What’s one word to describe the first half of the 2025 White Sox season? How about … validation. Not exactly what you were thinking? But yes, validation in relation to the progress made by the White Sox rebuild as the organization moves slowly toward a competitive nature.

Shane Smith has been hard on himself lately after not performing to his standards. But being selected to the 2025 MLB All-Star game helped put things in perspective for the rookie, who the White Sox took in the Rule 5 Draft.

Jaden Fauske, a 6-foot-3 outfield prospect, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the second round of the MLB draft due to his passion for the game, athletic ability, and disciplined plate

The Sox are represented in Atlanta by starting pitcher Shane Smith, who made the American League squad in the less-than-grand tradition of even the most awful teams needing to send somebody. The presences of three long-lost Sox lefties,

Pitchers Mark Buehrle, Jon Garland, Freddy Garcia and Jose Contreras threw four complete games in the 2005 ALCS against the Los Angeles Angels.