Steve Stone previews the 2026 White Sox season
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Who is Steve Stone and what is his background in baseball?
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. Look who is pinch-hitting at the plate. Former White Sox, Jan Moncada, makes his first appearance in an Angels uniform. They are familiar faces. Not as kind of a reception as Tim Anderson received.
What are the expectations for the White Sox on opening day?
Well, number one, he wasn't here quite as long or near as effective as Tim was. Steve Stone with Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
I'm jamming out to the new Steve Stone Open. Nicely done, Tyler Beerbaugh. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody, and for the first time this season, we are happy to go to our hotline. That is where we find the White Sox game analyst for Chicago Sports Network. He is the American League Cy Young Award winner. He's an all-star, and he's just important from a baseball and my baseball-watching standpoint. Steve Stone, Stoney, good to talk to you.
You too, Leila. I hope everything is going well. I am so excited. Baseball is finally here. I think everybody feels the same after spring training. About the last week of spring training, you're just dying for the season to start, and so we're a day away.
I can't believe we are here, and I know that everybody always says that, but it is nice to be at this point. And with an opening day expected tomorrow, Stoney, that I feel like is really bringing some optimism with what the White Sox are putting together. How do you take in just what you're looking forward to this season on the eve of opening day?
Well, they're going to be a better team. I don't think there's any doubt about that.
How has spring training influenced the White Sox's season outlook?
And a couple of question marks that still have to be answered, but as far as ability is concerned, this team has a lot more ability than the last couple of versions of the White Sox. Quite obviously it didn't work out very well. There's a lot of optimism this year. I think what we saw at spring training, there was a couple of things that really made me happy. Number one, you have everybody on the team hustling, and I think that's a compliment to Will and his staff, and the entire team buying into what they're preaching, which is look for the extra base, be as aggressive as possible, Let's learn three or four different ways to win a game instead of just one, instead of just hitting the ball out of the ballpark.
And when we don't, we lose. We can't have that if you want a successful season. And I think Will is trying to impart to all of the players that hustle every play and good things will happen. If you don't hustle every play, you will hear from me or somebody else on the staff. But they don't set up any bombs. They talk to these guys quietly. They call them in. They get their message across. And I think we saw it in spring training. We saw a very, very good, aggressive version of the White Sox team that's going to represent Chicago this year.
And Steve, it's exciting to be a White Sox fan and understand that things appear to be headed in the right direction, not knowing a timetable of how long it would take to get playoff worthy, but to just be on the right path. I'm curious if there was anything that jumped out to you this spring that gave you maybe even more of a sense of, hey, I think this young player could take off, or just a sense of things coming together that maybe you didn't have going into spring training.
Well, certainly I think this team is going to be a little more powerful, and hopefully that turns out to be the case. You know, you add a left-handed power hitter in Murakami, and that's something that this team certainly needed. I think we saw with Colson the last half of the year, we saw what he can be, Now, whether he carries it over or not, I don't know. I tend to think he will. I think he's got a lot of ability, and I think he started to truly believe in himself the second half of last year, and we saw the results of that. So in looking at that, there's only a couple of things that have to work out in the Sox' favor for them to put together the kind of year that everybody would like to see.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Steve Stone and what is his background in baseball?
0:00–0:32
2
What are the expectations for the White Sox on opening day?
0:32–1:48
3
How has spring training influenced the White Sox's season outlook?
1:48–4:31
4
What are the key strengths of the White Sox's roster this season?
4:31–6:48
5
What challenges does the White Sox pitching staff face?
6:48–9:58
6
How does the team plan to utilize young players this season?
9:58–12:13
7
What are the implications of recent roster decisions for the White Sox?
12:13–14:25
8
What should fans watch for in the upcoming matchups this season?
14:25–15:14
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