
White Sox offense can SHOCK MLB if aggressive spring training trends CONTINUE into regular season
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Aggressive base running and surging power at the plate in spring training could transform the Chicago White Sox into one of MLB’s most entertaining offenses. Can the momentum from spring training’s top-three stolen base and home run totals power the Sox to surprising respectability—or even beyond?
Host Todd Welter spotlights key players like Chase Meidroth and Luisangel Acuña, the emerging leadership of Will Venable, and how the Sox’s strategic hustle could shake up expectations at Rate Field.
The episode also explores potential bullpen solutions after Mike Vasil’s season-ending injury, spotlighting comeback hopes for arms like Ky Bush and Drew Thorpe. Plus, get the latest on a possible new South Loop ballpark, with Justin Ishbia’s eye on a transformative Chicago sports district. Between tantalizing offensive trends and major franchise developments, the White Sox’s future has never been so intriguing. Will the rebuild spark a new era of excitement on the South Side?
00:00 Spring Training Trends
Discussion of two key offensive trends—aggressive baserunning and power hitting—from White Sox spring training and how they might carry into the regular season.
12:04 Forgotten Pitchers & Bullpen Depth
Analysis of the impact of Mike Vasil's injury and potential replacements from pitchers returning from Tommy John surgery, plus bullpen strategy for the upcoming season.
22:22 Potential New Stadium Speculation
In-depth speculation about the White Sox's potential new stadium location in the South Loop, logistical challenges, and future ownership plans.
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And on today's show, I'll get to the news of where a new White Sox Stadium could be constructed. That comes after discussing some forgotten pictures that could eventually help provide some cover for Mike Basel being out for the season. But first, let's discuss two trends that are emerging from shrink training that you hope carries over into the regular season. And that is aggressive base running and power hitting. And if that doesn't get you excited for entertaining bad, I don't know what does. Or, you know, fun bad, however you want to categorize it. It might be enough to squeak into surprising good, although I'm not ready to go that far. I'm not ready to go like surprising amazing, surprising playoff push push. What I've seen when you do get a chance to watch the White Sox Spring training games is an offense that I think we can all enjoy watching. And I'll admit, I'm a bit old school here when it comes to the run game. I like offenses trying to swipe bases. I like base running that tries to go for the extra base,
you know, going from first to third, second to home with ease, actually showing effort, trying to beat out a grounder for that infield single. You know, it's all about hustle. Being ready, you know, making that correct first step and that correct read, you know, that's the type of fundamental baseball that I like to watch when it comes offense. You know, I think I would advocate for that. That's one of the reasons why I like the run game, because it involves a little bit of that strategy. Instead of let's just be cautious, let's not run into outs. I like going for broke, but I'll talk about one of the things I don't like in just a little bit. But the trend of the white socks hitting home runs and triples. The one thing that you can kind of be a little bit unease about is it is happening because they're playing in the cactus league. I mean, it is Arizona weather related. But if they're hitting home runs and triples during the regular season and being aggressive on the base pass, sign me up for that.
You know, and it will be interesting to see if the trend of hitting home runs like they are right now in spring training can carry in to April and May when they're going to be dealing with the Chicago weather. The nice thing is the first six games, they're at least playing in weather controlled environments at American Family Field and then Lone Depot Park, out of Miami. But the one thing that should travel north is aggressive base running. That does need to travel. And these are the two trends. CHSN's Chuck Garfine pointed out after the white sock spring training victory yesterday over the A's. He tweeted this out at Chuck Garfine. He got the tweet out for those watching on YouTube. Some spring training trends to watch. The white socks have 39 stolen bases this spring. The third most of the majors last spring, they stole only 15 bases. They lead the majors with 12 triples in 26 spring training games. Last year, they had 10 triples all season.
White socks are also hitting home runs. Chase, Mydraught and Andrew, about a 10-E have gone deep today. Their first home runs of the spring. The socks fit 31 home runs. Eighth most of the majors playing in the cactus league helps. And that's why I just preface, you know, it's going to be interesting to see if hitting all those home runs was just an aberration. Or is it a trend that, yeah, they can be more of a power team. And I'm expecting Mydraught to be more of that guy that helps steal bases. I mean, he's obviously not a sprinter out there, uh, but he can run the bases pretty well. You know, and he did, I think, do some work in the off season. As it was a report, I think Brooke Fletcher during one of the few CHSN broadcasts did say that, you know, he kind of worked on his base running, trying to speed up. You know, maybe hopefully he does swipe 20 bags. And this is where, for example, Luis Manuel Cunio can prove he deserves the runway that he deserved to be one of the main, you know, trade pieces in that Luis Robert Jr. trade. Because if he can be that contact guy and a guy that draws walks,
hopefully then he's swiping a lot of bases. You know, that would be the guy that you'd want to see, you know, swipe 40 to 60, you know, steal a bunch of bases on there. And what I'm really impressed with though is it's not so much this effort, you know, to be more aggressive on the bases. It's that Will Venable is basically instructing these guys to play with nothing to lose. That's why I get excited. You know, be aggressive, especially since most folks will consider the season a success if you even end up with 69 wins as long as the core players have improved. You know, give me something at least watchable. I think some people would consider a success. Now, obviously, there's the ultra positives that are going to be very disappointed if the white socks somehow don't, you know, break them old and somehow make the playoffs. But that's how they're always is. And there's always going to be the ultra negatives. But for us in the middle, I mean, you're hoping for that 69 to 75 win improvement. So you're not expected to be contending for the playoffs.
