White rows = win
Black rows = loss

Stevie cat for (unintentional) scale.

Started in April. 6,000 yards and about 39,000 stitches.

Career Stats & Milestones: 439 HRs, 1412 RBIs, .279 AVG.

6x All-Star, 1x World Series

I wouldn't mind him at 3B, Varas as 1B, and Mune at DH.

Original thread: https://x.com/SoxTranslator/status/2109504321398206615

@F1qLOen4rfyFPJ4

“I originally started watching the Sox because I was a Murakami fan, but eventually I became a fan of the whole team. Even my elderly mother started watching, and now we text each other every day about that day’s game. She wasn’t even interested in MLB before, so this has been the biggest change in my life this year.”

@yomogi1616

“Did the White Sox win today?” “Who’s in the starting lineup?” “The pitcher did a great job today!” “Vargas had his jersey unbuttoned again 😂” “Show me the Mune! He was yelling it again today!” That was just everyday conversation in our household.

@hikigatarist1

“Back in 2004, when Yakult Swallows pitcher Shingo Takatsu made the jump to MLB, he joined the White Sox. Armed with his frisbee-like pitches, he went 24 consecutive games without allowing a run to start the season and earned the nickname ‘Mr. ZERO.’ I even bought a White Sox cap because of him. This year is the first time I’ve rooted for the White Sox since then. When a Japanese player is doing well, it makes you want to cheer that much harder!”

@mentamajo

“People around me hear me talk about the White Sox so much that more and more of them have started getting curious about the team and checking their game results on the news. A few people at work have even told me they’re more interested in the White Sox than the Dodgers!”

@akiPglfsi

“There are other MLB teams with Japanese players, but this is the first time I’ve ever gotten this fired up about an MLB team as a whole, not just one player like Murakami.

It’s the story of a team climbing up from the bottom, but more than anything, the atmosphere throughout the team under Manager Venable is just infectious. They play exciting, fun baseball that’s a joy to watch. And I’m seeing more and more people around me becoming Sox fans, too!”

@lala_lalagz

“I originally got hooked on Ohtani and subscribed to SPOTV, which got me into watching MLB. But between Mune’s success and Ohtani not having quite the same impact on me anymore, before I knew it, I was cheering for the White Sox every single day. In NPB, I’m a Chiba Lotte Marines fan, and this year’s rise reminds me of the Bobby Valentine craze back in 2005. Even the uniforms look similar!”

@NamatamagoGohan

“I called my dad after we hadn’t spoken for a while because of some unresolved tension between us. Things were awkward at first, and desperately trying to find something to talk about, I managed to squeeze out, ‘The White Sox have been so fun to watch lately. I’ve been watching every day and I’m running on no sleep.’

He replied, with the biggest smile in his voice, ‘Me too.’ We ended up having a good conversation. Thank you, Chicago White Sox.

Trade for Chris Sale (he is on a 1 year deal) and would be a solid starting pitcher for us. But that's only half the plan. It's 2027 so it's the 50 year celebration of the Hitmen of 77 so Friday night alternates are the collared jersey. We get good pitching and a hilarious outcome on nights he pitches.

Anybody else think we ought to get Sonny Gray to change his Sox this off-season? Not only would we get a true ace, we’d get a hardened veteran who could teach the kids so much. Thoughts?

Season didn’t end how we wanted but it was still the most fun season that I can remember. Just got this from @mindinchainstattoos at lucky Kat tattoo. Post your Sox tatts!

Is this a circle jerk?

Although it didn't end how we wanted it, I'm still so grateful for the magic we experienced this season. I'm a lifelong Sox fan, but I really got more into the sport about 2 years ago. The White Sox brought me so much joy in 2026!

Here are some cool stats I noted for the 2026 regular season. Which stats would you add?

• only team this year w 3 players hitting 30+ HRs (Mune - 35, Miggy - 33, Colson - 31)
• Miggy became the first White Sox player to hit 30 doubles, 30+ HRs, 200 runs scored, and 20 steals
• 2 players hit HRs in 5 consecutive games, matching franchise records
  1. Mune - April 17th to April 22nd
  2. Peters - August 22nd to August 26th
• Peters hit for the cycle (July 10th), becoming the 7th White Sox player to do so
• 11 walk off wins, by 8 different players (Peters x3, Quero x2). 11 walk offs this tied us for 3rd highest in the league
  1. April 3rd vs Blue Jays (Peters)
  2. April 29th vs Angels (Colson Montgomery)
  3. May 17th vs Cubs (Quero)
  4. May 29th vs Tigers (Miggy)
  5. June 10th vs Braves (Braden Montgomery - in his MLB debut!)
  6. June 22nd vs Guardians (Antonacci)
  7. June 27th vs Royals (Gonzales)
  8. July 29th vs Yankees (Quero)
  9. July 30th vs Yankees (Peters)
  10. August 21st vs Mets (Rogers, after playing for 4 teams in the span of 21 days)
  11. August 23rd vs Mets (Peters)
• 3 players sent to the All-Star game (Mune, Miggy, and Peters), where Miggy hit a HR. He's only the third White Sox player in franchise history to homer in an All-Star Game
• 1 inside-the-park HR (Antonacci, April 21st vs Diamondbacks)

Shoutout to Baseball-Reference.com, where I double checked many of these stats. I'll improve my tracking spreadsheet to be better prepared next year!)

