On the morning of Monday, April 22 -- only eight days ago -- the Minnesota Twins were reeling with a 7-13 record. They had lost six of their previous seven games. Then the White Sox showed up in Minneapolis. Since that time, the Twins have won eight consecutive games, including five over the South Siders. The latest Minnesota win came Monday night, a 3-2 victory in the opener of a three-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. The score was tied, 2-2, heading into the ninth inning. However, Byron Buxton doubled to lead off the top of the ninth against Sox reliever John Brebbia (0-1) an ..read more

Is the Tommy Pham effect real? The White Sox added the 36-year-old mercurial outfielder to their 26-man roster on Friday, and within 72 hours, they doubled their season win total. The Sox are now 6-22 after a three-game weekend sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays. Pham was solid, but not spectacular, going 5 for 14 with five singles and three runs scored in the three victories. Here's a look back at the weekend that was: April 26 White Sox 9, Rays 4: The long-awaited offensive breakout came in the back half of this game as the Sox pounded out 12 hits. They scored seven of their nine runs from the sixt ..read more

The White Sox did not win Jonathan Cannon's first major-league start, but the rookie right-hander can say he did his job. Cannon worked five innings in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, allowing only one earned run on three hits. He struck out three and walked one, and he left the game with a 2-1 lead. Alas, the Sox bullpen happened, and the Royals rallied for a 4-2 victory. The run Cannon allowed was not his fault. He retired the first two batters in the top of the second inning, including his first career strikeout, which came against Salvador Perez. Alas ..read more

Here's some positive White Sox news for a change: Rookie right-hander Nick Nastrini had an encouraging big-league debut on Monday night. Nastrini retired the first 11 Kansas City Royals batters he saw. He got his first career strikeout out of the way quickly, as he fanned Bobby Witt Jr. for the second out in the top of the first inning. Unfortunately for Nastrini, he gave up a solo home run to Vinnie Pasquantino with two outs in the top of the fourth inning to fall behind 1-0. The game was essentially over at that moment, since the incompetent Sox position players are incapable of scoring runs ..read more

Yoan Moncada (right) During spring training, White Sox designated hitter Eloy Jimenez said his goal was to play 150 games during the 2024 season, alongside teammates Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert Jr. That's not looking possible right now. Only 11 games into the season, Jimenez and Robert are already on the injured list, and Moncada is almost certainly heading there after suffering an adductor strain during Tuesday's 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Moncada was ... wait for it ... running to first base in the second inning after hitting a grounder to the left side of the infiel ..read more

Things have gotten worse for the White Sox since I last blogged: Luis Robert Jr. is likely out "for months" after straining his right hip flexor running to second base on a double. Eloy Jimenez is on the 10-day injured list because of a strained abductor muscle, sustained while running to first base on Easter Sunday. The Sox managed to get swept in a four-game series in Kansas City, losing 2-1 Friday, 3-0 Saturday and 5-3 Sunday. Don't believe the narrative about the Royals "being improved." Sure, they might be marginally better than the 106-loss team they were in 2023. This series was ridic ..read more

The Kansas City Royals scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night, throttling the White Sox, 10-1, in the first game of a four-game series. But hey, at least the Sox scored one run! Moral victories, I guess, but they should have scored more. The South Siders grounded into double plays in each of the first three innings, had a runner thrown out at home plate on a shallow fly ball in the sixth and finished 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. If my math is correct, the Sox are now 4 for 32 with runners in scoring position through the first six games of the season ..read more

It's probably not a secret that I'm not as into baseball this season because the White Sox are so bad. I canceled my season tickets. Heck, I haven't even been blogging lately. I'm dreading what's to come, and I'm not excited about anything that's going on in spring training. But I will still read my season preview magazines, which arrived in the mail last week -- one from Lindy's and the other from Baseball Digest.  These aren't as many in number as they used to be. I used to get one from Athlon, which was eventually bought by Sports Illustrated. SI has always done a preview magazine in ..read more

Former White Sox closer Liam Hendriks is now a member of the Red Sox, after agreeing to a two-year deal with Boston worth $10 million. Hendriks was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in late 2022. He won his battle with that disease and returned to the White Sox in May 2023, but he only pitched five games before he was diagnosed with a torn ulnar ligament in his pitching elbow. It is unlikely that Hendriks will contribute much to the Red Sox this season. The most optimistic timeline for him returning from Tommy John surgery would be in August. Essentially, Boston is betting the 35-year-old ca ..read more

Tim Anderson When the White Sox fired former general manager Rick Hahn and promoted Chris Getz into the position, one of the key questions posed to Getz was, "How are you different from Hahn?" Actually, I think there are some differences. What I'm about to say is speculation here, but I think Getz handled Tim Anderson's situation much different than Hahn would have. Getz declined Anderson's $14 million contract option for 2024 and let the former All-Star become a free agent. Then he brought in a glove-first shortstop in Paul DeJong.  I believe Hahn would have picked up Anderson's ..read more