So go for broke, you know, plain, you know, basically aggressive, steal some bases, stretch a single into a double, a double into a triple, put pressure on the defense. Just don't be stupid, you know, because I saw the other night against Texas when the Rangers were broadcasting the game. There was a bad contact play, but I believe it was Lamonteway Jr or Derek Hill. Either way, they're on third. They charge for home on the contact play and it was a grounder straight to the shortstop. And I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate that play. Hate when they do that. They did that a lot, especially with Andrew Vaughn last year, just drove me nuts. I mean, the only hit and run with a runner on third play you should ever attempt is the safety squeeze. Otherwise, don't run yourself out of a run. I can handle running into and out, because why not be aggressive?
You know, because that is kind of what took stolen bases out of the game. Don't run yourself into it or not. Well, I try to be aggressive, you know, stretch that single into a double maybe if you get the good first step and a good read on it. Or again, try to get your guy in the scoring position. But I hate running yourself out of scoring, you know, on that. Be smarter when it comes to one year on third pace, you know. And when it came to how the White Sox why, you know, even stolen bases matter. I mean, just look at this, the White Sox swiped 85 bases last season. 24th in the league. When you look at the top 10 teams in stolen bases last year, five of them made the playoffs. Now, obviously the Dodgers and the Blue Jays, they were in the bottom 10. But when you can crush the ball with ease and you've got a lot of all-star hitters, you don't need to be stealing bases. But for the White Sox, no matter what year it is, I'm always advocating why not just do both.
Hit home runs, hit triples. But when you go through those droughts, fall back then because that's what happens to home runs. I always go on a little bit of a drought. Fall back on getting on base, getting in a hit, so you can. And putting pressure on the defense. And I always use the 2005 team as the gold standard of the ideal offense that plays well the right field and for White Sox baseball in general. Because that year, they were a fourth in stolen bases, fifth in home runs. Then for context, what I would say, one of the, you know, next better teams recently, the 2018 first in home runs, 25th in stolen bases. So my hypothesis is in the margins, you want the White Sox to obviously be a power-hitting team first, but one that gets aggressive on the base pass. And if this trend can carry over into the regular season, I'm not saying they're going to win the World Series, but I like the idea of at least having an exciting offense to watch in 2026. Well, sadly, we don't get to watch Mike Vassal pitch this year. Let's discuss some forgotten pitchers who suffered his same season ending injury last year.
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Again, it's all free for a month with code March at locked out white socks dot supercast dot com that's locked out white socks dot supercast dot com. And again, you get a free month using code March. You can also check the link in the show notes to learn more. So I think what makes losing Mike Vassel the Tommy John surgery is he was so much fun to watch pitch last season. I mean, he goes from being a rule five pick who couldn't make the race. And I don't mean that like disparagingly because the race are obviously a great organization. It's just he couldn't make them. And usually when a rule five doesn't make the original club. I mean, some teams kicked the tires, but most of the time you got to send that guy back. But he goes from can't even make the raise to being this vital bullpen arm in 2025 that you're hoping
he's going to be the team Swiss Army knife pitcher for the rest of the decade. And he was such an entertaining character. You know, this little Batman stick. The clubhouse loved them. They love them so much that they pleaded with the will of edible in the front office to at least Lau Vassel to travel with the team and be with the team as he rehabs and he agreed to it. And the front office that that's how important he is. And now you just got to hope he does not get forgotten among the other promising arms the white socks have with the time he's going to miss. Because remember, all Tommy John surgery does is take away time from a pitcher's career. I mean, most of these guys now, I mean, it's become so standard that a lot of these guys bounce back. You just got to deal with the small little rust that does need to be shaken off, but usually these guys are back. But I doubt that he gets forgotten, but it does derail the hope that he, you know, least his hope that he probably could have been a starting pitcher.
