Jim Margalus

Jim Margalus

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Paying attention to the White Sox so you don't have to at soxmachine.com. VP, Nashville Curling Club.

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New @soxmachine.com Feature. The proposed Amtrak maintenance facility is getting an environmental assessment. Meanwhile, labor unions who strongly support the project are donating millions to the early frontrunner of Chicago's mayoral election. Unlocked: soxmachine.com/2026/10/dual...

soxmachine.comDual motives, big money: Local concerns and Union millions shape Bridgeport, Amtrak fight - Sox MachineCommunity fears meet $9M in union cash: What’s really driving the high-stakes political fight over Amtrak’s Bridgeport yard?

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John Schriffen probably wasn't ever going to be the right call for an MLB team broadcasting gig, but joining the White Sox just in time for a 121-loss season made the awkwardness immediately apparent.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox took big swing with John Schriffen, but missed - Sox MachineBack when John Schriffen was hired by the White Sox in January 2024, he told reporters that he was dedicating himself to White Sox summers. Whether it was purposeful or inadvertent, it looked like an ...

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The final Schriffen Minute.

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Statement from Brooks Boyer on the White Sox not retaining play-by-play announcer John Schriffen.

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The White Sox's projections-beating season was the sum of a bunch of projections-beating parts.

soxmachine.comHow the 2026 White Sox beat projections, position by position - Sox MachineThe White Sox entered the 2026 season with remote chances of making the postseason, whether you judged them by ZiPS (6.6 percent) or PECOTA (1.5 percent), and the most educational part of the six-mont...

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Caleb Bonemer comps: Blast Thickneck as a hitter, Thick McRunfast in the field.

soxmachine.comArizona Fall League update: Caleb Bonemer is bolstering his prospect stock - Sox MachineCaleb Bonemer reported to the Arizona Fall League as the White Sox’s main attraction, and he’s lived up to the billing thus far. Glendale’s 10-0 victory over Mesa on Thursday featured Bonemer’s best g...

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MST3K is all the scouting school I need.

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Today marks the start of something all baseball fans have been clamoring for since Monday night: The Sox Machine Offseason Plan Project.

soxmachine.comThe 2026-27 Sox Machine Offseason Plan Project - Sox MachineWith a lockout on the horizon, there’s no knowing quite what the offseason will hold, but we do know it’ll have an Offseason Plan Project, which starts now. If you’re new to Sox Machine, the Offseason...

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Will Venable won the Sporting News' Manager of the Year award. If precedent holds, he's likely to win the BBWAA award next month, but he may also have to announce his own firing after next season.

soxmachine.comSpare Parts: Will Venable wins one Manager of the Year award - Sox MachineThe more significant Manager of the Year awards won’t be announced until Nov. 10, but The Sporting News’ version was revealed this morning, and Will Venable earned the nod for the American League, wit...

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Every year, there's at least one White Sox player who I specifically file away for @tedsox31.bsky.social's year-end Sporcle because I know I'd have no reason to remember him otherwise. Doug Nikhazy, we salute you. youtu.be/92ESUY9puvA?...

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For years, the White Sox could more or less swap out a third of their 40-man roster without a whole lot of thought. This year will require more consideration.

soxmachine.comSuccess, injuries make White Sox 40-man roster tougher to pare down - Sox MachineThe Offseason Plan Project will launch later this week, and if you were hanging on every pitch of the White Sox’s postseason run and pushing off thoughts of 2027 as long as possible, then there’s a lo...

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The White Sox were the only lower seed to beat a higher seed this October, so they have that going for them.

soxmachine.comThe World Series is set, and White Sox registered postseason's lone upset - Sox MachineIf nothing else, the White Sox are the only team that can say it pulled off an upset this October. Even then, the White Sox had a better record than the team they ousted in the Wild Card Series, but i...

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Today on @soxmachine.com Will Venable has been preaching for a couple of seasons his hitters have to be better against the fastball. So I dove into the numbers and any big improvements team-wise has to start with the big boppers. For subscribers: soxmachine.com/2026/10/whit...

soxmachine.comWhite Sox's sluggers struggled against right-handed heat, and not just in October - Sox MachineRewatching Game 5 of the American League Division Series is painful, even for those who don’t root for the Chicago White Sox. Constantly seeing major league hitters look slow and unaware is jarring, a...

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It turns out that putting a grade on Will Venable's postseason managing is easier said than done.

soxmachine.comSpare Parts: Will Venable's report card grapples with unique demands, responses - Sox MachineAs the White Sox’s substitution-heavy approach advanced through the Wild Card Series and into the second round of the postseason, I started looking forward to the FanGraphs managerial report card on W...

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Everybody is saying it.

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Getting knocked out of playoffs sucked, but @soxmachine.com Jim nails it here… “great way to spend the summer.”

