Chicago White Sox Should GAMBLE on Adolis Garcia and Christopher Morel for Immediate Power Surge

Chicago White Sox Should GAMBLE on Adolis Garcia and Christopher Morel for Immediate Power Surge

The Chicago White Socks must take a chance on Adeliss Garcia or at the very least Christopher Morell. You are locked on White Socks, your daily Chicago White Socks podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Hello, I’m Todd Welter. Welcome to Lockdown White Sox, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. I’m a lifelong socks fan. Been podcasting here for over a year and a half and covering the team well before then and also I’ve covered Major League Baseball for outlets such as the Associated Press. Well, I’m going to get to your mailbag questions and comments that tackle this organization lacking a superstar pursuing a Japanese free agent superstar pitcher and if Jonathan Cannon can rebound after I discuss if there’s a reason to be concerned about future owner Justin Inishia with the latest controversy surrounding his brother Matt and the Phoenix Suns. But first, let’s discuss why Adelise Garcia and Christopher Morell should be at the top of Chicago’s free agent wish list after being non-tender. Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers can bet just $5, and if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the app today. So, the White Socks need a bridge right fielder. And Otis Garcia needs a second chance. And with his power ability and ties to manager Will Venable, I don’t care if he’s on the decline. bring him in at least for another season. You know, let’s see if the White Sox can actually salvage this former star player. And the White Socks are kind of in that market right now as they keep bringing in guys that they’re trying to salvage such as former highly regarded players. And if they’re trying to salvage these former highly regarded players, why not roll the dice on Christopher Morell? You know, you remember him when he was an emerging star on the southside, got traded to the Rays because he just couldn’t play third base, but he could hit for power. He still has that potential even though his career’s kind of fallen on hard times. And before you go, or jump into the comments be like, “No, thank you.” or that, remember, the White Socks need home runs in this lineup. They need power. And that’s why you shouldn’t scoff at the idea of trying out Morell or Garcia because the White Sox are literally trying to salvage former especially in the case of Morell. The White Sox are literally trying to salvage former high upside young hitters such as Curtis Me and Everson Perearia. And honestly, I wouldn’t be opposed to Nathaniel Low at first base with his power ability. You know, we just we can’t scoff right now because this is the state that the White Sox are in. I would obviously love for them to be in on Pete Lonzo. I would obviously love for them to be in on Cody Bellinger and Kyle Tucker, but they’re not. They’re even in this point of the rebuild, it’s probably you’re not at the point of the rebuild of trying to get that piece that puts you over the top to basically complete the rebuild, at least in terms of the process. But the White Socks are trying to find guys that still have high potential that just hasn’t been unlocked. you know, as Chris gets says, giving them the runway. Now, in Christopher Morell’s case and Garcia’s case, it’s going to be more of trying to reclaim and salvage. But let hitting director Ryan Fuller and new hitting coach Derek Shman see if they can fix these guys at the plate. And if they can’t, oh well, it’s a one-year deal wasted. And there’s no such thing as a bad one-year deal unless it’s wasted on like, say, terrible character players. And I’m not going to bring up my Clevenger’s name. But anyways, there is just no such thing as a bad one-year deal unless it brings absolutely awful PR to you. And before you scoff at the White Socks likely not landing either, remember Will Venal was the bench coach in Texas when Garcia became a World Series hero hero in 2023. And Morell, he was a fan favorite in Chicago. Granted, it was on the north side, but he does have the love of the city. So, if the Cubs don’t want him back, and I doubt they do, maybe he goes to the southside like Mike Tman did. And Tamiki Garcia is definitely worth seeing if he still has something left in the tank despite obviously there is some obvious signs of decline, especially in his powers numbers because it’s you just need a bridge guy for right now. You’re just looking for a short-term, you know, guy in right field that can actually be on the field. That’s one of the reasons why Mike Tman, I talked about on yesterday’s episode, why he’s not gonna be on the team next year or likely not on the team. I mean, he’s still technically a free agent. The White Sox could bring him back on a, you know, on a more less expensive deal, but I doubt they’re going to do that. But you just need a guy to get you through this season and a guy that could potentially hit you a lot of home runs. Now, obviously in his year 32 season, because he’s was 32 this past season, father time was starting to catch up with him. I mean, if you look at his slash line, 227, 271, 394, hit just 19 home runs