Cat Garcia (@TheBaseballGirl), former BPSS contributor and current White Sox writer for WLS-AM, joins Collin and Nick to talk about all the White Sox recent promotions and more. Among the topics: -Nicky Delmonico and what he’s shown during his brief major league stint. -The plate discipline of Yoan Moncada. -What to expect out of Reynaldo Lopez […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
Excusing Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson has been making headlines the last two days, which is surprising both because of his play this season and the kind of personality he’s displayed since he arrived in Chicago 14 months ago. Anderson’s confrontation with Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman — the two exchanged words after Stroman struck Anderson out during Wednesday’s Toronto win, […]
South Side Morning 5: From boring to scary to good
The White Sox stove was cool on trade deadline day, which was to be expected as they spent most of the last month trading away more than a quarter of their 25-man roster. So while the baseball trade was thrown into a frenzy by the deadline deals that sent Yu Darvish to Los Angeles and Sonny […]
White Sox cash in on Anthony Swarzak, send him to Brewers
Tuesday’s reported deal that sent Anthony Swarzak to the Milwaukee Brewers is a net plus for the White Sox, regardless of how the player the received — outfielder Ryan Cordell — turns out. Swarzak was given a minor league deal back on January with a non-roster invitation to Spring Training. He parlayed that opportunity into […]
The Catbird Speaks 7.21.17 – Another trade, Moncada’s promotion, and more
Collin Whitchurch (@cowhitchurch) and Nick Schaefer (@Nick_BPSS) got together to react to the latest White Sox trade as well as the promotion of heralded prospect Yoan Moncada. Among the talking points: -The return for Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle. -The high difference of opinions on Blake Rutherford. -Whether trading Kahnle was the right […]
Yoan Moncada’s hitless debut somehow still impressive
The buzz of anticipation that surrounded Yoan Moncada’s White Sox debut was almost certain to outweigh what actually happened once the game was played. But while the result of Wednesday’s opening stanza of the Moncada era was anything but memorable — 0-for-2 in a 9-1 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers — what we were […]
White Sox send Frazier, Robertson, Kahnle to Yankees; Moncada called up
After a long night in which news slowly seeped out via Twitter over the course of the White Sox 1-0 loss to Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, the White Sox announced a blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees that sent Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle to New York for prospects Blake Rutherford, […]
An Ode To Jose Quintana
Boy, these are starting to feel kind of familiar. We reacted Thursday to the deal that sent Jose Quintana to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Eloy Jimenez, Dylan Cease, and two lesser prospects. Ryan Schultz gave his instant reaction to the deal and the return (it seems pretty cool), while Nick Schaefer and I […]
The Catbird Speaks 7.13.17 – Jose Quintana Trade Reactions
A mere hours after the news of the White Sox trade that sent Jose Quintana to the Chicago Cubs broke, Collin Whitchurch and Nick Schaefer got together to give us some instant reactions. Among the topics: -The trade market for Quintana, why they didn’t trade him earlier, and why they said yes this time around. […]
South Side Morning 5: White Sox record a base hit
1. While the story of a weekend series at Coors Field was that the White Sox’ overworked, overmatched pitching staff struggling to record outs against a good offense in a terrible environment for pitchers, the White Sox very nearly flipped that narrative on its head Sunday when Kyle Freeland came two outs away from throwing […]