Because remember, pitchers want to be starters before being relievers because why starting pitching pays better. However, I was thinking, you know, there could be some guys who are actually that were lost last season to Tommy John surgery that could eventually fill his role, especially if Chris Murphy is not up to the task. And manager will Venable, for example, prefers to use Grant Taylor and Sean Newcomb as more maybe traditional high leverage relievers for an inning or again, if it's multi inning, it's more seven than eighth. And let's say rule five pick, Jettics and Pires doesn't work out in the low leverage. Because again, that's what the asshole covered. He covered so many things for your bullpen last season. And as I discussed with Elijah Evans of JustBaseball.com and FutureSox.net, and yesterday's show, you know, it sounds like the least that those are probably your four.
They're going to fill Phil Vassel's void. I mean, as Elijah, hypothesized Taylor and, you know, he and I throughout Newcomb and he agreed, Newcomb's going to probably handle that more multi inning high leverage situations. But is it going to be because, you know, Vassel had handles six seventh, sometimes ninth. But then you're going to have Murphy, maybe more of the middle innings, opener, maybe. And then Pires is your low leverage. Just eat up the innings during a blowout type thing. And he is pitching a little bit better. And I'll admit, I got it wrong. I thought Alex Enner Alberto with his velocity and James speaking of socks machine. If you listen to the podcast that they recently did, he did say like, there is still technically a chance you can come back as maybe the other team refuses or you work out a different trade, that type of stuff. But you think about it, roll that Vassel played, you know, multi inning high leverage, single inning high leverage, middle inning, regular relief,
opener, and taking care of eating up innings and blowouts whether the socks were up by five or down by five. So the thing is at least the white socks at least have some cover. But then I was also thinking, Kai Bush grew Thorpe and Mason Adams. Well, they'll be eventually returning at some point this season, after they missed all the last season, after any Tommy John surgery. And then when you hear the GM talk so glowingly about not pitching prospects like Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith and Tanner McDougall about being in the starting rotation someday, I get the thinking that maybe Thorpe and Bush and Adams, three previously highly regarded prospects themselves, might not be projected to be startling, you know, starting pictures on the south side, anytime soon. But that doesn't mean you still can't use them at the big leagues, especially Bush, who has some velocity, throws from the left side, and Thorpe who has one of the best changeups in the game. Even though it was very brief, he still is, you know, one of the best changeups,
and especially I think the bullpen roll might be best for him with all the setbacks he had. And the fact that it'll probably have missed, you know, a total of two seasons. But it does sound like Thorpe setbacks are behind him as he's been throwing more bullpen sessions lately, according to of course from the beatwriters. And the other thing though, you know, it's just interesting to see what they're going to do because the socks could, you know, let those arms Thorpe, Adams, and Bush, when they're ready to go, take over a triple A Charlotte, if Schultz Smith and McDougall show that they're ready for the show, and you kind of swap them out. But it might actually be more beneficial to use Thorpe, Bush, and Adams in the bullpen, although again, having them maybe replace what's really to have Schultz and Smith and McDougall have them shake off their rust, because that's a big thing that happens in Tommy Johnson. If you're going to shake off that rust there, maybe have them do it in
triple A. But as Elijah said yesterday, you want to make sure McDougall and Smith and Schultz are just not rushed up either. So that's why again, it might be using Thorpe or Bush or Adams in the bullpen. If you have issues, that might be a great way of replacing Vassel midway through the season. I mean, Adams is more of a spin stuff guy, but if you're looking for eating up middle innings, like Vassel did, why not see if you can fill that roll. Provided, you know, if Paez or whoever they tap can't, I mean, this hopefully becomes a good conundrum because you want to hope that Paez does work out if he's the guy that they keep. And the other guys are they're going to keep there. And then you just have to figure out what do you do with those three talented arms coming off Tommy Johnson tree? Let's not forget Prilander Baroa. He's making his way back. And he could provide some velocity, although I'm not sure he's providing length.
