HOUSTON — The last time Miguel Gonzalez took the mound, the White Sox hit a bazillion (seven) home runs, but Gonzalez took the loss anyway after giving up eight earned runs in 5.1 innings. So, naturally, Friday night in Houston, Gonzalez managed to last seven innings, allowed just three runs (two earned) and he still came away […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
Checking in on the White Sox top prospects
Tim Anderson has been a major leaguer for a little more than two weeks now, and while he’s gotten off to a promising start, his ascension thins out a minor league system that wasn’t all that impressive to begin with. That’s a silly thing to care about, in reality. The point of your minor league […]
Blue Jays 10, White Sox 8: Seven home runs somehow not enough
It’s hard to fathom a scenario where the White Sox could hit seven home runs in a game. It’s even harder to imagine they could hit seven in a single game and lose. Somehow, that’s what happened on Saturday as the Sox took a host of Toronto pitchers deep seven times — all of the solo variety — […]
Let’s take an updated look at those White Sox All-Star odds
Hooooooooo boy have things been ugly since we last checked in on the White Sox All-Star chances a little more than one month ago. When our esteemed leader James Fegan posted this article, speculating on the possibilities of All-Star appearances for a number of White Sox players, they were 24-14, coming off their fourth loss in […]
MLB Draft Recap: College players, on-base skills the theme
The MLB Draft provides an opportunity to not only grab players expected to become above average major league contributors, but also to provide important depth throughout the system. While the White Sox have trotted out or continue to trot out quad-A afterthoughts like Jerry Sands and Avisail Garcia, as well as broken veterans like Mat […]
MLB Draft Recap: Meet the Late Round Guys
By now, you’ve likely familiarized yourself with Zack Collins. You also may have read up on Zack Burdi and maybe even Alec Hansen. And if you’re really paying attention, you may even know about Alex Call, Jameson Fisher, Max Dutto and Zach Remillard. But the MLB Draft is, for some reason, 40 rounds long. Did you […]
The White Sox Cannot Afford For Tim Anderson To Fail
Friday’s announcement that the White Sox are bringing Tim Anderson to the major leagues creates mixed feelings of excitement and fear. But it’s the fear part I can’t seem to get past right now. Anderson’ ascension to the majors is the most important move the White Sox will make this season. Not necessarily for the […]
2016 MLB Draft: One final look at the possibilities
The 2016 MLB Draft begins at 6 p.m. CT Thursday on MLB Network, and shortly after that we’ll finally know which prospects will be the newest additions to the farm system when the White Sox draft at No. 10 and No. 26 of the first round. So let’s take one final look at what we […]
Around the AL Central: Winning the division means winning against the division
The White Sox are coming off an 10-game stretch where they went 2-8 against American League Central foes. They are 9-9 against the AL Central this season, however, they’re 6-0 against the Twins and 3-9 against everyone else. To make matters worse, that 3-9 mark comes against only the Royals and Indians, as they’ve yet […]
The MLB Draft and the Chicago White Sox: A Recent History
The current regime of the Chicago White Sox, for all intents and purposes, began in 2000 when Kenny Williams took over as general manager. Williams replaced Ron Schueler and wound up as the third-longest tenured GM in team history, behind only Roland Hemond and Harry Grabiner. While Williams handed over the GM reins to Rick […]