FutureSox Podcast

Discussing the prospects and happenings relating to White Sox player development and baseball operations.

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Episodes

Wednesday Dec 11, 2024

On this emergency edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas react to the Garrett Crochet to Boston trade. They discuss the four prospects coming back to Chicago, overall value of the deal, positional fit, and more!

Monday Dec 09, 2024

On the newest episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the Winter Meetings and a few deals that have preceded the weekend before moving to what the White Sox will look to get done in Texas. They ran through a few Garrett Crochet, Luis Robert, and Andrew Benintendi rumors and trade possibilities. They also discuss the upcoming draft lottery and some of the ramifications of the A's signing this week.
Ian and James also discussed the news that Dick Allen will finally get his deserved recognition being elected in the Hall of Fame by the Eras committee before moving to the Baseball America White Sox top 10, top 30, and system best tools from Bill Mitchell, and MLB Pipeline Top 100 2025 draft names.
They close out the episode with a live reaction to the news that Juan Soto signed with the Mets for an insane 15yrs/$765M.

Saturday Dec 07, 2024

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen check in on the offseason before diving into roster projections for the White Sox minor league teams in 2025. They discuss their predicted starting rotations at each of the four affiliates for next season and what they expect in terms of how quickly each arm can potentially move through the levels.

Monday Dec 02, 2024

On the most recent FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox Gene Watson's appearance on the Our Chuck podcast. They run through his job description, previous experience, and what he is bringing the table. They also run through James' article on the Rule 5 draft possibilities, trade possibilities, the recent announcement and format change of Soxfest, and as always some listener questions.

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024

On this interview edition of the FutureSox Podcast, Elijah Evans is joined by right-hander Anthony Hoopii-Tuionetoa to talk all about his journey. They start with discussing his experience being traded to Chicago from Texas in May and adjusting to a new organization in the middle of the season. Then, they get into his pitching development and what he has been working on this season and during the Arizona Fall League this year as well. Listen in for all that and more with a pitcher who could be making appearances out of the White Sox bullpen this year.

Sunday Nov 24, 2024

On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox hiring of Walker McKinven as bench coach. There seems to be a lot of things pointing to McKinven being an integral piece of the Brewers successes. They discuss his resume and a crazy stat from Milwaukee's start of the 2024 season.
They also discussed David Keller's appearance on 670, the non-tenders, and thoughts on Andrew Vaughn among other topics. They also answered a ton of questions and revisited the 2017 and 2018 drafts.

Sunday Nov 24, 2024

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Jeff Cohen dive into offseason possibilities. They first discuss 40-Man Roster decisions as Colson Montgomery and Juan Carela were added to the roster and other notable players were left off. Then, they discuss Garrett Crochet's trade value and talk through Elijah's Five Crochet Mock Trades for the White Sox ace.

Monday Nov 18, 2024

On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox discuss the White Sox hiring of Ryan Fuller and his recent meeting. What will he be implementing and what will change? How will he formulate individual plans, how will he help Thames, and what is his actual role in the org? He answered a lot of questions, and the men delve into a bunch of messages he conveyed in his intro to the beat.
They also discussed : James article on the prep for the Rule 5 draft and 40 man, Roki Sasaki, a quick review of BA's draft review & Farm Statcast rankings, and other news from around the league. There were also some questions at the end of the stream relating to Crochet trade rumors, what the Angels are doing, and feelings on Jasson Dominguez.

Monday Nov 11, 2024

On the most recent episode of the FutureSox Podcast Ian Eskridge and James Fox are back on Sunday nights. They started their White Sox discussions with the announcement of Ryan Fuller being hired as the Director of hitting. They went back to his time with the Orioles system and how they expect things to change within the White Sox system. 
James Fox worked through what roster decisions are coming for the Sox and what he expects to see done. They moved on to what Sox minor leaguers moved on to free agency within the last week, and what kind of roles they occupied. They also went through a quick list of notable players from other org's went to FA.
They finished up the show going through the White Sox Rule 5 eligible players. They discussed who they expect the White Sox to protect, and who they expect to be left out for the Rule 5 draft. There were a ton of listener questions, and a lot of chatter.

Sunday Nov 10, 2024

On this edition of the FutureSox RoundUp, Elijah Evans and Dylan Barnas talk about the MLB-ready White Sox prospects. They first discuss Will Venable and the rest of the potential coaching staff before checking in on the Arizona Fall League prospects. Then, they go through every prospect who could make an impact in Chicago this season and what they'll need to display to earn a MLB role moving forward.

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