'He only has one speed': The relentless baseball mind of Sam Antonacci - Sox Machine Sam Antonacci’s father Bill was a baseball coach, after finishing up his collegiate career at the University of Illinois. At times, this can feel like the most obvious fact in the world. Who else but ...

When enough coaches who have seen thousands of players come and go say Sam Antonacci is wired differently, you have to look into why that is. Or at least @jrfegan.soxmachine.com has to.

Today on @soxmachine.com:

@jrfegan.soxmachine.com spoke to Sam Antonacci's high school coach, junior college coach, draft scout, and current teammates to learn more about what makes him tick.

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Some people are calling him the Paul Bunyan of cat genitalia

Sam Antonacci was an intriguing mid-round draft pick in 2024, a breakout prospect last summer. But seeing him in person this spring in White Sox camp it became obvious: there are probably a lot of great old stories out there about this guy.

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Podcast: New Faces, Same Results - Sox Machine Chicago White Sox add new players in LHP Noah Schultz and Utility Sam Antonacci. But the results are the same as before as they are swept by Tampa Bay

Good morning-ish, White sox fans.

NEW @soxmachine.com Podcast presented by Ankin Law

Hear from Chris Getz, Will Venable, Noah Schultz, and Sam Antonacci.

Then I ask @jrfegan.soxmachine.com if the front office is feeling the angst from fans

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So like the time the guy just got a shower

I was referring to when I was in J school but yeah FanSided rocked

Back in my day (2013) we were taught to have game stories done by the last out

Rays 5, White Sox 3: Unhappy flight - Sox Machine Seranthony Domínguez hasn’t been handed enough save opportunities (3-for-5) yet this season to map out the big trends, but it’s safe to say that rather than the stabilizing back of the bullpen force t...

Six-straight home losses is both embarrassing but also not close to some of the awful stuff the White Sox have done in recent years. Best of both worlds!

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Time for White Sox baseball!

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White Sox notes: Miguel Vargas is swinging faster, but production hasn't yet caught up to the pace - Sox Machine Miguel Vargas’ bat speed is up this year. Statcast has him averaging 72.4 mph on his swings so far this season, an increase from 70.6 mph in 2025. If that sounds like a relatively small difference, fa...

Miguel Vargas is swinging faster, chasing less and whiffing less. He’s still struggling. All the White Sox hitters are struggling. Even Munetaka Murakami is doing well but whiffing enough on breakers that he had to alter his leg kick.

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Rays 8, White Sox 3: Reese McGuire pitched - Sox Machine Whatever portion of the 10,193 fans who hung around through the end of tonight’s game were at least rewarded for their endurance. Reese McGuire pitched a 1-2-3 ninth on just nine pitches, and then lat...

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After rumors of arrival die down, White Sox promote Sam Antonacci - Sox Machine Sam Antonacci’s entire game is built around forcing the issue, so it makes sense that his promotion to the White Sox was less of a well-orchestrated introduction, and more of a disheveled, harried res...

Sam Antonacci's extremely intense style of play often forces disjointed responses, so it's kinda fitting that his promotion to the White Sox has an out-of-sorts feel to it.

White Sox have announced Sam Antonacci has arrived without announcing a roster move, as they continue to handle this situation very normally

Noah Schultz survives MLB debut without best command, pitch - Sox Machine Because few pitchers have ever been so tall, thrown so hard and produced enough strikes, it’s natural to compare Noah Schultz to Randy Johnson, even when conceding the standards are impossible to matc...

Noah Schultz looked pretty good for someone who didn’t really have his best pitch and only used one side of the plate, as @soxmachine.com writes

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Chicago White Sox Postgame Presser: Noah Schultz debut vs. Tampa Bay #whitesox YouTube video by Sox Machine

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Postgame presser from Noah Schultz, as he speaks about his MLB debut tonight vs. Tampa Bay

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Rays 8, White Sox 5: A rough introduction for Noah Schultz - Sox Machine Noah Schultz took the loss in his MLB debut tonight, but if the first inning is any indication, he wins just by getting it out of the way. Schultz almost didn’t make it out of the first inning, throwi...

Noah Schultz's major league debut was an unforgettable experience.

The actual White Sox game that contained it...well, why you gotta always bring up old shit anyway, huh?

