Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen kick off this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp by discussing excitement about the debuts of Nick Nastrini and Jonathan Cannon before diving into frustration about Nastrini heading back to Triple-A. Then, they discuss the minor league hitter of the week, Brooks Balwdin, and pitcher of the week, Mason Adams, as well as the entire Birmingham Barons pitching rotation. That segment is followed by a look at the top performers from the past week at each level of the organization and then a brief discussion about the organizational middle infield depth.  Key prospect p ..read more

On this episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox talk White Sox development system with former Sox prospect, and 2022 High A batting champ, Tyler Osik. He goes through his path in the Sox system, the training staff, workouts, and hitting programs. He goes through how he feels the system was handled, what was done right and what they could improve upon. Afterwards, James and Ian talked about performances this week across the different affiliates, and who's making big statements in the first couple weeks ..read more

All team meeting doesn't yield a win after a great start and good relief pitching in Nick Nastrini's debut. Nick and Danny are somehow not at the end of their ropes. So many things have gone wrong, but they somehow soldier through it and go over the Nastrini start, Jonathan Cannon coming up, and the optional stretching tweet that popped out earlier today ..read more

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen react to the promotion of Nick Nastrini and Jonathan Cannon to the Chicago White Sox. They discuss the continually complicated nature of the 40-man roster and express excitement around two top pitching prospects making their MLB debuts this week. Then, they dive into discussing top performers from each affiliate within the organization highlighted by our new weekly segment featuring minor league hitter of the week, Edgar Quero, and pitcher of the week, Aldrin Batista.  Key prospect performers discussed this week:  ..read more

On this interview edition of the FutureSox Podcast, Elijah Evans is joined by White Sox pitching prospect Sean Burke. After being a third round pick in 2021, Burke was one of the most impressive pitchers in the system in 2022 as he finished the season in Charlotte and finished the season with 137 strikeouts between three levels. Burke was shut down with a shoulder issue after pitching just nine games in 2023, but is currently rehabbing and looking to get back into Minor League action soon. He talks about his experience getting Tommy John in high school, college experience, and his growth since ..read more

Ian Eskridge and James Fox broke down Charlotte's first full week and the other three's first weekend series on this episode of the FutureSox Podcast. A lot of good pitching performances on the farm from names like Cannon, Keener, and Eder. Also some big bat weeks from Wilfred Veras, Tim Elko, and Brooks Baldwin. They dove into the White Sox trades this week (Jose Rodriguez to the Phillies, and Alex Speas to the Athletics). They also went into when it will be a good idea for the White Sox to stop the nonsense and start playing younger players ..read more

On this edition of the podcast, Elijah Evans is joined by Dan Helotie of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers to preview the upcoming season. First, they talk about Dan's path to becoming the broadcaster for Kannapolis. Then, they discuss some of the standouts from the 2023 roster before previewing the 2024 season and players to watch throughout the year ..read more

Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcomed the PBP voice of the Winston-Salem Dash, Andrew Murphy, to the FutureSox Podcast to preview the upcoming 2024 season. They started off with Noah Schultz talk and moved to the rest of the staff, going in depth on quite a few of the starters. There is a ton of pitching in Winston-Salem, and a lot of quality arms, and they discussed a bunch of names. On the positional side of things, Jacob Gonzalez was a "lightning rod" in 2023 amongst the fanbase, and there was talk about his upcoming season and what Andrew expects to see. Also they jump into Samuel Zavala and ..read more

Nick Murawski and Danny Miller are back for another Hot Takes & Heaters. The 2024 season has started, and somebody better tell Pedro and the boys FAST. They did a postgame for the White Sox first win. Crochet was dominant and the offense did just enough with RISP to get the job done. They also dipped into the early performances of some of the players including Shewmake, Moncada, and Eloy's injury ..read more

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen start by reacting to Opening Weekend of baseball for the White Sox and Knights. They proceed to preview the rosters and season ahead for Triple-A Charlotte and Double-A Birmingham as the rest of the organization affiliates are set to open their season this Friday.  ..read more