Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Steve Stone is confident Chris Getz will navigate MLB trade deadline well
18 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Steve Stone. I certainly love Black Sabbath. Former MLB Cy Young winner.
Steve Stone is the first American League pitcher since Denny McLean to pitch three hitless innings.
Color analyst for CHSN. When Stoney watches a game, he's going to call it like he sees it. A ball and a strike. If somehow this game keeps going, can we bring Connor back out of the bullpen in relief?
Absolutely. Well, he could be the long man. Yeah. You know, there's no such thing as middle relievers anymore.
Steve Stone. Yes. With Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score.
It's Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score along with Marshall Harris. I am Mark Grody. And despite the White Sox having lost the first two games of the series out in New York against the Yankees, 10-5 last night, 12-2 the other night, There the White Sox are, still sitting in first place, a percentage point ahead of the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central, as we do indeed.
Welcome in our guy Steve Stone, the White Sox game analyst for CHSN, ALSI Young Award winner, never gets old saying that, and an American League All-Star. Steve Stone, how are you? Welcome back to Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
Everything is just great. A little toasty down here in Arizona, but outside of that, it's good. Not much humidity today. It's very pleasant at about 104, 105.
Well, I am, which is, and I'm sure you have a lovely pool and lots of cooling units and things like that to take care of yourself. And you're kind of lucky. Because what I've been saying about the White Sox right now, with all the Knicks madness going on in New York right now, they need to get the hell out of there. New York is no place to be right now, Steve Stone.
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Chapter 2: What are the White Sox's recent struggles against the Yankees?
And it's just a litany of injuries. Ramirez, Jose Ramirez, that is, undergoing surgery on Thursday, out five to seven weeks is what they're saying. How important is this next stretch of game, just the fact that you're going to see Cleveland twice over the span of two weeks?
Well, I like the Sox chances, and I think when you look at what's happened in New York, you realize that the Sox probably could use another starter. I think that would be a good plan, and we'll see what happens as we head to Detroit after today's game. But you're right about the parade route. The Sox are going to have to avoid that as they head to Yankee Stadium, but they'll be able to do that.
I'm sure they're mapping out the route right now, and hopefully they can capture one in New York. The Yankees, even without Judge, have outstanding pitching. And we're not going to even face Schlittler in this series, and he's probably the best they have.
So that's a team that undoubtedly is going to get into the playoffs, and maybe, maybe with some good performances, maybe a bit of luck, and all that goes with it, the Sox will be in the playoffs with them. maybe you hook up again against them.
And maybe when you have that next hookup, you have, I don't know, Munataka Murakami and Kyle Teal, who's progressing nicely in his rehab stint. I'm looking at it, Steve, though, as measuring stick type stuff, because even though you knocked off the Dodgers and the Braves in series, they're over in the National League, and The American League right now, the Yankees are the best there is.
They have the best record in the American League, and they have the hitters just like the White Sox do, but they have the pitching at a level of quality that the White Sox just aren't there yet. What does this do, if you think, for Chris Goetz as he tries to see how he can improve this team at the deadline to make them at least ready to go toe-to-toe with a Yankees-type team?
Well, we still have almost... Well, maybe, I guess, a month and a half until that deadline, and a lot of teams will sort themselves out. Some teams that look like they might be in contention will fall out. Other teams that look like they're out of it might get back into contention. So you really don't know who's going to be out there and who's available.
You do know that regardless of what happens going forward, you're going to have the usual suspects being offered, guys with high contracts, guys with many years left on their contracts, guys that they're going to lose after this year. You've got to be very careful. I don't think you pay a great deal as far as the organization is concerned on a rental.
You certainly would like to sign long-term whoever it is that you're going to acquire. But the first domino that's going to fall is going to be Scooble. I can't believe Detroit is going to hold onto him. So it depends on where he's going to go. And there's some other guys that are going to be out there and available, but right now you can't really see the landscape. It's too early.
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Chapter 3: How is Steve Stone assessing the White Sox's performance this season?
