Sox Populi Podcast 172 — Spring has sprung

Brian O’Neill, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini discuss the official start of spring training and the latest 78 demands

Ready or not, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brian O’Neill join Brett Ballantini to address the official-unofficial start of the 2024 season, as spring training officially gets underway in Glendale, Ariz.:

• Where everyone is at with the White Sox on the Excitement-o-Meter™
• Breaking down the 150 Games Guarantee™ from Eloy Jiménez, Yoán Moncada and Luis Robert Jr.
• Can having a preponderance of AAAA guys actually be a good thing aka Getz might be pretty good at this, part II?
• A breakdown of Brett Phillips’ middle name (sorry, either look it up or do the right thing and listen) making it all the easier to root for him
• Chrystal as Dr. Evil
• Brian reads T.S. Eliot
• The 78 update, now with B-I-I-I-I-I-G numbers

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