and had a WRC plus of 89. And the 19 dingers is definitely a concern after he had 31 homers in 2021, 27 in 22, 39 in 2023, and then 25 in 2024. And he was definitely terrible against left-handed pitching last season with a 199 average. So, it’s kind of hard to be like, well, maybe you could have him platoon, but that was his career low as normally, at least career-wise, he could at least slug lefties with a career 426 slugging percentage. And one of the reasons why I would still take a chance on him is he’s been great hitting at right field. He’s got a 306 career average there with a 1.010 OPS and a 661 slug making up most of that number. six career home runs at rightfield in 15 games at 35th in Shields. Although he did go only two for 11 in a series at right field last season, but he did hit a double and a home run. He’s won a gold glove in 2023. He had 16 defensive runs saved last season in right field, although only had one outs above average. But even if you pop out his highlight tapes, he can still make some really great plays in right field. And he did cut down on the strikeout percentage. It was a career low 24.7% although didn’t walk much and that’s kind of a concern but at least that 24.7% strikeout percentage does show signs of you know being better when it comes to pitch selection which the White Sox are still looking for in terms of their hitters. They want guys, you know, that’s Ryan Fuller’s philosophy, good pitch selection, that type of stuff. And he had a great barrel percentage and he can still run the bases. So I definitely think it’s worth it to take a shot. Although spot rack still thinks he could get $12 million. And I think that’s kind of over projection. Usually guys that get non-tendered are usually in the single-digit millions and on a one-year deal on a make good too. And with his decline, you know, because if he was still really really valued, I think the Rangers would have been able to trade him. So definitely a guy that you could probably get on a five $6 million make good and the White Sox have the money to spend you know to even if it’s to I talked about it yesterday even if it’s get to the 85 $89 million payroll there’s a little bit of money and wiggle room to sign bargain guys and Morell I mean why not take a chance on a guy who will be 26 and projects to make three million on a make good deal per spot rack. Obviously, he isn’t an infielder anymore, but I’d rather have the hope that he could still at least 26 home runs in left field like he did in 2023 than say have Andrew Benendi in the lineup. I mean, at this point, I would advocate as loud as I can that Benendi is nothing more than a veteran left-handed bat off the bench and just tell Jerry, you know, owner Jerry Risorf, deal with the sunk cost of 17.1 million. You don’t have to play him. You just got to pay him. I mean, it’s sunk. Just pay the guy. I don’t care at this point. And Morell is available. So, you know, it’s a guy that is going to be someone that you can definitely use and he’s still got some potential. And Tampa Bay Rays president of baseball operations, Eric Nander, said permlb.com’s Adam Bry that it just came down to just, you know, finding consistency and he just couldn’t find it. This is what the quote was. quote really just struggled to find consistency throughout his game through last year and then this year just couldn’t access the power on a consistent enough basis to reach his potential. President of baseball operations Eric Nender said just got to the point where the playing time and the opportunity starting to tighten up as last year went on and we didn’t feel like the opportunity was going to be there looking ahead to next year. We just couldn’t establish the consistency that we were hoping would be there. It happens but he gave us everything he had and we appreciate that. End quote. And his downfall was not like say Eloy’s downfall who just stopped putting the ball in the air. Morell still had a career-high 45.2 fly ball percentage. So he could still put the ball in the air and he could still square up the ball when he did get a chance. 14.8 barrel percentage, 49.7% hard hit percentage. Obviously, there’s a strikeout story, but there still might something, you know, there still might be something there at the plate that, hey, just throw him in left field and see if he can still hit for power. And if it works out, you got club control for a few more years. And if it doesn’t, non-tender him or DFA him and move on. But these are lowrisk moves worth exploring. Well, hopefully when Justin Ishbia buys controlling interest, the White Sox don’t have to be so cheap when it comes to acquiring players. below. We also have to hope he’s nothing like his brother Matt, who has another controver ownership controversy with the Phoenix Suns. And let’s discuss that after the break. 