Sox Machine

Record Date: 2/17/2025

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• [Intro] Sound clips from White Sox manager Will Venable, and players Andrew Benintendi and Colson Montgomery on the first day of all players reporting for camp
• [8:24] …

Guest: Keith Law, The Athletic

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• [Intro] Soundbites from White Sox GM Chris Getz and manager Will Venable after first day of Spring Training
• [5:12] Jim Margalus has his annual chat with The At…

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• [Intro] Does entering the camp feel differently with new manager in 2025 than in 2023?
• [7:32] Spring storyline: How does Luis Robert Jr. look?
• [10:57] Spring storyline: Is Colson Montgomer…

Record Date: 2/3/2025

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• [Intro] Prospect Week has started at Sox Machine. How are we feeling about the farm system? Does the number of Top 100 prospects move the needle for White Sox fans anymo…

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• [Intro] You can read how Josh Nelson felt about SoxFest, but James Fegan shares his thoughts about the event
• [6:43] Drew Thorpe has a setback in his rehab that could impact his ability to …

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• [Intro] How's the weather in your neck of the woods?
• [4:07] Ichiro, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jim Margalus isn't exactly thrilled with Wagner's…

Guest: Dan Szymborski, FanGraphs

Link to White Sox 2025 ZiPS Projections: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2025-zips-projections-chicago-white-sox/

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• [Intro] Customary to ask "Why does ZiPS hate the …

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• [Intro] At this pace, Chris Getz could churn out half the 26-man roster we saw late in 2024. Is this amount of roster churn a good thing?
• [6:00] Hello, Martin Perez. What the White Sox are …

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• [Intro] 2024 was a very eventful year at Sox Machine
• [2:57] James Fegan's favorite moments covering the White Sox including a story about Garrett Crochet's walk-up music
• [16:25] 2025 New Y…

Record Date: 12/26/2024

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• [Intro] Mike Tauchman explains why he signed with the White Sox and how being from Chicagoland area helped the decision-making. Also what his goals are for 2025 and ho…

Record Date: 12/19/2024

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• [Intro] Appreciation of the work Herb Lawrence and Vinnie Duber put in at CHGO covering the White Sox in recent light of the company's layoffs.
• [12:40] Sports betting…

Record Date: 12/12/2024

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• [Intro] Why the White Sox felt they had to make this particular deal for Garrett Crochet
• [5:23] Why this trade return for Crochet feels better than the Dylan Cease re…

Guest: Mike Ferrin, MLB Radio

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• [Intro] Publishing this podcast episode as quickly as possible after Max Fried signed with the New York Yankees and Nathan Eovaldi is returning to the Texas Rang…

Record Date: 12/9/2024

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• [Intro] White Sox manager Will Venable talks about his new coaching staff and Grady Sizemore being his offensive coordinator.
• [4:20] White Sox general manager Chris Ge…

Recording Date: 12/8/2024

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• [Intro] 2024 Winter Meetings generating more news on Day 1 than all of 2023 Winter Meetings
• [3:00] Dick Allen makes the Hall of Fame, finally.
• [9:50] According to …

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• [Intro] Sox Machine will be heading on the road to Dallas, Texas covering the 2024 Winter Meetings. The crew shares their favorite memories of past Winter Meetings and what to expect concern…

Record Date: 11/26/2024

• [Intro] It's the Thanksgiving episode which Jim, James, and Josh share what they are thankful for after a historically bad 2024 season
• [22:16] SoxFest 2025 details and the #…

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• [Intro] Josh is back from vacation, and with how trends go with Sox Machine staff spending time away, when Jim takes a break is when Garrett Crochet gets traded
• [5:12] White Sox hire Ryan F…

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• [Intro] Why Jim Callis still loves the Arizona Fall League
• [3:32] How Colson Montgomery fared during the AFL and what is his future outlook?
• [14:14] What to make of Tim Elko?
• [21:12] What did…

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• [Intro] Latest news from MLB's GM Meetings as the Chicago White Sox hire Ryan Fuller to be their new Director of Hitting
• [3:09] Ex-MLB'er Ian Miller, who worked with Will Venable in 2020 du…