{"id":502716,"date":"2026-03-04T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502716\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:49:09","slug":"south-side-sox-reacts-rookie-hopes-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/502716\/","title":{"rendered":"South Side Sox Reacts: Rookie hopes for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in White Sox fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/0DWS6R\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sure, it\u2019s only Spring Training, but the White Sox got out of the box pretty hot in Cactus League play. Even a .500 record isn\u2019t exactly something we\u2019re used to around these parts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While the fortunes of the 2026 White Sox rest squarely on the shoulders of their 2025 rookie class (Colson Montgomery, Edgar Quero, Kyle Teel, Chase Meidroth), there\u2019s a next wave of talent bubbling under the surface. And this spring in particular, second baseman Sam Antonacci and outfielder Braden Montgomery have made waves, hungry to contribute on the South Side soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This week, we\u2019re asking you to pick the rookie you are most excited to see debut in Chicago in 2026:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[4687,175458,363,99,192004],"class_list":["post-502716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-analysis","tag-chicago-white-sox-commentary-analysis","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-white-sox-reacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}