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The 2026 White Sox were a great way to spend the summer.

soxmachine.comThe 2026 White Sox delighted even more than they surprised, and they shocked - Sox MachineA few minutes into the broadcast of Game 1 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and the Brewers on Sunday night, Mini Margalus yelled a sentence from the living room that I didn’t expect: “Daaaaaaaaaad! I ...

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The 2026 White Sox were a great way to spend the summer.

soxmachine.comThe 2026 White Sox delighted even more than they surprised, and they shocked - Sox MachineA few minutes into the broadcast of Game 1 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and the Brewers on Sunday night, Mini Margalus yelled a sentence from the living room that I didn’t expect: “Daaaaaaaaaad! I ...

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4-year-old watching Dodgers-Brewers in the other room: "Daaaaaad, I don't see Munetaka Murakami." How do I tell him?

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The White Sox struck out in 40 percent of their plate appearances in the ALDS. Well, there's your problem.

soxmachine.comTakeaways from the final White Sox game of 2026 - Sox MachineToward the end of what turned out to be the White Sox’s final sustained scoring threat of the 2026 season in Game 5 Saturday night, Miguel Vargas came to the plate with runners on first and second and...

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The final recap of the 2026 White Sox season was a pretty straightforward one.

soxmachine.comGuardians 2, White Sox 0: Buried by 21 strikeouts - Sox MachineIn the end, the 2026 White Sox’s postseason lived and died like the 2026 regular season, with a surprising over-.500 record overshadowed by the Cleveland Guardians coming from behind to clip them. Ove...

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Gavin Williams is making Andrew Benintendi look 74 years old during this series. www.mlb.com/video/00uq2c...

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In an hour, the White Sox and Guardians will meet for the 18th and final time this season. Here's how they're girding their respective loins. soxmachine.com/2026/10/preg...

soxmachine.comPregame notes: A White Sox season on the line - Sox MachineThe White Sox have maximized usage of the cushion that winning the first two games of the ALDS afforded them, and now they have to end this two-game skid against the Guardians for the privilege of fly...

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The White Sox need to win tonight, so we can delay talking about this guy for as long as possible.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox postseason run has provided escape from looming lockout, labor tangle - Sox MachineIt’s Oct. 10 and we still don’t have to dip into the offseason content well, and if you told me that before the season, I’d be pleased as punch. If you told me that we’d have to start dipping into the...

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In which we use a Calvin & Hobbes strip as a way to explain how Will Venable might've seen his pitching choices for Game 4.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox ALDS Game 4 takeaways: At least Will Venable's Game 5 choices are clearer - Sox MachineThere were a few different ways Will Venable could have manipulated the order of the pitchers he used in Game 4 on Thursday to potentially nurse a one-run lead over the final four innings, or at least...

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First pass of the recap is up, and now I'm on the livestream. soxmachine.com/2026/10/guar...

soxmachine.comGuardians 9, White Sox 5: Sixth-inning meltdown sends series back to Cleveland - Sox MachineThe White Sox’s pregame pitching plan involved Hagen Smith, Erick Fedde, Anthony Kay, Jordan Hicks and Grant Taylor in some order. Well, Smith didn’t get out of the first inning, Hicks gave up a go-ah...

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Antonacci Sequence!

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If the White Sox are concerned about neutralizing Cleveland's lefties, then Erick Fedde looks like White Sox's best available bet for bulk innings tonight, even if he's a righty.

soxmachine.comThe case for Erick Fedde in Game 4, and Game 3 White Sox takeaways - Sox MachineAnd just like that, the White Sox are hosting the only game in town. With the Rays sweeping the Yankees (who never led at any point over three games) and the Padres and Dodgers both securing clinching...

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So far, so good.

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Game 4 is Game 17 and Game 1 at the same time. It makes sense, kinda. Livestream starts in five minutes.

soxmachine.comPregame notes: They'll try it again - Sox MachineGame 4 is Game 17, in the sense that the ALDS is pretty much the continuation of a season series that gives the White Sox a 9-7 edge at the moment. This time, the Guardians would hold the tiebreaker i...

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The livestream is live, and streaming.

youtube.comSox Machine Live: ALDS Game 4 Pregame ShowYouTube video by Sox Machine: A Chicago White Sox Show

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More like D'oh Adell.

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Pregame show, lineups, pitching plans (or lacks thereof). All here.

soxmachine.comPregame notes: Cleveland's last stand - Sox MachineSean Newcomb is opening for the White Sox, and from that point on, who knows. During the regular season, there wasn’t a point in playing coy about the bulk pitcher because it typically lined up with a...

