One Surprise Any Several Expected White Sox Roster Decisions

One Surprise Any Several Expected White Sox Roster Decisions

From Sox In The Basement by The Broadcast Basement

March 24, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 780

About this episode

The hosts discuss their predictions for the Chicago White Sox roster for the 2026 season and analyze the surprising decision to choose Reese McGuire over Korey Lee.

We take our best guess at the final roster for the start of the 2026 regular season and discover the few actual roster battle winners. One was Reese McGuire, surprisingly, as he got $1.2 million to supplant Korey Lee. Why did it happen? What’s the long-term plan for McGuire? We try to make sense of it all in ”30 Minutes of Sox!” Video version on YouTube! Chris Lanuti and Ed Siebert sit at a basement bar on the South Side of Chicago to discuss their favorite team - The Chicago White Sox in a podcast ”For Fans, By Fans!” Listen. Subscribe. Share. SUBSCRIBE NOW​ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, everywhere podcasts can be found and always at SoxInTheBasement.com!

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Hosts: Chris Lanuti, Ed Siebert

Topics covered

  • White Sox
  • roster decisions
  • Reese McGuire
  • Korey Lee
  • 2026 regular season

Keywords

  • baseball
  • Chicago White Sox
  • sports analysis

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Places: the South Side

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