Why Sergio Santos is excited about the White Sox future, his new job as Triple-A manager and more

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with former White Sox pitcher Sergio Santos about how the Birmingham Barons won a Double-A championship last season in his first year as manager. Santos also breaks news on the podcast saying that he’ll be the White Sox Triple-A manager next season in Charlotte. Santos talks about Noah Schultz and how close he is to the majors, how Edgar Quero improved as a hitter and catcher, the difference maker that is Rikuu Nishida and much more.

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0:00.0	Well, as we look into the White Sox future, Sergio Santos was living in the future this past season, managing the Birmingham Barrens.
0:12.5	And he is our guest on this edition of the White Sox podcast.
0:17.9	Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:19.5	And this was a whole lot of fun talking with Sergio
0:23.6	Santos about guys like Noah Schultz, Edgar Caro, and so many White Sox prospects who came
0:31.4	through Birmingham and excelled, including under the radar guys like Addison Coffee and my personal favorite, Riku
0:40.5	Nasita. We talk about all of those guys. Plus, how in Sergio's first season as the Barron's
0:48.3	manager, he was able to lead them to the Southern League title, the White Sox's first double-A
0:53.3	championship in 11 years.
0:56.0	We also talk about how they beat the Cubs' AA team and the Ray's AA team in the playoffs,
1:04.1	despite many of their best players being called up to AAA for the majors.
1:10.1	And we'll talk about why he's so bullish about the White Sox future,
1:14.9	plus some breaking news that he's going to be the new manager of the AAA Charlotte Knights.
1:22.0	So it's conversation with Sergio Santos here on the podcast.
1:28.0	Here we go.
1:34.0	A ball hit deep way back.
1:36.3	There's a blast.
1:37.5	Deep to left.
1:40.5	Holy cow.
1:42.2	Carlton Chris has put the White Sox ahead.
1:46.2	Robert straightens this one out.
1:48.7	Back you go!
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