White Sox break productive camp; will it make a difference in 2023? “We’ve always got to find a way to get better,” first-year manager Pedro Grifol said. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 28, 2023
White Sox’ Dylan Cease looks the part of Opening Day starter “Dylan is growing. It takes time to figure out who you are.” Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 20, 2023
Lucas Giolito keeps things moving, looks sharp in B game Oscar Colas played center field for the first time this spring and made a nice catch. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 16, 2023
Lighter Lucas Giolito likes the shape of things “My muscle mass is much better now than it was then,” Giolito said after arriving at camp at around 245 pounds after weighing 280 a year ago. “Obviously, I weigh less, so there isn’t as much [muscle]. But it’s a higher ratio.” Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 14, 2023
Joe Kelly sees sense of urgency in White Sox He attributes it to players coming into camp ready, with a collective chip on the shoulder after last season’s 81-81 disappointment. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 12, 2023
Joe Kelly says many White Sox ‘100 percent ready’ already “It shows we came here with a purpose, an intensity,” Kelly said. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 11, 2023
White Sox’ rotation depth is a question mark entering 2023 “Depth is hard to find in this game. Who’s got seven, eight starters out there that can say ‘OK, we’re good’?” Pedro Grifol said. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 11, 2023
Footloose and fancy freer, White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito likes early results MESA, Ariz. — Lucas Giolito’s six strikeouts against the Cubs Friday highlighted a three-inning outing that left the White Sox right-hander feeling good about his stuff, the weight he lost in the offseason and the pitch clock. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 10, 2023
White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito says time clock could work to his benefit “It doesn’t give you too much time to think or overanalyze,” Giolito said after his first Cactus League game of 2023. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 6, 2023
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol likes Andrew Benintendi in the 3-hole White Sox notebook: Benintendi, Anderson, Alberto, Saturday’s win. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 4, 2023
White Sox ‘grinder’ Seby Zavala says lack of urgency in 2022 camp trickled down to regular season “I feel like I bring that with the way I play and my attitude I bring on and off the field.” Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 2, 2023
Pedro Grifol to White Sox players: Respect game, fans with appropriate effort “There’s a level of respect to the game for people who pay to watch the game,” Grifol said. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 28, 2023
Paul Sullivan: Cubs and White Sox are adapting to new MLB rules, including the pitch clock. What else might Theo Epstein have in store? The new pitch clock rule meant to speed up games has been welcomed by most Chicago Cubs and White Sox players, and we’ll begin seeing it next weekend when Cactus League games begin in Arizona. Chicago Tribune · Feb 21, 2023
Paul Sullivan: The Mike Clevinger saga isn’t going away. But the Chicago White Sox camp goes on as if it’s business as usual. It’s hard to draw any conclusions yet about new Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol, though at first glance he appears to be a pretty serious guy. Chicago Tribune · Feb 20, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 19, 2023 White Sox’ Lucas Giolito doesn’t need contract year for incentive, but it can’t hurt The leaner, lighter right-hander came to camp ‘‘in phenomenal shape.’’
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 14, 2023 White Sox avoid arbitration with Giolito, Cease, Kopech Giolito signs for $10.4 million, Cease for $5.7 million; Kopech, Lopez, Ruiz also sign one-year deals
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 7, 2023 Happy New Year? It’s ‘back to the old me’ for White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito in 2023 “The biggest motivator is the failure of last year,” said Lucas Giolito, who may be facing his final season with White Sox
Chicago Tribune · Dec 28, 2022 Lucas Giolito pitches in to clean up beaches in the Dominican Republic. ‘We have one planet,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says. When Lucas Giolito arrived in the Dominican Republic earlier this month for a beach cleanup project, he noticed a group of young baseball players going through agility drills with a trainer.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 3, 2022 White Sox’ biggest trades of winter meetings From Bill Veeck’s flurry of deals in 1975 to the 2016 Chris Sale trade, Sox have made headlines.
Chicago Tribune · Nov 28, 2022 3 offseason questions facing the Chicago White Sox at pitcher and catcher, including filling Mike Clevinger’s impact The 2022 Chicago White Sox had one of baseball’s top starters in Dylan Cease and one of the game’s best relievers in Liam Hendriks. But inconsistency and injuries affected the rotation and bullpen as a whole.
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022 Notes from pitching coach Ethan Katz on White Sox rotation: ‘We need another starter’ Katz talks Cueto, Kopech, Giolito, Crochet, Lopez, Grifol
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 9, 2022 White Sox starting rotation needs attention this offseason Free agent Johnny Cueto is gone, and question marks remain from 2022 rotation.
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2022 GM meetings signal start of important offseason for White Sox With manager Pedro Grifol in place, the White Sox shift focus on addressing the roster.
Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 29, 2022 Lucas Giolito on 2017 MLB postseason: ‘All those teams were cheating’ “Based on everything I’ve heard, it was like all the teams that were in the postseason that year were doing the same [expletive],” Giolito told the “Chris Rose Rotation” show of Jomboy Media.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 28, 2022 Lucas Giolito on Astros’ 2017 World Series: ‘All those teams were cheating’ Maybe Houston wasn't the only problem.