Baseball Prospectus minor league editor Craig Goldstein (@cdgoldstein) joined Collin and Nick to talk prospects after BP released its Midseason Top 50 Prospects list on Thursday. Among the specific topics: -Why Reynaldo Lopez was omitted from the Top 50. -The difficulty of slotting in the newly signed Luis Robert. -Why they prospect team has always […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
Four White Sox on BP’s Midseason Top 50 Prospects list
Baseball Prospectus posted its midseason Top 50 prospects Thursday, which more than anything provides us with a glimpse of how evaluators believe the top prospects in baseball have progressed since the season began. Before the season, BP had four White Sox prospects in its Top 50 and six in the Top 101, which of course […]
South Side Morning 5: James Shields changes and stays the same
1. James Shields’ second straight dinger-laden outing in Tuesday’s loss to the Athletics was yet another reminder of how small his margin for error has become as he enters the twilight of his career. As his fastball velocity has dropped, Shields seemed to reinvent himself this season to a certain extent, and has relied more on a slow, […]
Carlos Rodon flashes the goods
Carlos Rodon looked more like the pitcher who has flashed a world of potential than the guy who couldn’t find the plate in his first start of the season in Monday’s 7-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Rodon struck out 10, cruising into the seventh inning in what amounted to a complete 180 from his […]
Avisail Garcia is an All-Star and it’s easy to be happy for him
Avisail Garcia was named to the American League All-Star team Monday, bringing to reality something that never would’ve seemed possible just a few months ago. For most of the first half of the season, we’ve wondered aloud whether Garcia’s hot start is more mirage or the realization of talent many have long believed he’s had. […]
South Side Morning 5: Bumps on the Rodon
1. Ryan wrote Wednesday about the need to temper expectations for Carlos Rodon as the exciting, young left-hander made his season debut against the Yankees. But as Rodon struggled with his command in what ultimately wound up a 12-3 loss, it’s important to remember that as exciting as it is to have another supposed piece […]
South Side Morning 5: Sad News for Zach Putnam
1. The White Sox announced Monday that reliever Zach Putnam underwent Tommy John surgery last week and will miss the remainder of the season. The usual rehab time for Tommy John surgery, of course, is 12-18 months, meaning it’s unlikely he’ll be able to pitch again until the 2019 season. Putnam emerged as as a […]
Mark Buehrle was awesome
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Feb. 24. I did a Q&A with C70 at the Bat the other day in which they quickly preview all of the teams in the majors with bloggers or writers who cover those teams. The last question posed was “Who is your favorite White Sox player of all-time […]
South Side Morning 5: Holy crap, that White Sox starting pitching
1. The White Sox have settled into the cellar of the AL Central, sitting comfortably with the Oakland Athletics as the bottom two teams in the American League. This is both unsurprising and inconsequential given the team’s goals both for this year and long term, but what is surprising is that the White Sox, according to […]
Complementary pieces important for rebuilding White Sox
The most important thing to judge during a rebuilding season is whether or not the players expected to be around the next time the team has eyes on contention are progressing the way you’d like. For this year’s White Sox, this has been a mixed bag of sorts thus far. The focus coming into the […]