TOKYO -- The defending champs and the most talented baseball player on the planet make for a dangerous combination. On Friday night, Samurai Japan began its World Baseball Classic title defense, taking on a Chinese Taipei team that upset it in the 2024 Premier12 tournament.

TOKYO – When Curtis Mead was growing up, his father, Tim – himself an Australian Baseball League player – tried to push him toward Australian Rules Football. Coming from Australia, a country not traditionally known for its baseball, his father thought a career in the Australian Football League was a

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Much of the encouraging talk surrounding the 2026 White Sox centers on the continued development of their young core who gained valuable on-field experience during the ’25 season. As they go, so will the team -- even with important new additions to the overall White Sox equation.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Drew Thorpe threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Tuesday on the White Sox backfields at Camelback Ranch, marking the first time the right-hander has thrown off the mound in his recovery from Tommy John surgery. The real test for the right-hander came on Wednesday, when he determined how

The great NBA writer and podcaster Zach Lowe puts together an annual list called his NBA League Pass Rankings, based on watchability -- which teams, when you stumble across one of their games, you don’t dare click away. I’ve always loved this feature, because, as a sports fan, you understand

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Luisangel Acuña returned to the White Sox lineup during Monday’s Cactus League loss to the Giants after being sidelined since Feb. 25 with a gash over his left eyebrow that needed four stitches to close.

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest White Sox injury news and transactions.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Twenty years ago, Team Cuba beat Team Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to advance to the first World Baseball Classic championship round in San Diego. There, they beat the Dominican Republic in the semifinals before falling to Japan in the final.

The first two years of Spring Breakout have provided several memorable matchups. Baseball's best hitting prospect (Jackson Holliday) faced baseball's best pitching prospect (Paul Skenes) in 2024, resulting in a 102-mph fastball and a strikeout on a 92-mph slider. Four of the game's dozen top-rated prospects faced off in a

The White Sox improved from 41 wins in 2024 to 60 last season while graduating Top 100 prospects Colson Montgomery, Kyle Teel and Edgar Quero to their big league club. Sean Burke, Brandon Eisert, Wikelman González, Chase Meidroth, Shane Smith, Grant Taylor and Mike Vasil also played key roles as

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The White Sox officially are three weeks into Spring Training, half-way through with their preparation for Opening Day on March 26 in Milwaukee and the ensuing 2026 campaign. They feature three stellar catchers in Edgar Quero, Kyle Teel and Korey Lee that other teams certainly would like

MESA, Ariz. – The high energy and always-positive attitude of Kyle Teel will be absent from the White Sox clubhouse for a few weeks, as he joins teammate Sam Antonacci on Team Italy. But before departing for World Baseball Classic competition at Daikin Park in Houston, Teel talked to MLB.com

Major League Baseball introduced Spring Breakout in 2024 and the prospect showcase games in Florida and Arizona were an immediate hit. Fans and front offices alike loved seeing all those future MLB stars on the field at one time. Now the concept is getting even better. Starting in 2027, the

MESA, Ariz. -- The goal for Braden Montgomery seemingly is to break camp with the White Sox. Actually, MLB Pipeline’s No. 36 prospect overall and the No. 1 White Sox prospect should have his target set on getting to the Majors as soon as possible. General manager Chris Getz already

Spring Training is the perfect time for prospects to show what they can do, and a number of players have taken that opportunity and run with it so far in 2026. From elite prospects to unheralded young players, there's always someone putting on a show with the bat or the

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – The White Sox rotation is a solid work in progress in the present, topped by right-hander Shane Smith, who pitched three innings Saturday during a 7-5 victory over the Guardians at Goodyear Ballpark. But their potential Triple-A Charlotte rotation, with left-handers Noah Schultz (No. 49 overall prospect

By now, you’ve heard the news. The Spring Breakout series is headed to a tournament format in 2027 and 2028. In its first two years, Spring Breakout has brought us memorable moments featuring baseball’s top prospects, like Paul Skenes’ strikeout of Jackson Holliday in 2024 or Roman Anthony’s long homer

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jim Thome has viewed the MLB Draft from several different angles. In 1989, Thome was selected by Cleveland in the 13th round out of Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Ill. He went on to hit 612 home runs with 1,699 RBIs and a career .956 OPS

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Munetaka Murakami’s last game with the White Sox before joining Team Japan for the World Baseball Classic ended with the first baseman not on the field.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Teel is the ultimate competitor, and veteran left-hander Sean Newcomb learned that fact about his White Sox batterymate firsthand during Thursday’s Cactus League matchup against the Dodgers.

It’s exactly one month until Opening Day, and MLB.com’s beat writers have been in camp for a couple of weeks now. So we decided to go around the division and ask some questions of the five American League Central beat writers about what they’ve seen in camp to this point.