Sox Populi on the Farm
Our minor League podcast, formerly known as South Side Sox on the Farm.
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 37 — Project Birmingham review, 2023 key MiLBers forecast
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini look back at the weirdness of PB, and ahead at the most important 2023 minor leaguers
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 36 — Charlotte Knights 2022 season review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review this year’s odyssey in Triple-A
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 35 — Birmingham Barons 2022 season review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review this year’s standouts in Double-A
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 34 — Winston-Salem Dash 2022 season review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review this year’s standouts in High-A
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 33 — Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 2022 season review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review this year’s standouts in Low-A
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SSS on the Farm Podcast 32 — DSL and ACL 2022 season review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review this year’s rookie league standouts and setbacks
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SSS on the Farm Podcast v22e7 — 2022 draft review
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini review the 20 White Sox picks, plus select UDFAs
SSS on the Farm Podcast 30 — First half MVPs
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini pick the best of the first half minors, compare against the preseason picks, and look ahead to who should be having a hot (or cold) second half
SSS on the Farm Podcast 29 — 2022 ACL and DSL previews
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini take a look at the debut of rookie ball, and profile four hitters who stood out last week
SSS on the Farm Podcast 28 — Weekly MVP review, with focus on Yolbert Sánchez and Kohl Simas
Darren Black and Brett Ballantini take a look at two weeks’ worth of minors MVPs, with deeper dives into the most promising player and pitcher in the system
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 27 — The Davis Martin debut
Darren Black brings his extraordinary analysis to the topic of DAM in the bigs, Oscar Colás vs. Yoelqui Céspedes, and the continuing travails of the failing young A-ball arms
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 26 — Lookit all those catchers!
Darren Black chats with Brett Ballantini about the early small sample size MVPs of the MiLB season, including a preponderance of backstops.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 25 — 2022 MiLB Season Preview
Darren Black runs through the most anticipated storylines in the system with Brett Ballantini.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 24 — 2021 South Side Sox Minor League All-Stars
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the best of the White Sox system in 2021, from top vote-getters to other worthies.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 23 — 2021 Rookie Leagues Review
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the youngest stars — and a few disappointments — at Arizona and the Dominican.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 22 — 2021 Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Review
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the biggest disappointment in the White Sox system.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 21 — 2021 Winston-Salem Dash Review
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about a disappointing team that actually started out pretty well.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 20 — 2021 Birmingham Barons Review
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the only good team in the system — a club that still ended up bad, in the end.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 19 — 2021 Charlotte Knights Review
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the Triple-A team with a terrible record — but blue-chip prospects feeding the White Sox.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 18 — System Surprises!
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the best and worst surprises of the Birmingham, Winston-Salem, Kannapolis and ACL seasons.
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 17 — September Call-Ups, Catching and Starters Depth
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the amazing Romy González and the expanded roster, Seby v. Zack, and the loss of Taylor Varnell
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 16 — Pitching Depth, and Three Shooting Stars
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about the ever-thinning pitching depth in the system, and some middle infield bright spots
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 15 — Losing Luis, and Early Takes on the 2021 Draft Class Debuts
Darren Black talks with Brett Ballantini about recent losses in the system, the stretch-run rotation, and a look at the bolstered ACL White Sox
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 14 — Post-Trade Aftermath, and Moving Forward in Charlotte
Darren Black is back with Brett Ballantini to discuss the four White Sox losses at the trade deadline, and the path forward for some key Knights
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 13 — Prospects Getting Back on the Radar - 2021-07-28
Darren Black is back with Brett Ballantini to discuss some key movers in the White Sox system, including Taylor Varnell and Luis Curbelo
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 12 — Reviewing the 2021 Draft in a Deep Dive — 2021-07-21
Dan Victor makes his SSS pod debut by hopping on with Brett Ballantini to discuss the recent draft in detail, plus a survey of the full White Sox system
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 11 - Better Pay for the Farmhands — 2021-07-20
Darren Black hops on with Brett Ballantini to discuss disappointments in pitchers young and old, and tackle the controversial low pay for MiLBers
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 10 - 2021 Post-Draft Special! — 2021-07-15
Darren Black and Trevor Lines hop on with Brett Ballantini to highlight their standout sleeper picks of the White Sox draft, and address the imminent return of Eloy Jiménez to Chicago — and to left field
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 9 — Trade Chips in the Minors
Darren Black offers his take on who in the White Sox system could be package in a deal this month (lower your expectations, friends)
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 8 — Reinforcements From the Minors
Darren Black offers his take on who in the White Sox system is best equipped to help the club out during its pennant push
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 7 — Brightest Spots in the White Sox System
Darren Black offers his picks for the highest ceilings at each stop among the affiliates
South Side Sox on the Farm Podcast 6 — Charlotte Sometimes, Single- and Double-A the Rest of the Times
Charlotte correspondent Anders Johanson and update maven Darren Black hop on to talk Charlotte, promotions, and their cool Knights hats