3/2/2026 - Sox v. Giants, 2:05 - Davis Martin v. Landon Roupp - on ESPN 1000

[WestEddy]

Today's lineup pic.twitter.com/Nvh1QV0Tlr

— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) March 2, 2026

Edited 5 hours ago by WestEddy

[WestEddy]

Wade and Murray have gotten the most starts at 1B and 3B, respectively. 

		C	1B	2B	SS	3B
2/20/2026		Teel	Murakami	Antonacci	Murray	Mead
2/21/2026		Quero	Wade	Meidroth	C. Montgomery	Vargas
2/22/2026		Lee	Murakami	Sosa	Murray	Mead
2/23/2026		Teel	Wade	Meidroth	Bergolla	Vargas
2/24/2026		Quero	Mead	Antonacci	Murray	Sosa
2/25/2026		Lee	Murakami	Meidroth	C. Montgomery	Vargas
2/26/2026		Teel	Galanie	Sosa	Murray	Mead
2/27/2026	ss	Teel	Wade	Antonacci	C. Montgomery	Vargas
2/27/2026	ss	Quero	Sosa	Meidroth	Murray	Dunn
2/28/2026		Lee	Wade	Meidroth	Bergolla	Vargas
3/1/2026		Quero	Sosa	Gonzalez	C. Montgomery	Murray
3/2/2026		Lee	Wade	Meidroth	Murray	Vargas

[WestEddy]

Hill and Kelenic also getting nice, long looks. 

LF CF RF DH P               2/20/2026   Hays Hill Peters Lee Cannon 2/21/2026   Kelenic Acuña Baldwin Benintendi Murphy 2/22/2026   Hays Hill B. Montgomery Teel Vasil 2/23/2026   Benintendi Acuña Kelenic Murakami S. Smith 2/24/2026   Hays Hill Baldwin Wade Kay 2/25/2026   Benintendi Acuña Peters Kelenic Martin 2/26/2026   Hays Hill B. Montgomery Quero Newcomb 2/27/2026 ss Darren Baker Baldwin Hays Harris Fedde 2/27/2026 ss B. Montgomery Peters Kelenic Lee Burke 2/28/2026   Kelenic Hill Baker Antonacci S. Smith 3/1/2026   Benintendi Baldwin B. Montgomery Hays Kay 3/2/2026   Kelenic Acuña Hill Sosa Martin

[WestEddy]

DVS notes in Times:

White Sox' catching corps off to strong start in camp - Chicago Sun-Times

- Catchers lauded; Lee not mentioned
- WBC players gone
- Benintendi won't play til midweek
- Sox lead league in hits and doubles
- mini-recap

Meghan Montemurro Sox/Cubs notes in Trib:

Cactus League: Cubs' Alex Bregman slugs first spring home run

- mini-piece on Meidroth's off-season
- Braden discusses HR off Imanaga

SoxMachine PodCast:

Podcast: Watching Roch - Sox Machine

- Fegan thinks Lee will eventually end up on waivers
- Pereira still days away

[WestEddy]

Andrew Benintendi took swings yesterday and plans to do so again today. Said he would be playing if it was regular season, but no reason to rush things on March 2. He should be back after Wednesday's off-day.

— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) March 2, 2026

[ptatc]

1 hour ago, WestEddy said:

Good to see Acura back. Must not be too much swelling.

[vilehoopster]

Spring training means nothing. You really don’t know a lot about a player just from his spring training results. Everyone knows and understands this.

Except, when spring training is added on to other things, then we start to think that, maybe, spring training is telling us something.

It has been understood that Meidroth is a big part of the core, and he’s gonna be the starting 2nd baseman, even to the point that he has a bobble head this summer. 

But Antonicci has killed the ball this spring. Add that to his minors performance last year, and add on his AFL results. Hmmmm.

Sosa led the team in home runs last year. He seems to be pounding the ball this spring. Hummmm.

Again spring training means nothing, but there are starting to be discussions.

I think it would help Meidroth to get a couple hits today, maybe one for extra bases. 

[WestEddy]

9 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

Spring training means nothing. You really don’t know a lot about a player just from his spring training results. Everyone knows and understands this.

Except, when spring training is added on to other things, then we start to think that, maybe, spring training is telling us something.

It has been understood that Meidroth is a big part of the core, and he’s gonna be the starting 2nd baseman, even to the point that he has a bobble head this summer. 

But Antonicci has killed the ball this spring. Add that to his minors performance last year, and add on his AFL results. Hmmmm.

Sosa led the team in home runs last year. He seems to be pounding the ball this spring. Hummmm.

Again spring training means nothing, but there are starting to be discussions.

I think it would help Meidroth to get a couple hits today, maybe one for extra bases. 

While I'm a bit impatient with Colson, Teel and Meidroth not putting up explosive numbers, they all have starting spots on OD. The first 6-8 weeks of the season will tell the tale. It's important for each of these guys (and Acuña, Pereira, Baldwin, Vargas, Quero, Murakami) to not be sitting on a .420 OPS on April 23. 

[chitownsportsfan]

There's zero correlation between spring training stats and regular season. Remember when Jimmy Rollins had like 7 HR in spring and then was -1.5 WAR by June and was mercifully cut? 

Just don't get hurt.

[vilehoopster]

7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

There's zero correlation between spring training stats and regular season. Remember when Jimmy Rollins had like 7 HR in spring and then was -1.5 WAR by June and was mercifully cut? 

Just don't get hurt.

Zero correlation. . . ? That is too simple to possibly be true. Certainly for a secure veteran, you can somewhat say that, but only somewhat. 
 

