After a long winter through the baseball-less void, Opening Day is upon us! With the 2021 MLB season set to kick off later this week, Nick and Pat are back with a new Shoeless Goat Podcast to kick off our third season. The guys give their predictions for the final standings, with Pat using his […] More
Well, every good thing has to come to an end. Just a few weeks after I talked about how nice it was to only have the backup catcher race to talk about at White Sox Spring Training, the news of Eloy Jimenez and his ruptured pec has rocked the White Sox plans for 2021. In […] More
While most of the White Sox lineup is set, the battle for the backup catcher role continues to wage on in Spring Training. While some of the other storylines revolve around definite major league-caliber players, ignoring service time (a la Andrew Vaughn), there aren’t a lot of jobs to be won outside of backup catcher. […] More
Spring Training is the time of year to exaggerate every little improvement to the end of the earth, but this year, with Andrew Vaughn, it’s all real. After an offseason that saw the White Sox funnel most of their available resources towards the starting and relief pitching corps (plus one former leader of the team-declarer), […] More
Baseball is back with the start of Spring Training, and so are Nick and Pat in the newest episode of the Shoeless Goat Podcast! To open up Season 3 of the show, the guys review the offseason for both teams in town, the Cubs and the White Sox. After eventful offseasons for both clubs, it […] More
After months of White Sox fans like me clamoring for the team to add starting pitching depth, they have answered the bell, bringing back familiar face Carlos Rodon on a one year, $3MM deal. Rodon, the 3rd overall pick of the 2014 draft, and the White Sox had seemingly reached a natural parting point about […] More
I suppose I should preface this post by clarifying that I do not, incredibly surprisingly, possess a vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame. With the Hall of Fame announcing the 2021 class (if anyone hits 75%) later today, I’ve been thinking a lot about who I would put on my ballot. Most choices are […] More
Taking the classic adage of “if you can’t beat em, join em” to an expensive extreme, the White Sox have struck while the MLB Hot Stove iron was cold, reportedly signing top free agent closer Liam Hendriks to a 3 year, $39MM deal. This contract will also undoubtedly reach the 4 year, $54MM mark thanks […] More
After a big week of additions for the White Sox in the form of Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton, the law of averages finally caught up to the South Siders. In what was an inevitable outcome at the end of the 2020 season, James McCann is leaving the White Sox for a starting gig to […] More
Barely 12 hours after the Lance Lynn trade news struck, reports came out that the White Sox had already made their next move of the offseason. In a surprise move that perhaps shouldn’t be so surprising because a) this is the Chicago White Sox, after all and b) this signing was floated by Chuck Garfien literally […] More
For the second year in a row, the White Sox and Rangers have completed a late night trade at the Winter Meetings, although this year’s installment of the Rick Hahn midnight special certainly carries more weight. Just like that, the White Sox opened up their 2020 offseason by acquiring Lance Lynn, sending Dane Dunning and […] More
Finally, most of the way through a crazy week in the White Sox universe, some good news has arrived. And, all things considered, there isn’t a more deserving person in the sport. After a dominant 2020 season that saw him reach a new peak, Jose Abreu has brought home the highest individual honor baseball has […] More