The 2016 season is entering its final weekend and the slog through the final weeks and days of the season, as has too often been the case when following the White Sox, have roared along like a tidal wave of molasses. As we prepare our minds to enter “offseason mode,” things don’t get much more […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
White Sox catching gamble was doomed from the start
When the White Sox made the call to move away from Tyler Flowers in the offseason, the mindset behind the decision was likely that they were willing to sacrifice some defense for better offense. Moving on from Flowers made sense, as despite being heralded as a prospect whose bat would play even if his defense […]
Tigers 2, White Sox 1: Dominant Sale given no margin for error
Chris Sale put together his best outing in more than a month — and one of his best of the season — Wednesday night in Detroit, but the White Sox offense couldn’t back their ace, and one mistake cost him in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers. Sale was mostly dominant in recording his first […]
If nothing else, the White Sox should sell their bullpen
As has been commonplace around these parts in recent years, the White Sox enter the final few days leading up to the non-waiver trade deadline in flux, with nobody quite sure whether they are set to buy, sell or stand pat. Buying, at least in the win-now sense, has been off the table for a […]
Revisiting the trades of Rick Hahn
Since being promoted to general manager in October of 2012, Rick Hahn has 20 trades to his credit. During his four years on the job, Hahn has been considered a savvy trader, someone who has been able to craft out good deals despite being limited by the budget constraints of his owner. But just how […]
White Sox 6, Mariners 1: Somehow, someway, miraculously, a game is won
The White Sox only post-All-Star break victory belongs to Jose Quintana. After Chris Sale was thoroughly Quintana’d by the White Sox bullpen — or more specifically, David Robertson — in an agonizing loss on Monday, Quintana picked up essentially right where he left off in the first half on Tuesday. The All-Star pitched around a […]
Angels 7, White Sox 0: A listless performance against an old friend
Shiny new toys Justin Morneau and Carson Fulmer joined the White Sox as they began the unofficial second half of the season Friday against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. And the new Sox got front row seats to watch an old Sox, Hector Santiago, completely shut down his former team in a 7-0 Angels’ […]
Carlos Rodon’s development all about control
Carlos Rodon controls his own future. Which is to say, Rodon, who has now thrown more than a season’s worth of innings since joining the White Sox rotation last May, still has yet to fully reach the potential the Sox saw in him when they made him the No. 3 overall pick in the MLB […]
The White Sox are in baseball purgatory
The second half of the season is officially here. The All-Star break isn’t for another week, but Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Astros was the 82nd game of the White Sox season, and things are, well, they’re perfectly average. Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. At 42-40, the White Sox remain in the […]
White Sox 7, Astros 6: Navarro, Shuck carry Sale to 14th win (What?)
HOUSTON — Chris Sale bounced back from a rough first few innings to earn his 14th win of the season as the White Sox beat the Astros 7-6 Saturday afternoon at Minute Maid Park. Things looked pretty bleak for Sale through the first three innings. After allowing a solo homer to Jose Altuve in the first, […]