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Either way, get your 30-minute fix of Chicago White Sox baseball venting with me and maybe some hope. Also, make sure to check out my ring content at southsidstockoxs.com and ontapsportsnet.com. So Justin Ishbia is being viewed by many as the eventual savior of the White Socks. I know I’m mostly in that camp, but I try to be somewhat cautiously optimistic with everything when it comes to the White Socks because it just seems like we can’t have nice things as White Sox fans. And one of the reasons why, you know, he’s viewed as a savior is obviously he’s not going to be Jerry Ryanorf when he hopefully potent, you know, purchases controlling interest of the team as soon as 2029. and he will bring a vast war chest of financial resources to the organization. Remember AJ Perszinski, I think he was uh I forget which podcast he was on. I don’t think it was his podcast, but he was on. He was saying like the White Sox are sleeping giants and this is the guy that could potentially wake them up and he’s, you know, already said the right things. You know, he’s already said that he views himself as a steward of the team, not an owner. He wants to build a new ballpark in Chicago at some point. Although I heard that, you know, the scores Bruce Levine on um inside the clubhouse still floated the idea of that the White Sox could move to Nashville, but maybe he’s getting a speculation from the current owner, you know, who probably still wants to leverage and move to get public money from the state of Illinois to build a new ballpark so Jerry can be viewed as a savior. But either way, I mean, Justin, you know, totally athletic. You know, John Greenberg, I talked about it on Friday’s show, you know, said that, you know, he’s Justin said that the team is staying in Chicago as he doesn’t want to commute. If he wanted to commute and buy a team, he would have bought the Minnesota Twins. But we do have to hope that he’s nothing like his brother when it comes to being a majority owner because Matt Ishbia is having some more issues with his ownership of the Suns for which Justin is one of the minority owners. Uh Matt is now being accused of using the Suns as a personal piggy bank uh as he’s being sued by some of the minority owners. And this is some of the nuggets that I want to share. Per report from ESPN’s Baxter Holmes. A pair of Phoenix Suns minority owners alleged that Matt Ishpia is using the franchise as his personal piggy bank and that the Suns governor has sunken a once profitable team into the red. According to a new lawsuit claiming misconduct and mismanagement by Ishbia. The filing in Delaware state court that was made public Monday and obtained by ESPN is the latest turn in an ongoing legal battle between Ishbia who bought the team in 2023 from embattled former majority owner Robert Sarver and Scott Seldon and Andy Colberg who are the holdovers from the previous ownership group under Sarver. Seldon and Coberg sued the team in August, alleging that Ishb refused access to internal records and that he held a capital call on June 2nd, 2025 to quote to exert pressure on and dilute end quote the ownership shares held by Suns minority owners. Among several allegations in the latest filing, Seldon and Coberg say that Ishbia extended a loan to the Suns at an interest rate far above market, that he sold the naming rights to the Suns Arena to his mortgage company without disclosing the details to minority partners, that he leased the Phoenix Suns Mercury’s uh practice facility for from himself at an undisclosed rate, and that he established a new entity called the Player 15 Group that they say appears to hold assets that rightfully belong to the Suns. Regarding the June 2nd, 2025 capital call, Seldon and Coberg also say that Ishbia tried to punitively dilute their shares if they didn’t find a if they didn’t fund a capital raise on a 10-day deadline while hiding his own failure to fund by the deadline. Quote, in other words, Ishbia blundered into the very trap he set for the minority owners, and he faced a devastating delusion of his ownership interest if his failure was discovered. A failure that would wipe off his net worth and put his continued status as an NBA team owner and governor in jeopardy. End quote. the filing states. Now, Baxter wrote that Ishbia has counters sued and called the latest lawsuit a shakeddown. This is what Ishbia said and he did get a statement from Matt through a spokesperson. Quote, Ishbia does not own the Suns to make money from for the company, but he does operate as a personal fifom for his own personal gain and for the benefit of his other businesses, including his um yeah, including uh his mortgage company, United Wholesale Mortgage. the latest filing states. The reality is that Ishbia is using the Oh, wait. This is what actually they said the owners uh sorry um going to scroll down. This is the quote there. Quote, “This isn’t a lawsuit. It’s a shameless shakeddown dressed up as legal process.” A spokesperson forb said in a statement to ESPN from day one, Matt Ishbia was transparent that he was doing things differently. Contrary to how the team was previously managed, Matt made it very clear he would invest significantly into the Suns and Mercury. He told all the investors that they could step up with him or sell their stake and step aside. Colberg and Seldon stayed in and now they’re trying to freeload off the value Matt created. Colberg and Seldon want to drag the organization backward and they openly admit in this filing that investing in the team and its fans makes no business sense. They are advocating neglect. They are free to sell their shares on