"This team is going to compete this year for sure" – White Sox catcher makes bold prediction for 2025 turnaround 

On Friday, Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero talked about how he feels his team is going to be much more competitive in the 2025 season. In 2024, the White Sox recorded one of the worst major league campaigns in recent memory, finishing the regular season at the bottom of the AL Central standings with a dismal 41-121 record.

"This team is going to compete this year [2025] for sure. We are going to compete because the young talent, the young players, they are hungry. We are hungry. Everybody is hungry to play baseball at the big league level." Edgar Quero said via MLB.com when speaking to Scott Merkin for his 'White Sox Beat' newsletter.

"This is the point when you are hungry, you are going to do it. It doesn’t matter who is coming to the box or who is going to throw. We are going to work together. We are hungry and everybody knows," he added.

Quero, who was the White Sox's fourth-choice catcher in 2024, appears to believe that the young unproven talent at the organization will come good in 2025, along with vital contributions from some of the veterans still on the team, such as Andrew Benintendi, Luis Robert Jr. and Andrew Vaughn.

Quero himself had quite a solid year for the Charlotte Knights, the triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, finishing the minor league season with a .280 batting average, along with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs. Now, he will hope he can do enough in Spring Training to make the cut for the big leagues on Opening Day.

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White Sox new arrival Mike Tauchman looks forward to settling in with new teammates

On Friday, outfielder Mike Tauchman talked about how he still enjoyed playing baseball, and how he was looking forward to settling in with his new teammates, after making the move over to Guaranteed Rate Field from cross-town rivals, Chicago Cubs. Per sources, Tauchman arrives on a one-year, $1.95 million deal.

"I've been playing baseball since I was five years old, and I still love it. And I love getting in the cage. I love taking fly balls. If they let me, I like taking ground balls. And I love getting in the batter's box and competing. And I love talking about the game. So I'm always down to talk about that," Tauchman said.

"I love talking about different situations that come up and what you can do versus what you can't do, or what you're seeing, and the mental side of things. Looking forward to getting to know a new group of guys and talking ball with them," he added.

It is yet to be seen if the new additions to the team eventually bear fruit in terms of results. For now, though, White Sox fans will just be hoping that their team can show some kind of improvement as compared to the disastrous display of the recently concluded season.

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