Your one example Rollins means pretty much nothing; there are many examples that show spring does matter. A super easy example is Shane Smith last spring. He was a rule 5 pickup, no reason to pay him any attention for opening day. But (to anybody paying attention) it was pretty obvious, long before spring training over, that he was something special. 

Again, based on what the Sox already knew about Antonicci, his three EVs this spring of over 100 mph, have probably taken, at least a couple months off how soon he is brought up to the majors this year. 

[DoUEvenShift]

1 hour ago, ptatc said:

Good to see Acura back. Must not be too much swelling.

Sir this is a Jeep forum. Have you taken a test drive in the new 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee? Should check one out at South Oak Jeep Dodge Ram & Chrysler!

[WhiteSox2023]

20 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

Zero correlation. . . ? That is too simple to possibly be true. Certainly for a secure veteran, you can somewhat say that, but only somewhat. 
 

Your one example Rollins means pretty much nothing; there are many examples that show spring does matter. A super easy example is Shane Smith last spring. He was a rule 5 pickup, no reason to pay him any attention for opening day. But (to anybody paying attention) it was pretty obvious, long before spring training over, that he was something special. 

Again, based on what the Sox already knew about Antonicci, his three EVs this spring of over 100 mph, have probably taken, at least a couple months off how soon he is brought up to the majors this year. 

It happens every year.  ST stats don’t matter.  A guy could be hot as hell in ST and then go completely cold once the season starts.  Also, guys who can’t hit a lick in ST can start the season hot as hell.  It’s like 50 at bats.

Edited 3 hours ago by WhiteSox2023

[chitownsportsfan]

40 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Sir this is a Jeep forum. Have you taken a test drive in the new 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee? Should check one out at South Oak Jeep Dodge Ram & Chrysler!

Spoiler

[vilehoopster]

20 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

It happens every year.  ST stats don’t matter.  A guy could be hot as hell in ST and then go completely cold once the season starts.  Also, guys who can’t hit a lick in ST can start the season hot as hell.  It’s like 50 at bats.

Yes, ST is a small sample. I have to admit that is a strong argument against ST’s value. But still, it is still a sample, and whatever you may say, it is considered. Plus there are sooo many stats now taken during ST, especially for pitchers. Again Shane Smith last year. 

[bmags]

We are in spring training threads, no more talk about how it don't matter. This is life and death baby.

[Autumn Dreamin]

Spring results aren't predictive, but metrics can matter.

You want your pitchers to hit their velo/shape targets even if the lack of "real" gameplanning means they give up hits in the process.

EVs, whiff rates, etc. matter for hitters. Antonacci flashing higher EVs is meaningful (and still would be even if they were all finding gloves and his surface stats were worse as a result).

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

There's zero correlation between spring training stats and regular season. Remember when Jimmy Rollins had like 7 HR in spring and then was -1.5 WAR by June and was mercifully cut? 

Just don't get hurt.

Effectively it is believed to be literally 5%, so barely breaking above zero.

https://packetstorm.com/the-myth-of-spring-training-records-do-they-predict-mlb-regular-season-success/

 

 

[bmags]

I'm gonna call up hawk. You think they aren't learning how to win? They are!

[vilehoopster]

Again, if Meidroth hits .250 with only two doubles this spring; and Sosa and Antinocci both hit five home runs this spring, Meidroth will still be the starting 2nd baseman for opening day and week. But he better have a good March and early April or he will be replaced. Not that long runway. 
 

I guess that’s what I’m saying: A couple doubles would help secure Meidroth a longer runway for the start of the season.

[vilehoopster]

8 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Effectively it is believed to be literally 5%, so barely breaking above zero.

https://packetstorm.com/the-myth-of-spring-training-records-do-they-predict-mlb-regular-season-success/

 

 

That stat is about teams, not individual players. Completely apples to oranges. 

[southsider2k5]

3 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

That stat is about teams, not individual players. Completely apples to oranges. 

teams are made up of a bunch of individual performances.

[Autumn Dreamin]

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Effectively it is believed to be literally 5%, so barely breaking above zero.

https://packetstorm.com/the-myth-of-spring-training-records-do-they-predict-mlb-regular-season-success/

I'm almost certain you accused me of "gaslighting" last season for saying spring training win/loss wasn't a predictive measure...

Anyway, webcast with ESPN radio is available for this game for those interested: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/spring-training-cws-sf-194612

[Autumn Dreamin]

Vargas and Murray with some nice IF defense early. Vargas especially

Edited 3 hours ago by Autumn Dreamin

[ptatc]

1 hour ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Sir this is a Jeep forum. Have you taken a test drive in the new 2027 Jeep Grand Cherokee? Should check one out at South Oak Jeep Dodge Ram & Chrysler!

Sorry fat fingers and no editing before posting. 😀

[WestEddy]

34 minutes ago, vilehoopster said:

Yes, ST is a small sample. I have to admit that is a strong argument against ST’s value. But still, it is still a sample, and whatever you may say, it is considered. Plus there are sooo many stats now taken during ST, especially for pitchers. Again Shane Smith last year. 

Everybody's working to get up to speed and not get injured. Kelenic's average opponent was a AA pitcher. There's probably a small number of guys on the bubble for whom the coaching staff watches for vigor, elan, focus, etc. Rule 5 guys especially need a decision made by the end of spring training. The only things that really matter is how somebody's new 4-seamer looks. Did your OF lose a ton of bat speed? They watch the replacements so they have an idea who might be coming up during the season, but guys who have 1000 big league PAs aren't going to be judged on 50 ramp up PAs.