I just know some are lamenting, you know, what is wrong with the White Sox organization with all these Tommy Johnson trees? Just remember, it's the cost of doing business now. You know, guy, you know, they got to try to, they're throwing more spin stuff that's crazier on the arm and velocity. So it's just, it's kind of what's happening. Well, just in HBO, eventual controlling owner is reportedly about to buy some land that could be the site of the White Sox new ballpark. Let's discuss the speculation. Next. MLB opening day is almost here and you can feel fresh starts big expectations and that first crack of the bat, whether it's a breakout rookie or a division race that goes down to the wire, there's nothing like being in the ballpark for it. The only problem is getting tickets can feel like such a grind long queue surprise fees prices jumping a checkout. That's where there's game time. The game time app gives fans the advantage with constant innovation. That's how you unlock amazing tickets and experiences in just a few taps and it's simple to use. The game time guarantee means
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And that just sparks a whole massive speculation in White Sox Twitter world from where Ishbia is buying the land. Thank you to Josh Nelson at Sox Machine underscore Josh. I got the tweet up there too of like where at least map you can see it of where he's buying the land potentially. And then like you had Matthias Crawford, Big White Sox, social media guy that you should all be following about exactly maybe, you know, it's not exactly the rails that they could be doing, but it could be some parking lot areas and that type of stuff. So you just got all the speculation set off. Now it's important to note that the rail yard is across the river from the 78. The vacant land that current majority owner or controlling owner Jerry Rinesorf won at taxpayers to fun building him a new ballpark. Before the Chicago fire slipped in called dibs by green to privately fund the construction of their own stadium. That was a huge baller move. Go back, I think it was October
right in a bunch of episodes had get our last summer had gave our mirrors on, you know, of 670 the score or 104.3 the score. And the fire game day house we talked about all that. But however, it is just pure speculation right now. If this is actually going to be the land that eventual controlling owner Justin H. B. I will build the White Sox new stadium on. And I also think the team stadium needs is obviously not the franchises most pressing matter. And also this is the White Sox we're talking about while we can always dare to dream. It feels like we can't have nice things because short capital would only confirm the firm is exploring quote a potential health care facility and medical innovation hub and quote Northwest medicine is a board that Justin Ispia sits on. So maybe that's why he's exploring the 47 acres so white Sox. However, I wouldn't bet against
Justin Ispia thinking a big and going for a massive development and making the South Loop a sports entertainment hub. Especially if you have the socks and the fire basically near each other. But let's also pump the brakes no matter what because you know this is still in the very early stages. As even if this is what he's intending to do the area that he wants to build a new stadium on there are massive logistical issues to address to make this a reality as I think Sox Machine.com Jim Margulis correctly wrote up. It's a free piece. So that's why I'm going to share some nuggets of it. Otherwise I always suggest get a subscription to Sox Machine.com Jim Margulis James Feagan and Josh Nelson do the Lord's work when it comes to covering the team extensively in the detail. I think it's worth every White Sox fan to have a subscription. Also make sure you get a subscription to the everyday club here and make sure I'm your first listen but if your second lesson or while you're third listen, make sure it's Sox Machine. But here's what he writes.
There's also the matter of whether the plot of land is big enough to accommodate a ballpark without additional purchases. At the time related Midwest and the White Sox were stumping for a ballpark at the 78 there. Sorry I lost my spot there. There was a question about whether the 78 was too narrow to host both a ballpark and a university-affiliated science hub and event parking and that site is 15 acres bigger than the rail yard. Those debates became moot when the University of Illinois withdrew from its plans to the Discovery Partners Institute and Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansweido reaches own deal to build a soccer stadium which is smaller. Further expansion on the Amtrak land would require negotiations with BNSF which owns the adjacent rail yard and working around in the active railway that includes the BNSF metro line which runs into union station from suburbs include say Downers Grove. Additional complications not involving the particulars of a baseball stadium construction involved the relocation of the Amtrak yard since running trains back and forth to union station could require additional infrastructure to manage the flow of trains around river
traffic. Still the appeal is obvious. A ballpark on the west side of the river could incorporate even more of the skyline into its backdrop and one situated across from the fires new home could search to sell itself as a stadium district especially if public transportation is thought fully incorporated to take the stress off the ability to house cars. If this is the start of issued beyond short capital spending their own resources instead of angling for state funds to get the ball rolling and fulfill the vision he offered to Pope Leo the 14th so much the better. Now I will say this. Expectations should be just an issue is wealthy enough that he should pay for the land and construction of the new ballpark and remember even though rate is still perfectly serviceable something must be done around the park then to add new revenue streams because with the RSN My Auto dying property development is basically the new wave of adding cash to a team look what the Cubs did with Gallagher Way. So Justin it should be a good decide hey I want to stay at rate field but he's then going to have to develop it because even though he's got massive amounts
of money you always want you know we don't know how much of his massive amounts of billions is liquid and you always want the business to obviously support the team first and pay for the team that you know that that's just business but I think it just then makes sense to just build a whole new ballpark and build one that's on the cutting edge of fan entertainment even though let's regular folk are probably going to get squeezed out with the ticket prices but you first want the team to become competitive that's got to be the most pressing need and then figuring out what the economic landscape is in the next CBA that's also more important but the stadium does have to be figured out by 2029 because that's when the lease runs out but right now with other pressing matters we're just in speculation phase and when it comes to the rail yards Rob Hart of WVM has got some excellent tweets at Rob Hart WVM 780 that kind of takes care of how would this logistically work when it comes to the rail yards well that wraps up this edition of
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