The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

With José Quintana trade rumors heating up, the White Sox Talk Podcast crew tackles the story from many angles. In Miami covering the All-Star Game, CSN's Dan Hayes speaks with Yahoo! Sports MLB Columnist Jeff Passan, who says that a Quintana trade could happen very soon. They also talk about the growing market for Todd Frazier and the White Sox bullpen arms. Will the Washington Nationals ever fix their bullpen? Hint, hint: David Robertson? Hayes talks with Jamal Collier who covers the Nationals for MLB.com. Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey discuss the possible destinations for Quintana, Michael Kopech and Yoan Moncada in the MLB Future's Game, Zack Collins walk-off grand slam in his return to Winston-Salem and a whole lot more.

With the trade deadline coming July 31st and the White Sox open for business, Chuck Garfien spoke with Bob Nightengale of USA Today about possible trade destinations for White Sox trade targets Jose Quintana, David Robertson, etc. Plus, could the White Sox be big players for the 2019 free agent class that includes Clayton Kershaw, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper? They discuss Nightengale's recent article that has major league players and coaches believing the baseball is juiced, what MLB will do to improve the pace of play and more.

After taking batting practice for the first time with the White Sox, number-one pick Jake Burger sat down with Chuck Garfien to talk about getting drafted by his favorite team, what it was like getting a phone call from Paul Konerko, why he wants to be a leader like Jonathan Toews, playing on Team USA with Seth Beer and more. Then, CSN's Dan Hayes joins Garfien to discuss the return of Carlos Rodon, when the White Sox might start making trades and Rick Renteria's short temper with umpires.

On the latest edition of the White Sox Talk Podcast, Chuck Garfien goes 1-on-1 with the star of the weekend, Mark Buehrle.
Buehrle tells an absolutely amazing bachelor party story and discloses why he wore No. 56.
Take a trip down memory lane and listen to the White Sox Talk Podcast today.

With Mark Buehrle having his number retired by the White Sox on June 24th, A.J. Pierzynski came on the podcast to speak with Chuck Garfien about one of the best pitchers in franchise history. They talk about Buehrle's in-game preparation for his starts (there really wasn't any), with inside stories about Buehrle's no-hitter, perfect game, save in the World Series and many more. Pierzynski also makes a strong plea for Hawk Harrelson to get into the broadcasting wing of the Hall of Fame and that he wants to call a White Sox game with Hawk before he retires. Pierzynski then talks about Chris Sale destroying the team's throwback uniforms, the White Sox rebuild, Journey getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more. After that, Garfien and Ryan McGuffey call up CSN-Chicago's Dan Hayes in Minnesota to talk about trade rumors and possible trade destinations for Jose Quintana, David Robertson, Todd Frazier and others.

Soon after completing the 2017 MLB draft, White Sox scouting director Nick Hostetler came on the podcast with Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey to talk about what went on behind the scenes with the White Sox draft. Hostetler goes in-depth about his initial meeting with first round pick Jake Burger, he explains why 7th round pick Evan Skoug wants to get revenge against every team that passed him up, and he shares the character trait they went searching for in every pick. Hostetler also reveals what movie he saw the night before the draft to get him in the right frame of mind for the draft, if scouts actually lie to reporters when giving information about players, why the White Sox drafted Larry King's son and a whole lot more.

Who's having one of the best drafts this year? Jim Callis from MLB.com says the White Sox. With Jake Burger, Gavin Sheets, Luis Gonzalez stocking the system with much-needed power, Callis explains the potential for all three players. He also says they might have gotten one of the biggest steals in the draft in catcher Evan Scoug, who they selected in the 7th round. Later, Callis talks about Luis Robert, Lucas Giolito, and how the Sale and Eaton trades look six months after the deals were made.

One of the best basestealers in major league history, Tim Raines comes on the podcast to talk about his baseball career and his new book, "Rock Solid: My Life in Baseball's Fast Lane." Raines opens up to Chuck Garfien about his cocaine addiction as a young player and how it almost derailed his career. In 1982, Raines often played games with a vial of cocaine in his back pocket, and sometimes fell asleep in the dugout. He talks about his incredible rookie season in 1981, how collusion among major league owners cost him millions in 1986, getting traded to the White Sox in 1991, why they couldn't beat the Blue Jays in the 1993 ALCS, how the strike of 1994 prevented the White Sox from a potential World Series and still hurts today, plus what it means to finally be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.

On the day that Hawk Harrelson announced he is retiring from the White Sox broadcast booth after the 2018 season, he sat down for an interview with Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey. Hawk talks about his legendary White Sox career, his relationship with Joe West, how umpires will celebrate his retirement and whether he believes he will make it to Cooperstown. Later, White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf joins the podcast to talk about Harrelson as well as Jason Benetti, who signed a multi-year extension as Hawk's official replacement. Finally, White Sox insider Dan Hayes comes on to discuss the struggles of Jose Quintana and whether his trade value has been affected by his sub-par season.

With the White Sox expected to sign highly coveted Cuban prospect Luis Robert, there are many questions left unanswered about him: how good or great can he be? How do we even pronounce his last name? There have been various opinions to both. In this podcast, Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey interview Keith Law senior baseball writer for ESPN.com and Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com whose reporting on Robert have unveiled two different projections about the 19-year-old outfielder. A high ranking scouting director told Sanchez that Robert "is the best player on the planet." Scouts who have spoken to Law question Robert's hitting and Law passionately defends his sources on the podcast. Then later, Chuck and Ryan answer questions from Facebook Live about what prospects Sox fans are most excited to see play in a Sox uniform.