the open market and if they don’t, they should be prepared to lose this lawsuit and participate in Matt’s continuous investments in the teams and community. End quote. Now, there have been other numerous issues surrounding Matt Ishbia that was pointed out on research done by Metobrook Media and I did a show on that I believe last year that every day might recall. You know, uh didn’t really paint Matt into a great light like he would just make up market rates on just walking, you know, just waking up. Um there’s obviously more lawsuits happening around the Suns. Um, but for the most part it, you know, Matt Ishbia I think would be up and down in terms of like how he’s trying to own the team, which I’m gonna address in a second. But when it comes to Justin being different from Matt, you know, it’s going to be kind of tough to differentiate. Although Justin did once say this to Forbes, quote, “We’re both alphas.” Justin told Forbes last year, I said, “Dad, if Matt and I work together every day, we’re going to end up fighting all the time.” and that won’t be good for either of us.” End quote. So, obviously, Justin knows that he wants to be competitive just like Matt. They’re alpha dogs. But, if I remember correctly, 312 Sports is uh Dan Bernstein, you know, the former uh 670 The Score, legendary talk show host. when he was on the score, I think he did uncover when talking to others that know Justin as a businessman because there was I remember him doing a show or a segment that there was concern about is he mad Ishbl when they were talking about uh the Metobrook report. Um there’s a bit more reserved, bit more of a straight shooter, bit more calmer and that’s a good thing. And also remember he made his billions on you know he obviously took daddy you know dad’s money their dad you know who founded United Wholesale Mortgage but he put Matt in charge and that’s one you know one of the reasons why Justin said I don’t want to work but he did obviously Justin’s made his billions in equity partnership and you know um all that stuff you know um you know market funds and you know all those things that uh you know investments properties basically did not need to use United Wholesale Market uh mortgage as his um you know uh his the way to build his fortune there. Sorry about that. Just trying you know you’re just trying to figure out you know basically he didn’t need to work for dad. He went out on his own. And the other thing is when it comes to is he going to start like basically using the White Sox as his piggy bank? Well, first of all, a lot of teams do draw debt. I mean, that’s one of the reasons why he’s uh increased his minority ownership is he’s paying down the debt. But owning a baseball team is a bit different than owning a basketball team. First, obviously, you can’t trade first round picks. So, there’s always going to be the ability to basically you can be competitive and rebuild almost at the same time because if you’re drafting and signing international free agents and then developing them, well, you will have a shot at sustained success. Whereas in the NBA, the only shot you have at sustained success is you got to have a superstar. And the only way to get a superstar, and you got to have multiple, usually one or, you know, two, possibly three. Either way, you need two. And the only way to get those superstars is you got to have a top pick. So, you got to tank for it. Or you got to hope a superstar forces his way out in a trade onto your team. And Matt wanting to be competitive, that’s a good thing. So, you know, you just got to hope that he’s a little bit more of a straight shooter than his brother Matt. So, let’s make sure your voice is heard as I do want to address your mailbag questions and comments. That’s coming up after the break. Welcome back to Lockdown White Sox. I’m your host Todd Welter. Shout out to all the everydayers. I appreciate your loyalty. Please hit the like button on today’s episode. recommend to your fellow socks fans, your baseball fans, friends to subscribe to the YouTube channel at lockdown white socks, every other podcast as this show is available on all major podcast platforms. And something cool is going to be coming down the pike. I believe it’s going to be announced. I’ll get more information on it, but uh in the works is the Everyday Club. Uh I believe I I don’t have the pricing yet, but it’ll be a fee uh subscription, but you’re going to be able to get um uh access to a Discord chat where uh you can interact with me and other White Sox fans. uh ad free only audio podcast. Um there’s some other benefits. Uh they have to give me more information. It’s still uh kind of in the pilot stages, but it will be rolling out soon. So be on the lookout for that. Um and then it’s hedge funds obviously. That’s what I was trying to come up with the word. You know, you ever think while you’re talking you’re like what’s the word? What’s the word? As you know, you get older. And I was like, hey, you know, Justin Ishbia made his money in hedge funds and you know, private equity and that type of stuff. So obviously that’s the other thing where you can see that Justin may have deviated from Mattish beyond that. So again, we just got to hope that he’s more of a rich hobbyist owner who