Sox In The Basement

Sox In The Basement


Latest Episodes

A White Sox Talent Show
December 21, 2024

Do the White Sox have a chance at starting pitcher Rōki Sasaki? It really makes zero sense, or does it? We also love the latest White Sox social media video with pitcher Gus Varland. Can we get more of those? Maybe Andrew Vaughn’s talent is on the stage.

White Sox Baseball: Battlin'
December 18, 2024

All signs point to an array of positional battles on the 2025 White Sox, and some you may not see coming. The new philosophy doesnt seem to protect anyone. On a team with no superstars, who do you want to see get playing time at the start of the season?

The White Sox Way Is Revealed
December 14, 2024

A blockbuster trade with Boston sends Garrett Crochet away for multple high-level prospects. Elijah Evans of FutureSox and Just Baseball breaks down the return, along with a significant Rule 5 Draft addition. The Sox Nerd gives you the deep stats on the n

White Sox At The 2024 Winter Meetings
December 11, 2024

The Winter meetings have brought the White Sox a new rightfielder in Mike Tauchman and some serious offers for Garrett Crochet. The Red Sox look close to dealing away at least one major prospect for the Sox starter, but several other teams are still in th

Remembering Bill Melton And How Trades Work
December 07, 2024

Nancy Faust and The Sox Nerd join us to remember Beltin Bill Melton. Some recent pitcher contracts may have made Garrett Crochet more valuable while a Scott Merkin blurb asks if the White Sox are overvaluing another player they may be looking to move.C

Rob Manfred Hates Baseball
December 04, 2024

The Commissioner of Major League Baseball hates the game of baseball. A proposed Golden At Bat rule proves it. We explain the ramifications of such an idiotic rule, and explain why some covering the game will wrongly promote it as a good idea. It certai

White Sox And Bears Are Similar In Many Ways
November 30, 2024

The Chicago Bears and Chicago White Sox are so similar it hurts, and we just saw a great example of that this past month. The firings of Pedro Grifol and Matt Eberflus were late, but the guys making those moves seem to bring something new to each of their

Who The White Sox Are Eyeing
November 27, 2024

Reports abound of potential White Sox targets in free agency and via trade. We sort through the Garrett Crochet and Luis Robert Jr chatter and try to find a direction in the early part of this offseason. Is Getz laying a base, or will the roster be less t

White Sox Bring Back SoxFest With A Twist
November 23, 2024

SoxFest is now SoxFest LIVE and coming in January 2025. A look at the early announcement of events, though, tells the story of a team trying to minimize fan complaints. As for those complaints...the arbitration deadline may have created at least one more.

Watching The White Sox 40-Man Roster
November 20, 2024

The arbitration deadline lurks and were excited about the new internal structure of the White Sox. Can we trim the fat a little more?Chris Lanuti and his buddy Ed Siebert sit at his 9-foot homemade oak bar in a basement on the South Side of Chicago to