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It's been 120 years since the White Sox played the good kind of postseason elimination game at home.

soxmachine.comA postseason home game wasn't guaranteed to these White Sox, but now they can clinch with one - Sox MachineEntering the postseason as the third wild card team with no home games guaranteed, the initial goal was for the White Sox to lock in at least one October date at Rate Field to reward a fan base that h...

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Good-assed game.

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I guess Dustin Harris didn't play long enough for the White Sox for me to draw any firm conclusions about his arm.

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Pat Murphy just validated in-game interviews by stopping his answer and saying "Goddammit, Merrill" right before he made a sliding catch on Sal Frelick's line drive.

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Just terrific timing.

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The White Sox are up 2-0 after their 4-3 victory in Game 2, and here are some takeaways from Monday including Braden Montgomery hunting what he could handle, Cleveland's starting pitching edge disappearing, and Sam Antonacci surviving in left.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox ALDS Game 2 takeaways: Braden Montgomery got the pitch he could handle - Sox MachineBy various measures, there wasn’t a worse right-handed hitter against left-handed pitching in Major League Baseball during the 2026 season than Braden Montgomery. He hit just .129/.204/.226 with eight...

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The White Sox have managed to counter Cleveland's starting pitching superiority with bulk boys who are matching their innings, just not at the start of games.

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First crack at the recap is up, livestream coming shortly.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox 4, Guardians 3: Heading home up 2-0 - Sox MachineThe White Sox outlasted Gavin Williams, and then outlasted a barrage of deep Cleveland fly balls. The evening for the White Sox started and ended on very shaky notes, but they owned the middle of the ...

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And here's the livestream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgU...

youtube.comSox Machine Live: Game 2 ALDS Postgame ShowYouTube video by Sox Machine: A Chicago White Sox Show

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Some pregame notes to go with the pregame livestream, including a real tale of two cities with regards to postseason ticket demand.

soxmachine.comPregame notes: White Sox lowered demand for Game 2 - Sox MachineOnce again, the White Sox are holding a watch party at the Ramova, and once again, Josh will be livestreaming his half of the Sox Machine Podcast from the venue. Join us at 3:30 p.m. on our YouTube ch...

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And here's the link to the livestream, with Josh situated in the Ramova, and me from ... not there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pIq...

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One big reason the White Sox are 3-0 this postseason: Their lefty hitters are hitting lefty pitchers.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox's lefty hitters are standing their ground against lefty pitchers - Sox MachineAn inning after the wind knocked down a Tommy Pham drive that most everybody expected to land several rows deep behind Progressive Field’s big wall in left, Colson Montgomery added the third and final...

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I'm not used to the White Sox still playing a week into October, so let's use a postseason off day to discuss a couple of typical offseason topics -- salary projections and the future of the broadcast booth.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox offseason business during the postseason: Arbitration figures, play-by-play future - Sox MachineThe last two times the White Sox were in a real postseason — 2008 against the Rays, 2021 against the Astros — they fell behind 2-0 in the the ALDS, and had to scratch out Game 3 victories each time in...

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I'm not used to the White Sox still playing a week into October, so let's use a postseason off day to discuss a couple of typical offseason topics -- salary projections and the future of the broadcast booth.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox offseason business during the postseason: Arbitration figures, play-by-play future - Sox MachineThe last two times the White Sox were in a real postseason — 2008 against the Rays, 2021 against the Astros — they fell behind 2-0 in the the ALDS, and had to scratch out Game 3 victories each time in...

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As it turns out, Tommy Pham only hit the day's second-most debatable fly ball that Statcast failed to clarify entirely.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox ALDS Game 1 takeaways: Every series starts with Grant Taylor breaking new ground - Sox MachineIf anybody ever uses “pitches per out” as a metric, it’s probably used for a start that went fewer than two innings, similar to the way underperforming players are the ones who have their salaries div...

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"I've gone mad with my moderate amount of power" is a line I think about often.

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what's your favorite kids in the hall skit that's not girl drink drunk or the daves i know

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More and more people are saying it

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The White Sox used fewer pitchers than the Guardians in Game 1, which wasn't supposed to happen with Parker Messick starting against a bullpen game. Then again, Grant Taylor wasn't supposed to handle the final four innings himself.

soxmachine.comWhite Sox 3, Guardians 0: Munetaka Murakami, Grant Taylor power Game 1 victory - Sox MachineOne game into a series that figures to be tight and tough throughout, the White Sox discovered one potential key: If their closer throws nearly as many innings as Cleveland’s starter, they’ll probably...

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Game 1 between the White Sox and Guardians is really Game 14 between the White Sox and Guardians.

soxmachine.comPregame notes: Only one tweak to White Sox ALDS roster - Sox MachineThe White Sox and Guardians released their 26-man rosters for this round, and the Sox made only one small change from their Wild Card Series edition, replacing Huascar Brazobán with Tyler Davis. Brazo...