Regardless of when they decided to eventually let him go, it became clear last season that Pedro Grifol was not going to be the manager of the Chicago White Sox when spring training kicked off in 2025.

Chicago White Sox outfielder Austin Slater was scratched from Monday’s lineup due to a strained left oblique. And infielder Lenyn Sosa is off to a strong start.

Having five players — left-hander Noah Schultz (10), shortstop Colson Montgomery (39), left-hander Hagen Smith (40), catcher Kyle Teel (52) and outfielder Braden Montgomery (66) — ranked among Baseball America’s top 100 prospects will help, but Venable knows how these things can go.

Shortstop Colson Montgomery was scratched from the White Sox starting lineup Thursday because of back spasms. The move was made for precautionary reasons, and he is listed as day-to-day. Montgomery, who turned 23 years old on Thursday,

Newest White Sox player Joey Gallo showed his respect for manager Will Venable and it left plenty of fans excited.

The White Sox held their first full team workout of spring training on Monday at Camelback ... a chat with first-year White Sox manager Will Venable, who talked about making the adjustment from ...

Colson Montgomery was supposed to start at shortstop for the Chicago White Sox in their spring training game Thursday before he got pulled as a precaution.