actually just lets his baseball people run the team. That’s the biggest thing. And then just fund a good team. Kind of like what uh what Mark Walters, I believe that’s the last name. Yeah. Basically the Dodgers. The Dodgers owner. That’s what he does. He even said it. They tell me here’s what we do and I say yes. Boom. Just be that. Justin, it’s all you got to do. Well, I got a, you know, a couple of good comments and questions uh to tackle on this week’s uh talk you off Tuesday or mailbag Tuesday. Uh, one involves one of the top Japanese pitching free agents that just got posted that I’m not sure the White Sox will pursue. Another tackle Jonathan Cannon possibly getting better that I’m not confident is going to actually happen, but that that’s a person’s question. And uh, one more will address the team not having a superstar. And if I got some time, I got a few more questions that just dropped uh, before I started recording. So let’s start with every day Sydney who emails me. Todd, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Is Chris Gats going to reach out to Tatia’s EMA’s agent? It’s Ima’s agent gets moves this offseason haven’t impressed me so far. I thought the new stadium on the 7th was a non-starter. Life was imitating art and Justin Ishbia’s meeting with the 16th. Recall Mark Michael Corleion’s confession to Cardinal Lombberto who would become Pope. I’m not saying the future owner of the White Sox is Michael Corleone. The imagery is just too appealing to resist. Sincerely, Cindy. Uh, Sydney, I doubt they reach out to Emia’s camp as ESPN’s Kylie McDaniel projects uh the free agent Japanese pitcher is going to at least cost 150 million plus in terms of the deal and the posting fee. I know everybody is dreaming about this pitcher now because he came out and said he doesn’t want to sign with the Dodgers. He wants to beat the Dodgers. Uh, but again, I just not, you know, if Jerry Rhinestar is still the owner, I could see them going with Okamoto just because again, the projections are anywhere from 36 to 90 million. That’s kind of in the White I’ve seen as high as 90, but it’s really 36 to maybe 78. That’s kind of in the White Socks spending wheelhouse. Uh, but the White Sox have never ever spent that much on a pitcher, and I don’t think they ever will while Jerry Rinorf is still the owner. In regards to the 78, if I recall, the zoning approval was only for the Chicago Fire Stadium when they approved the building. Um, I tried to double check on that and I couldn’t find any information, but it just when you look at the plans, it seems pretty concrete that only the fire going to occupy the 78. And plus, it feels like Justin Ishbia, you know, when he said, you know, the Pope’s going to hopefully throw out the first pitch at the new ballpark, uh, whenever it’s built. Um, it’s probably gonna be Justin Ishb’s call because, you know, he even said when his own, you know, he’s going to try to build a new ballpark whether it’s four years into his ownership tenure or 34 years into his ownership tenure. He wants to build a ballpark. So, he’ll likely be the one deciding where to build the stadium. And maybe he wants a new ballpark at a different location. And there’s plenty of other sites to build a ballpark. You can even, again, you could build the ballpark in lot A over where old Kamisky used to stand. It used to literally hold Old Kamiski Park. So you could do that and then turn, you know, right field into a parking lot. There’s plenty of spaces where they can figure it out, but I think that’s going to come out to uh Justin Ishb’s call. All right, this is from Aiden A935. He’s a com every day on YouTube. He comments in the episode page for talkman. It made sense due to his injury history. Doesn’t make sense to have two left-handed future DH players on the same lineup. I’m assuming he’s referring to Andrew Benendi. Cam Buer was a ter was terrible by every metric. and Tim Elco was never highly thought of by the or ditto for Jake Eater and Nick Nashrini and why waste a roster spot for a player that’s going to miss half the season. Um that was in regards to yesterday’s episode. But the reason why I wanted to share that comment is I like how he points out that yeah prospects that Chris Gu’s administration did not take or acquire. They’re not getting a long leash. And so far actually get has been right. and he was right to basically you know him and Josh Barfield and if um you know Paul Yiannis was involved in the decision to basically get rid of Nick Nestrini this season you know after he basically flamed out as a starter and then as a reliever and you know eater they you know didn’t make the team they traded him to California you know traded him to the Angels and now you know with Elco he might just be nothing more than an organizational debt player. I mean, but again, my point is the reason why it was just a bad look is the guy tears his ACL. You know, he had that sprain knee and maybe it was an ACL issue, but he basically he’s going to be out for almost half the season next year and he just gets non-tendered. But I get why you might want the clean roster spot than just the flexible roster spot because Elco would have been flexible because you could have just put him on the 68il. You just you get