Jim Margalus

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.

The final Schriffen Minute.

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

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

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.

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?...

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.

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

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...

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

Everybody is saying it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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

Antonacci Sequence!

More like D'oh Adell.

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

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

Good-assed game.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

More and more people are saying it

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.

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

We are live, and Josh has quite the backdrop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZswI...