Areas to look at White Sox for hope in last six weeks

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your first ticket purchase using promo code SOXMACHINE Go to BlueWirePods.com/SURVEY and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Rundown [Intro] White Sox win their first series since June. What was it like being in the ballpark and the joy of having a reprieve from awfulness [7:48] White Sox home run leaderboard update [8:45] Recapping Sean Burke's first MLB start [15:48] Shout out to Chicago Sports Bums and FromThe108 for the tailgates [17:08] Yoan Moncada returns [21:46] MiLB Postseason action as Kannapolis and Birmingham chase titles [23:58] Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels [35:05] Around MLB: Derek Bender scandal, Phillies reach 90 wins, and James wants to talk about his fantasy team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your first ticket purchase using promo code SOXMACHINE Go to BlueWirePods.com/SURVEY and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Rundown [Intro] The Chicago White Sox get swept again, this time by the Cleveland Guardians. Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf publishes a statement about the franchise and general manager Chris Getz speaks with the media [8:18] With the White Sox aiming to demonstrate they are self-aware of the issues stymying the franchises ultimate goals of contending for championships, are these efforts falling flat with fans? [17:31] Should White Sox fans guard themselves for a lackluster offseason? [20:57] White Sox awful record at home since July 1 [28:01] Bryan Ramos will start getting practice time in the outfield. Are the White Sox better off giving Ramos playing time at third base while Miguel Vargas DH's? Or does Vargas still merit more runway before a final decision is made about his future? [43:46] Series Preview: Oakland A's. Who has a better three-year outlook: the A's or White Sox? [56:04] Around MLB: AL Cy Young race and Manny Machado setting a new home run record in San Diego Padres franchise history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your first ticket purchase using promo code SOXMACHINE Go to BlueWirePods.com/SURVEY and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Record Date: 9/8/2024 Rundown [Intro] Do we wish that baseball had a rule where the defense can score runs much like in football the defense can score touchdowns? [7:55] The Chicago White Sox finally win a game that Chris Flexen starts, snapping a 21-game losing streak. Flexen is still under team control as he enters a second year of arbitration this offseason. Is Flexen worth keeping around in 2025? [17:24] Optimism for Davis Martin being part of the White Sox 2025 rotation [23:22] Why is Garrett Crochet struggling post All-Star Break? [29:55] White Sox home run leaderboard update [36:06] Series Preview: Cleveland Guardians. Why Nick Nastrini is now pitching out of the bullpen and how we feel about the Guardians chances this postseason? [46:02] Around MLB: Royals sweep Twins, Tigers are lurking, Mets catch Braves, and Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s big second half Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your first ticket purchase using promo code SOXMACHINE Go to BlueWirePods.com/SURVEY and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Record Date: 9/4/2024 Rundown [Intro] The Chicago White Sox fire Marco Paddy. Why now and what's the plan for a new direction in international scouting? [15:28] Baltimore Series Recap: How will Grady Sizemore handle playing time between Miguel Vargas and Bryan Ramos? Nick Nastrini struggles again, will that impact his future role? Does Dominic Fletcher have staying power? What's Nicky Lopez's future outlook with the White Sox? [37:58] Series Preview: Boston Red Sox [49:04] The Athletic's Tyler Kepner wrote about MLB Clubhouse slang so Josh tests James and Jim on the phrases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your ticket purchases using promo code SOXMACHINE. Go to BlueWirePods.com/SURVEY and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Record Date: 9/1/2024 Rundown [Intro] Chicago White Sox set a new franchise worst 107 losses and there's still 24 games remaining. What has it been like covering this team daily and the optics of White Sox efforts in trying to build a new stadium in the South Loop [6:51] Could we see more personal changes within the White Sox in response to this season? [18:30] White Sox callup Jairo Iriarte and Zach DeLoach. What's the gameplan for both? [24:43] Latest Garrett Crochet rumor is that he will be shutdown soon. Is that going to happen? [31:10] Jim's report from Chattanooga where Noah Schultz and Peyton Pallette impressed [37:44] Series Preview: Baltimore Orioles aka the Eloy Jimenez