Breaking down a key adjustment from Munetaka Murakami after a monster weekend - Sox Machine Braden Montgomery had a helpful reminder about not losing the plot reacting to a single tweak he made to his setup. “There’s always micro changes, because that’s just the nature of it,” Montgomery sai...

Munetaka Murakami has made his first adjustments, and @jrfegan.soxmachine.com says he's turning into the skid. Shortening his hand path? No. Lengthening his leg kick? Yes.

Breaking down a key adjustment from Munetaka Murakami after a monster weekend - Sox Machine Braden Montgomery had a helpful reminder about not losing the plot reacting to a single tweak he made to his setup. “There’s always micro changes, because that’s just the nature of it,” Montgomery sai...

Last week Munetaka Murakami seemed like he was making some tweaks to better stay back on secondary pitches. This weekend, safe to say he saw some results.

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Is Munetaka Murakami the next Kyle Schwarber? #whitesox #mlb YouTube video by Sox Machine

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A cap tip to @chuckgarfien.bsky.social for the topic: Can Munetaka Murakami be the next Kyle Schwarber?

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White Sox 7, Athletics 4: Bombs away - Sox Machine In his first two at-bats Sunday, and a pitch into his third, Munetaka Murakami did not look like he was ever going to figure out the slider of A’s starter Jeffrey Springs. There are worse failings to ...

The A's are long gone, but I think they could hear the profanity Jacob Wilson yelled after popping up that hanging slider to the end the game all the way back in Oakland.

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Checking in a hot start for Braden Montgomery, the most cerebral of White Sox top prospects - Sox Machine White Sox prospect outfielder Braden Montgomery is on the sort of heater that gets someone out of a return assignment to Double-A Birmingham in short order. The newly 23-year-old switch-hitter is 12-f...

Braden Montgomery made a swing tweak and is now mashing. Asked about it, Montgomery pointed out that life is a constant stream of tweaks and adjustments and this is just the latest in an inconceivably long chain.

Which, yanno, valid point.

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Athletics 7, White Sox 6 (11 Innings): Blown five run lead - Sox Machine Despite hitting three home runs and having a 5-0 lead, the Chicago White Sox lost 7-6 in extra innings to the Sacramento Athletics

Today's game recap on @soxmachine.com:

White Sox were up 5-0 in the second inning, but couldn't hold on as they lost in extras in Sacramento.

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White Sox 9, Athletics 2: Munetaka Murakami makes it a grand opener - Sox Machine Colson Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami combined to whiff on half of their 18 swings tonight. What they did with the other half made for a rare laugher. Montgomery put the Sox up early with a couple o...

The White Sox missed a handful of opportunities to land a true knockout blow early, but that only made Munetaka Murakami's seventh-inning grand slam more cathartic.

Thrusting in the direction of the problem.

'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 playing career at the University of Illinois. At times, this can feel like the most obvious fact in the world. Who e...

Sam Antonacci's first MLB HBP means he has truly arrived.

2026 MLB Draft Report: Updated Top 100 still led by Roch Cholowsky and Grady Emerson - Sox Machine Updated 2026 MLB Draft Top 100 prospects from Sox Machine still features Roch Cholowsky and Grady Emerson as the two best in this class

Latest @soxmachine.com 2026 MLB Draft Report.

It's our Top 100 Draft Prospect rankings update. Some shuffling in the top 10, but it's still Roch Cholowsky and Grady Emerson at the top.

Rankings:

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'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.

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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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' faster swing is making a difference after all.

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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Singles his first time up, thrown out trying to anticipate a pitch in the dirt.

Pregame notes: Sam Antonacci's debut or Jesse Scholtens' revenge? - Sox Machine Three days ago, the Rays put starter Joe Boyle on the injured list right elbow strain and recalled old friend Jesse Scholtens, who will start Wednesday night’s game. Alongside that initial source of r...

And here's where we're discussing said debut.

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...

Here's a preview of Sam Antonacci's debut, with the strange rollout that preceded it.

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...

Here's a review of last night's debut, where an over-amped Noah Schultz got by, but left plenty of room to introduce the rest of his game. soxmachine.com/2026/04/noah...

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.

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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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 night ended better than it started, but it doesn't quite say that on the scoreboard. soxmachine.com/2026/04/rays...

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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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.

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A @soxmachine.com rundown of White Sox prospects!

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Noah Schultz Getting the Call #whitesox YouTube video by Sox Machine

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Noah Schultz's debut is tonight, and Jim Margalus breaks down the arsenal he was using in Charlotte.

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Farm Fortnight: How White Sox prospects are faring after two weeks, give or take - Sox Machine Depending on your White Sox affiliate of choice, the minor league season is either 2½ weeks or 1½ weeks old, but Farm Fortnight will meet you in the middle by saying the first two weeks are in the boo...

It's the first Farm Fortnight of the season. If all goes well, Noah Schultz won't be back for a second.