this idea, fair or not, that gets isn’t going to be patient with guys that Rick Han and Kenny Williams acquired. I think he just wants to clear the slate as much as he can, except for with Luis Robert Jr., he’s going to get that trade package, like it or not. But I think he’s just trying to clear the slate of guys that cannot perform. If you can perform like Coulson Montgomery, you’re golden. And also I think he had, you know, some connections to Coulson Montgomery as he was the director of player development when Coulson was drafted. I think those are the guys and you might start to see I I wonder if these are, you know, starting to see the guys that he likes maybe might get a leash and the guys that he didn’t like when he was the director of player development not get a leash. Although Nestrinia and Eater, he was barely the director of player development when they were acquired as he eventually became the general manager. So we’ll see. I think some good litmus tests might be like does Brian Ramos does he get a you know a run uh that type of stuff. I think that would be probably more uh what you want to see on that in terms of is he going to give Rick Han and Kenny Williams as guys that he acquired a leash that he like you know that he likes you know I think we’ll find out who he likes and that type of stuff because again Edgar Carol he’s got a shot that type of stuff. Anyways, on Tik Tok, uh, Nerd Swerve left this question again. We’re on Tik Tok. Find us there. Uh, this is regarding Jonathan Cannon. His stuff is nasty when he’s on. Verying pro, very promising young player. Regression noted and to be expected in most pitchers second season. However, one, if you had to guess, aside from hitters knowing, expecting what he’s going to throw. Why do you think he regress? two, Chicago White Sox has a new pitching coach, which should help, but as an individual, what uh but as an individual, what do you think he needs to work on? Okay, so in terms of what maybe caused the regression, well, he did have that back injury, so maybe did that linger because he did return. I think he, you know, he was only on the IIL for 15 days, so he missed two starts, but maybe did he need more? I mean, could it have lingered? I don’t know. but he was projected to have a 4.75 erra by fan graphs at the start of the 2025 season. So what I think it came down to is it came down to opponents figuring out that he doesn’t have an out pitch and the moment it was figured out the sweeper which was one of his most effective pitches in 2024. It was figured out I think he doesn’t throw that for strikes and that’s why it’s not an out pitch. if you just don’t swing at it, it’s going to be ball two, ball three. You know, he’s not bad at getting 02, but he’s not good at getting strike three. And it was because his most effective pitches that I at least saw from the eye test, the sweeper wasn’t getting strikes, so it wasn’t special. And then the change up he showed had had some decent pit, you know, had some decent change ups when he came back from Triple A and had moments of looking really good, but it was again, it was another pitch he just didn’t throw for strikes. the four seamer, the sinker and cutter. That’s mostly what he threw into the strike zone and he just doesn’t have the elite velocity to miss bats there. So, if he’s throwing it right down the middle, it’s getting hit and I think that was the biggest thing. So, he’s got to kind of develop that sinker or cutter to have more movement or figure out a way to paint the corners more with his change or his sweeper. Well, that wraps up this edition of Lockdown White Sox. Thanks for making Lockdown White Sox your first listen every day. 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Chicago White Sox face pivotal offseason decisions—should they take a chance on Adolis Garcia or Christopher Morel to power up a struggling lineup? Could a bold move finally spark the resurgence South Side fans are waiting for? Host Todd Welter spotlights potential bargain signings, including Garcia’s World Series pedigree and Morel’s untapped home run potential, while debating the state of the roster rebuild and the risks of short-term deals.

Key topics include the White Sox’s need for a true superstar, the possibility of signing top Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and uncertainty surrounding future ownership under Justin Ishbia amid controversy tied to his brother’s tenure with the Phoenix Suns. Should Chicago overhaul its approach or stick with incremental changes? Todd Welter breaks down roster strategy, prospects, and pressing fan questions as the White Sox look to escape mediocrity and restore hope on the South Side.

0:00 – Sox Must Take Chances on Garcia/Morrell[White Sox need to take a chance on Adolis Garcia or Christopher Morel, analyzing their upside and fit for the team.]

10:57 – Ishbia Ownership Concerns[Discussion shifts to future ownership, Justin Ishbia, and controversy surrounding his brother Matt Ishbia and the Phoenix Suns.]

20:04 – Audience Mailbag & Sox Analysis[Mailbag segment addressing listener questions: Japanese pitching free agent targets, Jonathan Cannon’s regression, and Sox lacking a superstar.]

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