2026 Spring Training Thread

[Princess Dye]

i heard people have eyeballs on Sox stuff rn

[DirtySox]

3 minutes ago, Princess Dye said:

i heard people have eyeballs on Sox stuff rn

Oh?

[Bob Sacamano]

11 minutes ago, Princess Dye said:

i heard people have eyeballs on Sox stuff rn

Yeah you’d figure Sosa, the catchers, maybe relievers? Hope to god Benintendi lol

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, Jake said:

To be fair, low fastball velo has always been part of the scouting report for Thorpe even though some had wondered if he had more in the tank. I don't know how far off his norms he was in terms of velocity. I do think it's reasonable to think that his poor command in MLB might have had to do with his elbow. Of course we'll get to find out more about what he can do before too long.

His velocity was apparently down a couple ticks with us in the minors vs. what it was in his final season with the Yankees when he was Minor League pitcher of the year.

[Princess Dye]

38 minutes ago, Princess Dye said:

i heard people have eyeballs on Sox stuff rn

ah it ended up being:

 

https://www.soxon35th.com/white-sox-announce-special-ticket-offer-to-celebrate-2026-world-baseball-classic/

[WestEddy]

I created a WBC catch-all to use as game threads and related. 

 

[DoUEvenShift]

 

[WestEddy]

4 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

 

I guess if a player's going to get PAs in a "major league" game, he has to be assigned to major league camp. And then when he's done, they reassign him to minor league camp. 

[Timmy U]

Wolkow had a single in the game today, over 120 mph off the bat. Guy has juice.