Discussing the prospects and happenings relating to White Sox player development and baseball operations.
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discussed the recent Bob Nightengale Luis Robert Jr. rumor, Meidroth being awesome, and a ton of other MiLB musings from Braden Montgomery and Caleb Bonemer to Tim Elko and Colson Montgomery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this edition of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge was joined by the new Play By Play voice of the Birmingham Barons, Doug Greenwald. They discussed many topics such as taking over for Iconic BHam PBP voice Curt Bloom, the 3 headed monster rotation of Schultz, Smith, and Taylor, and the returning members of the Championship Barons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen review every White Sox affiliate after our first look at each team this weekend. They discuss the best early performers with plenty insights from Jeff's time spent in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Kannapolis this week. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the first full slate of Minor League action in the org this past weekend and how to fix the White Sox bullpen. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans is joined by Single-A Kannapolis broadcaster Dan Helotie to preview the 2025 season. They discuss the FutureSox Showdown between Winston-Salem and Kannapolis before diving into the Kanny roster. They talk about each positional group, players to keep an eye on, the best outfield in MiLB, and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas discussed the start of the baseball season and a few of the minor league rosters. They started with a brief check in on the White Sox first week then got into the Charlotte roster and when to call up the hitting prospects from Triple-A. Then, they took a look at the Birmingham and Winston-Salem rosters and which players to look out for in Double-A and High-A this season. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pr...
On the recent edition of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Danny Miller and Jacob Thome return for Takes & Heaters to discuss the White Sox first week of the season. Topics include the rotation, Venable's lineups, the bullpen and much more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On the most recent FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox and Charlotte Knights openers and break down the results, as well as look at some of the roster announcements that were made by Paul Janish. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On the most recent episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Danny Miller and Jacob Thome returned to discuss the White Sox depth, Injuries, and Roster decisions. They also made their predictions for the season. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen break down news from this week on where many top prospects will start the 2025 season. They discuss the lineup of near-ready hitters in Charlotte, the "Big Three" pitchers all heading to Birmingham, the stacked lineup of upside in Kannapolis, and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On the last installment of the FutureSox Podcast AL Central Previews, Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcome Just Baseball's Jared Perkins to talk Kansas City Royals. First on the agenda is assessing the Royals offseason and whether it was enough to get them to the next step. Jared explained what the expectations are for the Royals and what will win or lose them the division. They moved to talking Royals prospect Jac Caglianone's prospective move to MLB at some point and the joys of watching Bobby W...
On the most recent FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcomed Connor McKnight of the White Sox and CHSN to preview the 2025 White Sox. With a new job comes new roles, and as Connor explained he has a few new things he will be doing on the day to day broadcast, and even will be filling in at various times in a play by play role. With this being the 2025 AL Central preview for the White Sox Connor covered a lot of different topics with Ian and James including: Will Venable's first sprin...
On an impromptu episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discussed the Drew Thorpe news that occurred in his AAA start Thursday, in which he left early with elbow discomfort. They talk about possible depth ramifications and who will be next up. They moved on to 2 positive stories which included Sean Burke being named Opening Day starter and Shane Smith being informed that he has indeed made the 26 man roster. Another topic covered was the announcement today that there is a pos...
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox continued their AL Central Preview Series, this time welcoming on The Athletic's Sr. Baseball Writer for the Minnesota Twins, and former White Sox writer. They start the conversations off with the Ishbia Bros. situation to get the low down on what happened with the Pohlads and Ishbias. After getting the rundown on the financial situation in MN, Dan ran through what the Twins expectations are for 2025. What will the Tw...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen discuss all of their thoughts from their time at Spring Training in Arizona earlier this month. They start by talking about hitters who impressed in MLB camp in addition to the prospects they were able to watch and check-in with while there. Then, they discuss the outlook of the pitching staff in Chicago as well as the big three pitching prospects and other arms of note. They wrap by talking about the overall pitching developm...
