What Zach Bove Will Bring to The 2026 Pitching Staff

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

New White Sox pitching coach Zach Bove joins Chuck Garfien for his first conversation since taking the job. Bove lays out his individual approach to pitcher development, what he learned from Kansas City’s rise, and how he plans to make the Sox better on the mound. He explains his thoughts on using openers, why a designated closer isn’t mandatory, and how he'll approach the 2026 rotation.

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0:57.1	Okay, on the podcast today, it's a conversation with new White Sox pitching coach,
1:01.9	Zach Boe, who replaces Ethan Katz, who's at the helm for the previous five seasons.
1:08.1	So if you're like me, you want to know who is Zach Boe? What are his pitching
1:14.6	philosophies? Why did he get the job? And what will he bring to the White Sox to make them
1:22.3	a better pitching staff? So I speak with Zach here on the pod. By the way, Friday, the White Sox
1:28.5	announced the hiring of new hitting coach, Derek Shulman, who was the assistant hitting coach
1:33.3	with the Florida Marlins last season, the local guy from Glenview, hope to get him on the podcast
1:39.2	in the near future. And they hired Sherman Johnson to be their new organization hitting coordinator.
1:45.4	He was an assistant hitting coordinator last season with the Orioles. So of course,
1:49.5	he has ties with the White Sox director of hitting Ryan Fuller. So for this pod, it's conversation
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