FutureSox Podcast
Discussing the prospects and happenings relating to White Sox player development and baseball operations.
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17 hours ago
17 hours ago
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 Witt Jr. on a daily basis. Jared also broke down the front office and organizational moves to bring in other dev staff.
They finished off the talks with 2025 draft prospects, both prep and college. He runs through a bunch of Just Baseball's top 200 draft prospects and Ian and James discuss what they are looking for the White Sox to do.
2 days ago
2 days ago
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 spring training as a manager, the next man-up version of the 2025 rotation, and the surprises that could creep up in the bullpen.
Moving to the offensive side of the ball Luis Robert's trade is a topic of interest as is Miguel Vargas' morphing into an offensive weapon at 3B. Connor also took aim at when the fans will take notice of Ryan Fuller's effect on the White Sox offense and farm system.
Connor discussed his broadcast of the White Sox first Spring Breakout with broadcast partner Brooke Fletcher, having such guests as GM Chris Getz, Gene Watson, and Paul Janish. while watching all of the White Sox top prospects as they matched up against Rockies studs. McKnight also teased how CHSN is going to cover the White Sox prospects.
5 days ago
5 days ago
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 possibility that Noah Schultz, Hagen Smith, and Grant Taylor could all be starting for the Birmingham Barons out of the gate this season.
The second half of the show is the Cleveland Guardians AL Central preview show featuring Justin Lada of Locked On Guardians. He ran Ian and James through their offseason, what their path to winning and losing the division would look like, and Bazzana, DeLauter, and the Guards farm.
5 days ago
5 days ago
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 Twins have to do to win the AL Central and how they could lose it? He also breaks down what is down in the minors. A great conversation.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
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 development within the organization.
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
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.
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
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.
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
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, highlighting James Fox prospect tweets from years past.
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
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.
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
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, and some roster questions. They pondered the difference of analytic data and the new management team on the performances happening in AZ. Ian and James finished out the stream with MLB injuries and new signings.