IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I'm glad to hear it, but everything coming out of the Bears' camp points to them wanting a fixed roof stadium. I don't see it happening in Chicago
Chicago White Sox 2025
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it’s not .
it will be a dome similar to LA & Vegas .
maybe a large window in an end zone that slides open for games Aug-Oct . but the roof will be fixed closed . architects are trying hard to bring the outdoors in without opening the roof
Illinell
'03 IMPE All Star
- Bridgeport, Chicago
Crazy to actually see optimism in comments, fans excited, etc. What a change from just a couple months ago.
While the Baltimore series is mind blowing, we've looked very competent against NYM, Detroit, and Houston.
The Sox clearly have some guys who can play now and ahead in the future.
The bigger Sox problem is -- in WHAT HOME PARK will these guys be playing?
For the past 55 years for Sox fans it's been a constant question of wondering WHERE the White Sox will call home. Teams like the Yankees and Dodgers and Cardinals and Red Sox never have that kind of worry. It would be nice to settle that for the White Sox once and for all as well.
agree
but you just need to accept the uncertainty for a few years yet
maybe Reinsdorf passes and Ishbia is owner sooner than you think . I doubt he is afraid to build his own park and make it a destination for tourists & reg fans .
We Sox fans love this franchise so much so that we put up with ownership groups and often bad ball clubs on the field (and bad looking uniforms some years) and uncertainly about even having a team in town – and we keep on loving this club.
We’re not stupid or foolish. We are loyal beyond belief. We each have a reason to love this team and that’s what keeps us going. We love watching good baseball and even get a great ball club on the field every so often. And today, yes there is hope going forward.
This franchise has been around for 125 years. It was the premiere team in town for many of those years. Now there is a Pope who was just seen wearing a White Sox cap for all the World to see. Sox fans across the Planet.
Sox fans are amazing.
FlyNavy
- Los Angeles
Makes sense. Two underperforming players and similar salaries. I’d rather take my chances on Civale.
Andrew Vaughn is another of the once-promising 'top' prospects that washed out on the South Side with little to show for his time on the Sox.
Is the Sox scouting system that bad all the time? Much of the good young talent the Sox currently have on their club came from outside the organization.
While scouting and picking guys is not an exact science – the Sox just don’t have a great track record with this in recent times.
Player development?
Unfortunately, plenty of both I think. Sox had a stretch of bad drafts in the mid-twenty teens led by 2016 when they had two first round picks. The Zach attack draft (Zach Collins and Zach Burdi) was bad, made worse by other first round misses surrounding it of Carson Fulmer, Jake Burger, Nick Madrigal and Vaughn. Drafting seems to have improved in the 2020s.
Player development also wasn’t great. Good thing is that most reports I’ve seen have been very good for Paul Janish (believe it is his second year as director of player development) and his staff. Last year two Sox affiliates made the playoffs, the first time in 10+ years more than one made it. I’ve especially heard good things about first-year director of hitting Ryan Fuller.
As to the previous poster’s concern that much of the young talent Sox have started elsewhere, that doesn’t concern me that much. Obviously, need to hit on a good percentage of your own picks, but picking up young talent in trades is a key component of rebuilding a team/organization. Remember, you’re trading talent (often home grown talent) to get those new players. Miss here too and organization is in trouble. So you can say that Teel, Meidroth and Braden Montgomery weren’t drafted by Sox, but they came in a trade for former Sox first rounder Garrett Crochet.
Update on prospect George Wolkow written by Chris Clegg. Good to see the youngster making progress.
George Wolkow, OF, Chicago White Sox, 19, A
Is Wolkow putting it together? He blasted a home run on Sunday, which followed a three-hit day on Saturday. Through May 13, Wolkow slashed a poor .175/.268/.223 with a 29 percent strikeout rate. Since that date, Wolkow has gotten 108 plate appearances and slashed .287/.370/.543 with seven home runs and just a 21 percent strikeout rate.
Last season, Wolkow struck out in more than 40 percent of plate appearances and had just a 56 percent contact rate. The contact rates improved throughout the season, but it was a tiny sample at the end of the season when they finally reached north of 60 percent. Swing and miss in the zone will need to be cleaned up, but the power upside is tremendous.
The power is undeniable, though. Wolkow has a batted ball as hard as 115 mph this year, and his 90th percentile exit velocity is one of the best for his age. Wolkow is quite young still, reclassifying from the 2024 draft cycle to the 2023, and was drafted at just 17 and a half years old.
While the contact rate is still below 70 percent overall, Wolkow has made a massive jump this year. If the gains over the last month stick, Wolkow will see his stock soar.
George Wolkow, OF, Chicago White Sox, 19, A
Is Wolkow putting it together? He blasted a home run on Sunday, which followed a three-hit day on Saturday. Through May 13, Wolkow slashed a poor .175/.268/.223 with a 29 percent strikeout rate. Since that date, Wolkow has gotten 108 plate appearances and slashed .287/.370/.543 with seven home runs and just a 21 percent strikeout rate.
Last season, Wolkow struck out in more than 40 percent of plate appearances and had just a 56 percent contact rate. The contact rates improved throughout the season, but it was a tiny sample at the end of the season when they finally reached north of 60 percent. Swing and miss in the zone will need to be cleaned up, but the power upside is tremendous.
The power is undeniable, though. Wolkow has a batted ball as hard as 115 mph this year, and his 90th percentile exit velocity is one of the best for his age. Wolkow is quite young still, reclassifying from the 2024 draft cycle to the 2023, and was drafted at just 17 and a half years old.
While the contact rate is still below 70 percent overall, Wolkow has made a massive jump this year. If the gains over the last month stick, Wolkow will see his stock soar.
Right now, after 75 games...
2025 White Sox: 23 Wins, 52 Losses
2005 White Sox: 51 Wins, 24 Losses
Who knew that Talent could make such a difference?!
2025 White Sox: 23 Wins, 52 Losses
2005 White Sox: 51 Wins, 24 Losses
Who knew that Talent could make such a difference?!
Ummmmm everyone.
Yeah, I'm not sure what point Roundball Sage was trying to make there either.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Perhaps an implied /s?
It’s like the 2005 White Sox were a very, very good baseball team and the 2025 White Sox are…just not.
All I can say is GO WHITE SOX!!
Self proclaimed President of the Monroe Georgia White Sox fan club
splitter
- and not Nebraska
i think it had /s written all over it without /s actually written all over it.
Let's keep it upVargas continues to look like he can be a useful player in the Sox future. He's a different guy from the one we saw last year.
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