The White Sox made Chris Sale the 13th overall pick in MLB Draft on June 7, 2010. He debuted less than two months later, over the next six years he had developed into one of the best pitchers on the planet. He’ll enter the 2017 season on the heels of his fourth straight Top 5 […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
It sure seems like Chris Sale is about to be traded
The Winter Meetings are in full swing over in National Harbor, Md., and a lot of very smart and well-sourced reporters turned the Hot Stove temperature up to max Monday night with reports that the White Sox are moving closer to dealing Chris Sale. Sources: Legitimate chance of Sale trade to #Nationals. Robles, Giolito would […]
White Sox Year in Review: David Robertson
David Robertson’s time in Chicago has been a waste. I don’t mean that literally, of course. He’s thrown 125.2 mostly good innings in his two years with the White Sox, and made $21 million doing it. That’s not a waste! Nor do I mean it in the same sense of “The White Sox are wasting […]
White Sox Year in Review: Nate Jones
A White Sox bullpen that started 2016 looking like one of the best in the American League ended up in shambles by the midway point of the season. Injuries to Zach Putnam and Jake Petricka hurt the team’s depth, David Robertson looked more and more like a reliever headed toward serious decline, and a lack […]
White Sox Year in Review: Matt Albers
Matt Albers was one of the worst relievers in the American League in 2016. Among pitchers who threw at least 49 innings of relief in the American League, of which there were 63, his ERA (6.57) was second worst to Detroit’s Mark Lowe. His fWAR was minus-0.9, tied with Kevin Jepsen, who was released in July […]
White Sox Year in Review: Justin Morneau
When the Spring Training Adam LaRoche fiasco led to his unexpected retirement, a White Sox roster that was being held together by pins and needles lost, if my math is correct, two pins and four needles. LaRoche’s departure didn’t cripple the White Sox by any means — any team that was a LaRoche away from contention […]
White Sox Year in Review: Austin Jackson & Co.
Last offseason this website, in its past and current form, and seemingly everyone with a vested interest in the success of the White Sox, whether with a pen or keyboard, or just by speaking out loud were joined together in one common refrain: SIGN AN OUTFIELDER! This line of thought was logical. It was commonly known […]
White Sox Year in Review: Brett Lawrie & Tyler Saladino
In Brett Lawrie the White Sox got exactly what they ordered off the menu. Brett Lawrie in 2016: 94 games, .248/.310/.413, 12 HRs, .253 TAv, 1.3 WARP Brett Lawrie career averages: 98 games, .261/.315/.419, 11.8 HRs, .266 TAv, 2.2 WARP Lawrie did just about everything one might have expected when the Sox acquired him from Oakland last […]
White Sox Year in Review: Jose Abreu
Two years removed from his monstrous debut, one in which he hit .317/.383/.581, hit 36 HRs, led the league with a 173 OPS+, won Rookie of the Year and finished fourth in MVP voting, the best way to characterize Jose Abreu after the completion of his third year in the majors is, well, that he’s […]
White Sox Year in Review: Adam Eaton
Entering the 2016 season, Adam Eaton had already established himself as a solid, above-average player for the White Sox. In two seasons after coming over in a trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Eaton had become the leadoff hitter the White Sox had been lacking for some time, getting on base at a solid clip (15th […]