It might only be December, but there’s a serious case of Draft fever ranging. The root cause is the release of MLB Pipeline’s new 2026 Top 100 Draft Prospects list. The fans are definitely aflame, though, by the upcoming MLB Draft Lottery, which will determine the order of who gets

CHICAGO -- The White Sox followed a somewhat familiar path to enhance their starting rotation with the addition of left-hander Anthony Kay via a two-year, $12 million deal. The White Sox have not announced the deal, which was confirmed by a source to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. Kay, 30, spent the

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With executives from all 30 teams set to descend on Orlando, Fla., for the annual Winter Meetings, the Hot Stove may be on the verge of heating up. Though some clubs have already made some moves this offseason, every team still has plenty of questions to answer between now and

The Rule 5 Draft can be a fascinating, if imperfect, process, and you only need to look at last year’s edition to see why. On one hand, the White Sox selected Shane Smith from the Brewers and watched him blossom into an All-Star before finishing with a 3.81 ERA and

CHICAGO -- The White Sox celebrated a 20-year anniversary of their 2005 World Series title in the summer of ’25, temporarily changing course from the rebuild featuring three straight seasons with at least 100 losses and four straight years at .500 or below. But that July weekend at Rate Field,

CHICAGO – Shane Smith had fun during his rookie season with the 2025 White Sox, for lack of a better word. “I’ll tell you this, there’s nothing else I would rather do in my life, if that answers it,” the All-Star right-hander told MLB.com during a recent conversation. “I’ve lived

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‘Tis the season of giving, so what are you getting the baseball fan in your life? On Thanksgiving, the world’s most famous White Sox fan -- Pope Leo XIV -- received many gifts from those onboard the papal plane during the pontiff’s first trip abroad, but there was one special

When I was a kid, one of my favorite activities during long road trips with my family was Mad Libs. Remember that one? Every page was a story with a number of blank spaces, requiring players to fill those spaces in with different words to create the whole story. With

CHICAGO -- An especially rewarding day took place for the Shomon family Nov. 20. It had nothing to do with swing decisions or turning around a 100 mph fastball – nothing in relation to Derek Shomon’s new position as White Sox Major League hitting coach.

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,

CHICAGO – There were a handful of events running the week before the week of Thanksgiving providing a glimpse into the range of work coming from Chicago White Sox Charities. A Holiday Garage Sale took place on Nov. 15 at Rate Field, featuring pieces of club history available for fans

CHICAGO – Derek Shomon might have experienced the 2026 White Sox future before joining the team this offseason as its new Major League hitting coach. The 35-year-old spent the past campaign as the Marlins’ assistant hitting coach, working with a club that jumped from a 62-100 record in ’24 to

Be yourself, unless you feel like being something else. This is now an established Minor League Baseball promotional strategy, as teams across the country regularly assume alternate identities in lieu of their day-to-day primary identities. These alternate identities often have a local connection, with teams celebrating their region's culinary specialties,

CHICAGO -- The White Sox remain the land of opportunity. Adding a player such as outfielder Everson Pereira, therefore -- which the team did as part of a four-player deal with the Rays Tuesday night -- becomes a smart way to populate their baseball land. Pereira, 24, has not hit

The White Sox retained speedy outfielder Derek Hill on a one-year contract while non-tendering outfielder Mike Tauchman, first baseman Tim Elko and left-hander Cam Booser on Friday. Hill, claimed off waivers from the Marlins on Sept. 24, returns on a split contract. He’ll make $900,000 if he’s in the Major

Kevin McGonigle left no doubt that he was the best prospect in the Arizona Fall League this season. Ranked second on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list, the Tigers infielder burnished his reputation as the best pure hitter in the Minor Leagues en route to winning Most Valuable Player honors.

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CHICAGO -- The call received Tuesday morning by Tanner McDougal from White Sox director of player development Paul Janish was direct and to the point. But in finding out he was being added to the team’s 40-man roster and avoiding being left unprotected and Rule 5 Draft eligible, McDougal happily

While we’re sad to see another Arizona Fall League season come to an end -- No. 33 to be precise -- we’re still celebrating all of the impressive prospect performances we witnessed. Later this week, we’ll have a ranking of top prospects based more on long-term value. For now, we

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot for the 2026 Hall of Fame election was released on Monday, with 12 new names joining a group of 15 holdovers from the 2025 voting cycle. In both of the past two years, the BBWAA has elected three players, two of whom were

On the heels of a 2025 season that saw large viewership increases -- including the most watched postseason in eight years and a World Series Game 7 that was the most watched Major League Baseball game in 34 years -- MLB announced Wednesday that it has formed new three-year media

CHICAGO -- The individual saves leader for the 2025 White Sox didn’t exactly challenge Bobby Thigpen’s franchise record of 57 set in 1990, although last year’s group never really had a set ninth-inning closer. Yet, the seven saves recorded by Jordan Leasure, who finished No. 1 for the South Siders,