I anticipate they're going to have another one here in the not-too-distant future, maybe two before it's over. But I think what it illustrates is very simple. The Sox have a very deep system. They have a lot of talent. There's more guys coming. And I think that anybody who doubted Chris Getz's trades, baseball acumen,
and just a great knowledge of that front office and what to do, I think that's been put to rest. You just don't find 12 Major League debuts on a team that is as young as the Sox are. This is a very young team. They're going to make mistakes that young teams make. But what jumped out at me was the depth of the system. We knew it was a good system.
We knew the rankings put it maybe anywhere from 6 to 10 as far as quality in the system. I don't know if anybody envisioned that there would be this many injuries necessitating this many major league debuts and seeing just how deep that system was and how you can call on it to fill voids that inevitably happen when you get guys injured. So, Mirakami's going to come back.
He was going to be and probably still will be one of the big stories. They added a power guy who, when he left, when he got hurt, he was 20 and 40. 20 home runs on his way to probably 50. And 40 runs batted in on his way to probably 115.
I still think he's going to put up good numbers, but that's one of the revelations because not a whole lot of people thought that he could hit in the major leagues. He's shown conclusively that he can do that.
Looking at this team right now, Steve, as we head forward, there's so many, as you just mentioned, the 12 guys that have been called up since the start of last year. Is there one that stands out as the biggest surprise to you that they're having the level of success they're having and contributing to this winning team and this first-place record?
Well, you really never really know about a guy and how they're going to do in the major leagues until they get here. I don't think there were a whole lot of surprises because we knew there were some pretty good players down there. it was the abundance of guys that came up. And Braden Montgomery looks to me like a guy that's going to show power from both sides of the plate.
He's really outstanding in the outfield. He coasts after balls and seems to be in the right position to make the play. So it's not a surprise that he's this good because he's one of the highest-ranking prospects in the major leagues before he came up here. But I think that he's a keeper for many years to come. You can never predict injuries. You just have to hope that
They're not consequential injuries, and they happen for a very short period of time. You never really know, but this guy looks like he's got a chance to be something special. And he also looks like he's going to be with the White Sox in their outfield for a long time to come. So that's one of the real pleasant surprises.
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Chapter 4: What challenges does the White Sox face heading into the trade deadline?
But I understand. The White Sox probably aren't at the point yet where they have been able to project and figure out exactly where each and every one of these, as Steve Stone mentioned, the 12 different guys that have been brought up. And I realize that some of those guys will be eventually inconsequential. But there is really no player...
Of the young guys, of the young core of the Colson Montgomery's and the Miguel Vargas's, where you look at them and you say, yeah, I am totally and completely sure that this guy is going to be locked in here with the White Sox for the next five to seven years and that they're in place, done.
You're a lot slower than me. I'm pretty sure about two guys. Miguel Vargas and Colson Montgomery.
Chapter 5: How important is the upcoming stretch of games for the White Sox?
I mean, they're pretty good. I mean, they're pretty close. I'm not saying that, like, that's a long way away. Like, maybe they're at about a 7. Like, it's getting pretty close. Oh, okay.
So you're saying, like, at a 10 level.
Absolutely.
Okay.
No, I'm just saying that because they're still trying to figure it out, it would be difficult to start trading players off of the... Like, I understand. I'm asking the question, and I'm kind of playing devil's advocate with it a little bit. You sure are. With a little bit. But it's all in the name of...
It's a sacred season, and the Sox can be in the playoffs, and they can be a playoff contender if they get way better.
You heard it here first. Mark Grody represents the devil. Really? You just said you're playing devil's advocate. That's what that means. The nuns would have loved you. Mr. Messestop, please. I am the devil. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.
Well, we thank Steve Stone for coming on Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Coming up next, we've got halftime, and another sequel says here, because Hollywood wants to get Randy yet again, and Mike Myers is ready to pick up where he left off in 2002. Did you know it had been that long? Kind of, yeah. It has felt that long. It really has. But we will discuss that.
We'll also tell you all the fun things that we've been talking about on the show so far. It's Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
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