Revenge Series [47:47] Around MLB: The red hot Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals pick up more ex-White Sox players, and Duke Ellis joins the New York Yankees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is presented by Gametime. Save $20 off your first purchase using promo code SOXMACHINE Record Date: 8/29/2024 Rundown [Intro] The Lenyn Sosa Experience hasn't been great. After the series against Texas, is it finally over? [7:14] What other options do the White Sox have at second base? [12:48] The hazy future for White Sox middle infielders [17:46] Is Lenyn Sosa fun bad? [18:38] Nick Nastrini had a good outing against Texas and presents a new mold of White Sox pitchers heavy on breaking stuff than fastballs [25:29] Did Travis Jankowski have MLB's catch of the year when he robbed Andrew Vaughn's potential walk-off home run? [29:42] Who will end up as the White Sox HR leader in 2024? [33:11] Series Preview: New York Mets. Will this be the last start for Garrett Crochet? [45:11] Around MLB: A look at the postseason races with one month left of the regular season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record Date: 8/25/2024 Rundown [Intro] The Chicago White Sox on August 25 have already clinched the Under for 2024 Win Total (63.5) [5:01] White Sox on the brink of getting "Mopped." Should that term coined by Cespesdes BBQ be more widely adapted for four-game sweeps? [6:35] Steak Dinner bet update [7:20] Ky Bush has hit a career high in innings pitched and is throwing 90 MPH with his four seam fastball. How much longer will the White Sox push Bush? Is there someone in AAA who is ready to take his place? [14:07] Andrew Vaughn is on a heater in the last month, but his overall season numbers are lacking. Same with Gavin Sheets. Should both be back with the 2025 White Sox squad? [28:47] Series Preview: Texas Rangers. Do we believe in World Series hangovers? [37:14] Around MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks are MLB's best since July 1, Aaron Judge's crazy 26-game stretch, and who is the frontrunner for National League MVP: Shohei Ohtani or Francisco Lindor? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record Date: 8/22/2024 Rundown [Intro] The Chicago White Sox lose another series but they are playing a better brand of baseball [3:48] Have the White Sox found two useful bullpen arms for 2025 in Justin Anderson and Chad Kuhl? [18:16] Is Grady Sizemore a serious candidate for the White Sox managerial opening? [23:35] White Sox offense is on pace to score the fewest runs in a season with more than 160 games and the DH implemented. How can they fix this unit quickly to get this franchise back on track? [40:36] An update on the Steak Dinner bet [45:07] Series Preview: Detroit Tigers. With fewer than 45 days left in the season are their any White Sox prospects worth calling up in September? [54:41] Seattle Mariners fire manager Scott Servais. Could he be an option for the 2025 White Sox? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record Date: August 18, 2024 Rundown [Intro] What else is distracting us from White Sox baseball? [7:25] Doug Sisson disagrees with "flushing things" when it comes to bad baseball. How that differs from Pedro Grifol, and why many within the org are happy to finally move on [18:08] Dominic Fletcher's strong defensive week showing difference in approach between Grifol and Grady Sizemore [22:15] Astros series recap [24:32] What to make of Ky Bush? [30:08] Are the White Sox playing better baseball under Sizemore? [32:49] Series Preview: San Francisco Giants [39:53] Around MLB: Michael Kopech is dominating, the Twins and Royals are sitting pretty, and curious about the standing between AJ Hinch and the Detroit Tigers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record Date: 8/15/2024 Rundown [Intro] Hello from Charlotte as James Fegan is reporting on assignment. He shares his first insight's visiting the Knights. [9:36] Chicago White Sox lost their series to the New York Yankees, but they may have won their Game of the Season. [16:15] Gavin Sheets has been hot in his last seven games. Is the opposite field approach the ticket to being more productive offensively? [27:34] Dominic Fletcher is getting extended run in right field. Can he accomplish enough to merit being labeled as the 2025 starting right fielder? [32:47] The story of how Davis Martin adjusted his changeup grip has produced excellent results [40:24] Series Preview: Houston Astros. How the Astros were able to recover from a 10-19 start to now leading the AL West. [51:50] White Sox Business: Season tickets going down in price in addition to a new TV network launch may signal even more of a player payroll cut for the White Sox in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices