How Hagen Smith’s 2025 Success Is Only the Beginning

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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White Sox pitching prospect stand-out Hagen Smith joins Chuck Garfien from the Arizona Fall League to reflect on his 2025 season. They discuss early arm soreness, mechanical tweaks, and dominating in the Birmingham Barons’ championship run. Smith opens up on what he learned through adversity, why slowing things down changed everything, and how the Arizona Fall League is helping shape his approach for 2026.

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0:58.9	All right, so the White Sox season might be over, but it is not for last year's number
1:04.6	one draft pick, Hagan Smith.
1:07.0	He and a handful of White Sox prospects are playing right now in the Arizona Fall League.
1:12.7	And for Hagan, it's a chance to get more innings under his belt, further his development.
1:18.3	And in my opinion, springboard him for next season, because I think some big things are coming for Hagan in 2026.
1:29.9	So coming up, Hagan joins me here on the podcast and talk about his first full season in the minor leagues with the White
1:36.2	Sox. They were ups. There were downs. The restart that he had in the early part of the season,
1:43.7	which was kind of a precursor to what the White Sox did with Colson Montgomery.
1:47.5	What did that do for him?
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