“I just feel it,” Grifol said. “There is a good vibe. You’ll see it, you’ll feel it, and you’ll hear it from these guys when you talk to them.

“They feel the same way. We’re all in this together. We have a really good staff we’ve assembled with a lot of experience and postseason experience as well. The group of players that we have are not going to let that slip away from us.”

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-goals-for-improving-in-2024

 

“It’s more so we know what we can do,” White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi said. “The potential in there is extremely high, and honestly, we are in a division that is pretty winnable for any team. It all comes down to staying healthy and playing to our potential. It’s one thing to say and another thing to do.” 

 

“Paul [DeJong] knows what he can be. I know Nicky [Lopez] knows what he can be. Myself included,” said White Sox starting pitcher Michael Soroka, who played for a consistently good Braves team but one still playing with a chip on its shoulder. “We have a lot of guys, I think, that have something to prove. We know what’s available in ourselves, and we want to pull that out on this team.

“You could end up with a team that is very, very hard to play against because you are playing against a lot of guys playing for their careers. That’s sometimes how some of those teams start. I’m excited to do that. I hope that is this club.”

 

“Everybody is counting us out,” said White Sox right fielder Gavin Sheets, “The only thing you can do is use that to fuel us. We go out every day trying to play hard and win games, and that doesn’t change what we are going to do.  We all know we aren’t favored to do anything this year. That’s the first time since I’ve been here in the big leagues in three years. We can use that to help us and motivate us and see what we can do with it.”

We need a Baghdad Scott emoji.

Seriously though, what is there to even have doubt about? They’re gonna suck ass no matter how they want to dress it up. 

Ah the weak division argument from Beni. Nice guy. Nice try. I can't believe my team is now the one that espouses great optimism in preseason articles but we all know we are the new dregs team. Out of it after 3 weeks.

Pedro is the Andy Reid of MLB. Can't-miss hero. Not much ST news it seems. 

Obviously file all this under non-story/what do you expect them to say, but I do think the below quote from Soroka is kind of refreshing in that it’s more honest than most of the cliche things you’ll hear

6 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

“You could end up with a team that is very, very hard to play against because you are playing against a lot of guys playing for their careers.

 

5 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Obviously file all this under non-story/what do you expect them to say, but I do think the below quote from Soroka is kind of refreshing in that it’s more honest than most of the cliche things you’ll hear

 

Guys who are playing for their careers are usually often injured or not good players, which typically equates to a bad season.

Edited February 1, 20242 yr by WhiteSox2023

Its going to be a great year on the Southside of Chicago!!!! I'm looking forward to Opening Day.

7 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Guys who are playing for their careers are usually often injured or not good players, which typically equates to a bad season.

Of course. I just think it’s rare to hear professional athletes acknowledge that they’re playing for their career.

38 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Of course. I just think it’s rare to hear professional athletes acknowledge that they’re playing for their career.

If they play good defense and generally play hard, they probably will be easier to root for than last season. Unfortunately all the hopes seem to ride on a weak division.

Your 2024 Chicago White Sox....hey, it could happen.

All these guys that were playing for their careers were playing for them last season until an team awful enough threw a few dollars at them to try again. But I do agree with wegner. Defense alone should get them a few more wins.

1 hour ago, WBWSF said:

Its going to be a great year on the Southside of Chicago!!!! I'm looking forward to Opening Day.

glug,glug,glug..........burp!

Grifol is probably the worse manager in baseball, this team has no chance of being good!!

2 hours ago, WBWSF said:

It’s going to be a great year on the Southside of Chicago!!!! I'm looking forward to Opening Day.

Should be plenty of seats for you 

3 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Should be plenty of seats for you 

Just the way I like the ballpark. No lines. 

Expectations are so low for 2024 that even a 90 loss season would be better than most so called doubters predict.

1 hour ago, wegner said:

If they play good defense and generally play hard, they probably will be easier to root for than last season. Unfortunately all the hopes seem to ride on a weak division.

Your 2024 Chicago White Sox....hey, it could happen.

 

10 minutes ago, ptatc said:

Just the way I like the ballpark. No lines. 

As a spectator, there's definitely something nice about a half empty or more ballpark. 

1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

As a spectator, there's definitely something nice about a half empty or more ballpark. 

The excitement you can feel and feed off of from the rest of the fans in a full stadium is unbelievable....the rest of what comes with getting to, being in, and leaving a full stadium I can do without.

1 hour ago, Dick Allen said:

As a spectator, there's definitely something nice about a half empty or more ballpark. 

When I’m not there, I want the ballpark to be filled. When I go, love it to be empty.

3 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

When I’m not there, I want the ballpark to be filled. When I go, love it to be empty.

Works for me. ? 

Blah blah blah same s%*# different day. Shut up talking about it and do it already

If they don't do a puff piece like this...what will you have to talk about? But it's seemingly looking like Cease may NOT be traded...and if Fedde is decent and Soroka can be healthy...sure they can improve off of last years god awful. I am more optimistic than most on this board, so will be fine until the inevitable 5+ game losing streak. Then it's back to complaining. 

Edited February 1, 20242 yr by EloyJenkins