On the newest episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox Spring Breakout game, White Sox roster moves, and injuries. In the second half of the episode Ian and James talk Detroit Tigers with guest Rogelio Castillo of Tigers ML Report and the Motor City Metrics podcast for the first installment of their AL Central previews. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On the most recent episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Danny Miller and Jacob Thome discuss the White Sox depth and recent Outfield developments. They also answered questions from chat and talked about several recent injuries and pickups. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox broke down the FutureSox Preseason top 30 prospect rankings. They give the reasoning behind the rankings and the method for determining the list. They also mention the MLB Pipeline Top 30 which also just recently dropped, citing the differences in personnel and the rankings. They also talk about some big developments in injuries on the White Sox farm and MLB. They finished with the most recent segment of Jimmy Hoax, h...
On the latest episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Danny Miller and Jacob Thome go down the rabbit hole of trying to predict which one of 40 RP's make the 26 man White Sox roster. They also delve into the catching depth and who is going to go to Chicago while answering questions from the chat. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox broke down the Top 30 Just Missed list. They started at relievers, and moved to guys who were starters, but might be moved to the pen, and definite starters. They moved to pitchers we haven't seen to position players that have been around a while. They closed it out on a grab bag of DSL prospects including this years #1 signing and a bevy of others. They continued White Sox talk on spring training, big performances, a...
On the most recent episode of FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters Danny Miller and Jacob Thome discussed the middle infield positional battles. They run through the candidates and who they think will have the edge coming opening day. They also talk about the results coming from AZ and of course they run through chat questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox go through the Ishbia/Reinsdorf union and some of the specifics for what we know now. The deal between billionaires seems like just the beginning of a transfer to the Ishbia brothers, but we wait to find out if there has been a timeline established. They also delve into a few White Sox roster transactions, Spring Training results and story lines, and injuries that have of course popped up as they always will in AZ. Th...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas discuss the latest White Sox news before previewing the Opening Day roster. They discuss players who are likely locks to make the team at each position and those competing for the remaining spots as well. Then, they talk Luis Robert trade possibilities if a deal were to happen during Spring Training. They break down four teams that could be a fit for a deal and the prospects that would potentially head back to Chicago. Adver...
Danny Miller returns with FutureSox Hot Takes & Heaters for the 2025 season. He introduces his new cohort Jacob Thome to the family. They discuss the White Sox Spring Training roster competitions at 1B and 3B to see who will come out on top for the coveted spots. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On the latest episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss Pitchers & Catchers reporting, starting with the fallout of the Ky Bush injury and what it will mean for the roster in Charlotte and Chicago. They moved into the signings of Michael A. Tater (Taylor) and Joey Gallo, and what that could mean for the depth chart in Chicago. The NCAA season is underway and Ian and James talk about some of the breakout performances and possible picks for the White Sox at #10, while...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas check in about the excitement of Spring Training and the White Sox season ahead before diving into breakout candidates in the farm system. They discuss their picks at every position to take a step forward during the 2025 season with plenty of minimally known players discussed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On a special edition of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcomed Baseball America's Ben Badler to discuss White Sox baseball. They opened with a quick chat about the Sox 2025 International Signing period acquisitions, the addition of David Keller to the FO, and the new academy being built in the DR. They also went through a few of the previous signings that the Sox have brought stateside, how the White Sox could improve in the Int'l Market, and how moving to an Int'l draft w/ th...
On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox welcomed CHGO's Sean Anderson to riff on the 2025 White Sox roster and storylines. They also discussed the Will Venable hire by Chris Getz, and the staff that has been assembled. They discussed with Sean his thoughts on the offseason acquisitions, spring training positional battles, and what prospects he is interested in seeing while finishing out with what a successful 2025 looks like for the White Sox. Advertising I...
On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen host a mailbag episode as they answer questions from our listeners! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
On the latest episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the recent top prospect/team lists that have been released recently along with omissions and pieces of interest. They made their way through MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, Keith Law's rankings on the Athletic, and Kiley McDaniel's 1-200 ranks on ESPN. They also talked about the recent crazy trades in the NBA and comps on the trades and of course went through the plethora of viewer questions. Advertising Inquiries:...
