder and first baseman Daniel Palka off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. The #WhiteSox have claimed outfielder Daniel Palka off waivers from Minnesota. The 40-man roster currently sits at 35 players. pic.twitter.com/GJsecgW1I4 — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) November 4, 2017 Palka is a left-handed hitter and thrower and
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