Meet your new Thyago Vieira, fans: Houston Astros product Ernesto Jaquez. | Asheville Tourists A big-armed righty, plucked from Houston this winter Ernesto Jaquez Right-Handed Starting Pitcher 6´2´´ 190 pounds Age: 23 2022 High Level Asheville (High-A) Age relative to high level 0.0 years SSS rank among all right-handed starting pitchers in the system 20 Overall 2022 regular season stats 21 games (13 starts) ⚾️ 76 1⁄3 IP ⚾️ 6.13 ERA ⚾️ 1.546 WHIP ⚾️ 76 K ⚾️ 47 BB Ernesto Jaquez was signed as an international free agent by the Houston Astros on July 2, 2017, for $95,000. After three seasons in ..read more

Expect Luis Mieses to see some more time on the big diamond at Camelback Ranch this spring. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Ascendant outfielder Luis Mieses rounds out the Top 10. Who is the 11th-best prospect in the White Sox system? It is the sixth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! Here’s how 2018 wrangled out — all 42 picks. Also, here’s an archive of every article in the 2018 series. Here’s how 2019 came together, all 50 picks, and the archive as well. Here’s 2020, with the archive. Here’s the 2021 wrap-up of just 35 picks due to flagging participation, along ..read more

It is true, there is nothing like the smells of the park in summer. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images We agree, the timing is just impeccable Mark your calendars, White Sox fans, because single-game tickets for the 2023 season go on sale at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday, February 2. Fans can purchase tickets for Opening Day, the Wintrust Crosstown Series, and all other games at whitesox.com. After the disaster otherwise known as the 2022 South Side season and an offseason that went from underwhelming to criminal, it’s unlikely that Ticketmaster won’t have a Taylor Swift-like meltdown on February 2. I’d al ..read more

Tadahito Iguchi brought his solid all-around game and flair for the dramatic to the South Side on this day, 18 years ago. | SetNumber: X73835 TK1 The most surprising piece of the 2005 champs arrives on the South Side 1953 Sometimes, GM Frank Lane made one too many trades, and this time it came over the objection of manager Paul Richards. This was one of those deals that seemed to be too good to be true, and turned out to be the case, as the White Sox acquired two-time American League batting champ Ferris “Burrhead” Fain from the Philadelphia A’s as part of a five-player deal. Fain and minor-le ..read more

Some savvy posturing by GM Roland Hemond landed Scott Fletcher on the South Side on this day, 40 years ago. | Owen C. Shaw/Getty Images It’s true: Fergie Jenkins nearly finished his career on the South Side 1983 The White Sox and GM Roland Hemond embarrassed the Cubs by hinting through the media that they might select pitcher Fergie Jenkins after the Cubs left him unprotected in the free agent draft. Jenkins, the future Hall-of-Famer, was getting close to the magical 300-win mark in his career, and the Sox were entitled to compensation after losing outfielder Steve Kemp to the Yankees. The Cub ..read more

Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely condolences to Peters’ family and to the many fans (like the author, Mark Liptak) who grew up watching Gary dominate AL hitters in the 1960s. This interview originally was published at White Sox ..read more

Baseball immortality: With 76.5% of votes, Scott Rolen cleared the bar to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. | Eileen Blass, USA TODAY, USATNetwork via Imagn Content Services, LLC Mark Buehrle will remain on the ballot next year Hall of Fame voting has come to a close, and just one player made the cut — barely. The lone player of the 2023 BBWAA Hall of Fame class is none other than third baseman Scott Rolen (76.3% of votes, needed at least 75%), who played for the Phillies (1996-2002), Cardinals (2002-07), Reds (2008-09), and Blue Jays (2009-12) during his excellent, 17-year MLB career. Rolen ..read more

It was not a great second career outing for Shane Lindsay. | Leon Halip/Getty Images Australia, represent! 1985 The first Australian ever to play for the White Sox, Shane Lindsay, was born in Melbourne. Lindsay only had a four-game, 10-day major league career. He was called up as the season spiraled down the drain in 2011, with a solid debut in Detroit on September 4 (one scoreless inning, with a walk and a strikeout). His mother had made an arduous journey from Australia to see his debut — and succeeded, getting to Comerica Park in time after 20-odd hours of flights. Lindsay’s encore, on Sept ..read more

The White Sox ignored all public knowledge about what a bad actor Mike Clevinger is, and doled out $12 million “without knowing anything” about domestic and child abuse allegations against him. In related news, would you like to buy a bridge connecting the Loop and Sox Park? | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Another feather in the cap for an organization with no accountability, or likability, whatsoever There is much more we’ll be covering on this, but here’s a quick writeup on what we know about White Sox free agent sign Mike Clevinger based on The Athletic reporting today: BREAKING ..read more

There is villainy afoot. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A writer’s preseason exposure therapy It happens every year, like clockwork. Sometime in October, the Chicago White Sox make their typical early exit from the postseason — if they made it there at all. As the season ends, fans like me are left to navigate disappointment on their own while simultaneously suffering the excuses and vague platitudes about “doing better” that start trickling out of the front office at 35th and Shields. But then, the holiday season hits. I’m too busy planning meals and facilitating Christmas magic for my ..read more