Mune up there also. Weird how we’re supposed to get rid of those two but the dudes you love all did worse

I grew up with the White Sox in the late 90s and was an early member of Soxtalk.com if we've got any folks from the old days over there here on this sub now. Through all the tough years, the losses, the huge wins and the World Series in 2005 - I was ride or die. So many core memories revolve around the Sox. But after Hawk retired in 2018, my interest waned. It's funny how much the voices who call the games impact and shape your entire experience - especially when you can't get to the park regularly.

Maybe it was that coupled with my childhood heroes all having retired, there not really being any core superstar on the roster to replace them, consistently terrible ownership and front office decisions, or just me getting older - who knows. But maaaan this 2026 White Sox team made baseball fun again. This was the first time I'd watched White Sox games in years! Going from three 100 loss seasons in a row to the second round of the playoffs is nothing to sneeze at, and they should be proud of the season they had. It was really fun watching these kids actually enjoy the game - something so many pro athletes and teams are missing. Brought back all those memories of having played ball in high school.

Thank you, 2026 Chicago White Sox! Here's hoping it's the start of a new chapter. I'm skeptical, but open to hoping again for the first time in a while 😅

Pretty much in the title. Jerry notoriously doesn't like giving out big contracts, especially to pitchers. It's completely embarrassing that $54million is the biggest contract to a pitcher in team history.

This team desperately needs starters. Payroll is very low, and there may be a salary floor. Will Jerry allow Getz to sign a big FA? Skubal is out there... I'd rather sign one big name than three guys to $10-15m annual deals.

What do you think will happen? Will Jerry finally let the front office spend big on a pitcher, or will he keep forcing them to compete "his way", which is with small contracts only.

Two years ago, I visited Chicago for vacation, where I have no ties. I just wanted to see a place I’d never visited. I absolutely loved the city and bought a White Sox hat as a souvenir since it’s such an icon from Chicago and objectively their best sports logo. I wore it but knew nothing about baseball.

Fast forward two years (March this year) and I see that there’s this event going on called the “World Baseball Classic”. I enjoy the Olympics, so I figured I’d watch this too since it was available, and I come to find out very quickly that I actually really enjoy watching baseball! Realizing that pitching is more than just throwing a ball and batting is more than just swinging as hard as you can may seem obvious, but it had been years since I played baseball as an 8 year old so I hadn’t really thought about it, but I found it to be so cool how it was a display of both athleticism and mental strategy.

So spring training started and I began watching several teams practice, including a lot of White Sox games since I already had the hat. They didn’t look like a particularly threatening team, but I realized I was more excited to watch their games than any other team’s. So I figured “well, I’ve already got a piece of their merch, and I have no ties to any other MLB team, so I might as well be a Sox fan!” And from then on, I’ve been rooting hard for the Sox, watching as many of the games as I could, listening to the games at work, and chatting with fellow fans on the subreddit and just really enjoying the fan base. Even when it was abismal in the beginning, everyone still loved the Sox and refused to back down, and I loved that energy. Listening to some White Sox podcasts made me even more excited for games and also all our young and new players. I brushed up on White Sox history and realized the organization as a whole has such a fascinating story as well.

It’s just been such a fun past few months, and I can’t wait for next season. It’s been a great run, and I want to thank you all for being a big part of why this was so fun, whether we were winning or losing. The Sox did better than I or anyone thought possible at the beginning of the season, and I hope they impress even more next year. Thanks again, and GO SOX!!!

Is it reasonable to speculate that the “get off your A swing, daddy hack, ignore the situation” hitting approach that the majority of the Sox lineup employs would have more success during lower leverage regular season games vs the playoffs?

Does it seem plausible that we could see a return to form for this strategy early next season and then possibly face this same ultimate fate come next October?

In lower leverage regular season games you will face pitchers that might be working on keeping their pitch count down and are more likely to challenge the batter.  You will run into pitchers with command issues.  Air temps are higher, fly balls fly further, and hitters are more likely to see pitchers that are quite frankly not as good.  All of these can drastically aid a batter that is going to try and hit the ball out of the ballpark with every swing they take.

During high leverage and playoff games, in most cases hitters are facing the best arms, on the best teams, for shorter outings, at max effort with very complete scouting reports on how they plan to attack the opposition.  

If Getz and Co add a corner OF this offseason, I sincerely hope it is someone with some bat control, discipline and willingness to cut down on their swing when the situation demands it.  

I’ve watched at least one hundred Roch ABs at UCLA and feel like he definitely has the hit tool that should be adaptable to become an elite situational hitter but I’m not sure he will take that approach, especially if it is not encouraged organizationally… much like Meidroth.  Chase clearly has the ability to take a B or C swing when the situation calls for it, but we saw him time and time again attempt to put the ball on the concourse with a runner on 3B and less than two outs when all the Sox needed in that situation was for him to do a job. 

I have not seen enough of Bonemer to know what kind of advanced approach he might be able to take.  The walk numbers are promising but some of the biggest free swingers are kings of three true outcome baseball.  But, it is possible that Roch and Caleb are both pure enough hitters to solve this clear imbalance just by replacing two free swingers with them in the lineup over the course of 2027.

BUT (BIG BUT) that is assuming that the front office and Shomon aren’t actively encouraging the all or nothing, daddy hack approach… which there is very little evidence that says the contrary.  

<3

[Can't wait for Colson, Beni and Shomon to be sent to Kurdistan]