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Before Noah Schultz earned his big league debut, he worked to restore his delivery with his longtime pitching coach - Sox Machine Mark Sheehan did not see stardom when Noah Schultz first walked through his door. “I had no idea,” said Sheehan, who has coached Schultz since he was 14. “He was 5’8”, 130 pounds, skinny and gangly. Y...

As Noah Schultz gets ready to make his MLB debut, here's @jrfegan.soxmachine.com talking to Schultz's coach about how he bounced back from a frustrating season.

Pregame notes: This Noah Schultz guy is kind of a big deal - Sox Machine It’s a big day for the White Sox, per the guy who runs the baseball side of the White Sox. “It’s certainly a big step,” said Chris Getz. “We view Noah as a frontline starter at the major league level,...

Noah Schultz and Edgar Quero are taking the field together, which is just a funny visual, regardless of the moment's importance.

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White Sox do a bunch of things we already said they’d do

Before Noah Schultz earned his big league debut, he worked to restore his delivery with his longtime pitching coach - Sox Machine Mark Sheehan did not see stardom when Noah Schultz first walked through his door. “I had no idea,” said Sheehan, who has coached Schultz since he was 14. “He was 5’8”, 130 pounds, skinny and gangly. Y...

Talked about Noah Schultz’s offseason work to restore his delivery after an ugly 2025 clouded by a knee injury, with his longtime pitching coach who guided him through it.

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a woman is wearing a scarf and a jacket and says two weeks . ALT: a woman is wearing a scarf and a jacket and says two weeks .

A @soxmachine.com rundown of White Sox prospects!

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White Sox trade Lenyn Sosa to Blue Jays - Sox Machine Lenyn Sosa is going to wind up falling a few months short of a decade in the organization. Today, the White Sox traded their longest-tenured position player to the Blue Jays for minor league outfielde...

Sure Lenyn Sosa was a "bad defender" with a "inscrutable plate approach" and was "clearly playing part-time." Your words, not mine.

But in trading him, did the White Sox not scrub away a degree of mystery, a spark of endless possibility for the absurd from our lives?

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White Sox traded Lenyn Sosa to the Blue Jays for recent 17th round pick Jordan Rich and a PTBNL

White Sox 6, Royals 5: Wild pitch settles wild game - Sox Machine If you told the White Sox that after being shut out for two consecutive games that their pitching plan for the series finale would be busted when their bulk boy walked all three batters he faced befor...

9 pitchers used in 9 innings, their bulk arm left without recording an out, Wednesday's starter Sean Burke made himself available to pitch the 10th if necessary, Luisangel Acuña caught the second-to-last out with the positioning card in his teeth.

The White Sox:

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White Sox say Jonathan Cannon left his outing with right hip irritation

Pregame notes: Maybe they'll just get rained out instead - Sox Machine KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thank goodness there’s all these roster moves to discuss, since the White Sox aren’t scoring runs even when the weather allows them on the field, which it is currently not doing. Su...

The White Sox are doing things! They just actually involve playing baseball at present

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Jordan Hicks feels restored in Chicago despite early results, and thinks a return to triple-digit velocity is possible: 'I know it's in there' - Sox Machine Through seven appearances with the White Sox, Jordan Hicks now has a 8.10 ERA. He’s issued seven walks to five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings of work, and has a whiff rate currently near the bottom of th...

Jordan Hicks has an 8.10 ERA. He also hit 101 mph twice yesterday.

"If you look at my history, OPS goes significantly up when my fastball is under 98 mph," Hicks said. "When I'm 98, 99, 100, 101, the numbers are just crazy different."

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White Sox calling up Noah Schultz for MLB debut Tuesday - Sox Machine The White Sox have the league’s worst offense and have been held scoreless for the last 20 innings, so to that end, Noah Schultz isn’t going to help them much, unless he’s suddenly learned how to play...

Noah Schultz's performance in 2025 raised a lot of questions, but the way he's started the 2026 season has answered them pretty convincingly.

White Sox call up Duncan Davitt for now, but the time for Noah Schultz is near - Sox Machine Speaking about a whole host of White Sox pitchers before the team’s most recent victory against Toronto back on Sunday, Brian Bannister took a moment to note a Charlotte rotation that was low on fille...

Hey, the wording on my Noah Schultz headline from earlier this week held up. soxmachine.com/2026/04/whit...