A new home and new outlook for Jarred Kelenic

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien’s Spring Training Podcast-pa-looza rolls on with White Sox non-roster invitee Jarred Kelenic, who explains why signing with the South Side felt like the right move at this stage of his career. The Waukesha, Wisconsin, native reflects on growing up playing ball in the Chicago area, handling the spotlight as a former top-10 prospect, and the whirlwind path that took him from being drafted by the New York Mets to a blockbuster trade involving Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz that sent him to the Seattle Mariners. Kelenic opens up about the adversity and growth that have shaped his confidence today, why he believes he’s always swung the bat well at Rate Field and Wrigley Field, and how those experiences fuel his belief in what he can bring to the club. He also shares his outlook on what the 2026 White Sox could become and the role he hopes to carve out moving forward.

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0:00.0	Are you ready for your winning moment?
0:02.6	Find it at Wind Creek, Chicago, Southland, where the action never stops.
0:07.6	Play the hottest table games.
0:09.3	Enjoy the newest slots and celebrate big jackpots.
0:12.9	At Win Creek, there's a win waiting for you around every corner.
0:17.7	...women. around every corner.
0:26.4	Hey, everybody. It's Chuck Garfin.
0:30.9	Coming to you from Glendale, Arizona, Camelback Ranch, White Sox Spring Training. As our podcast, Palooza continues, it is brought to you by Wind Creek Chicago Southland and today on the
0:40.3	podcast we're gonna have a great conversation with someone who is deep under the
0:46.8	radar but after you listen to this podcast or watch it on YouTube you might have a
0:50.9	different feeling about Jared Kelnick because who's gonna be to be the White Sox right fielder this year?
0:57.7	Well, what if it is a former top 10 draft pick?
1:01.0	What if it is a former top 10 prospect in all of baseball?
1:06.8	Jared Kelnick has had an up and down major league career.
1:09.9	He's coming off a rough season with the Braves.
1:11.6	He's got an invite here to spring training.
1:14.6	And as you're about to hear, he is loaded with confidence.
1:19.6	This is the best he has felt in a long, long time.
1:22.6	And on the podcast, he's going to talk about what he has dealt with being in the spotlight,
1:28.2	having enormous expectations and dealing with the pressure of being one of the best prospects in all of baseball
1:35.5	and not being able to deliver so far in his major league career.
1:40.1	Listen, this is somebody who has homered off of Shoah Otani twice.
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