The MLB Draft is long. There are a lot of rounds and a lot of names and a lot of names you haven’t heard of. There are a lot of names I haven’t heard of. There are a lot of names you probably will never read again after you read this article. Still, the White […]
Author: Collin Whitchurch
White Sox MLB Draft Day 2 Recap
As Nick mentioned in his analysis of the White Sox selection of Nick Madrigal in Monday’s first round, amateur scouts, we are not here at BP South Side. Even over at the mothership, our time is more focused on players already in the system than on those who have not yet arrived. Quite frankly, we […]
White Sox Select Nick Madrigal in First Round of MLB Draft
The White Sox selected Oregon State infielder Nick Madrigal with the No. 4 pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night, adding a premiere college hitter to their farm system. The 21-year-old Madrigal hit .406//.470/.586 in 133 at-bats as a junior with more walks (13) than strikeouts (5). Despite being listed at just 5-foot-7, he […]
Welington Castillo’s suspension puts White Sox in tough spot
Welington Castillo’s 80-game suspension for violating MLB’s joint drug agreement, which was first reported by Dominican reporter Americo Celado and confirmed by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, puts the White Sox in a position of both dealing with and reacting to a player being hit with such a punishment, as well as stuck with a roster hole […]
Hitting development still the key to the White Sox future
We’ve written about it several times in the past, but one of the more interesting changes in player acquisitions we’ve seen in recent years, coincidentally or not, is the White Sox targeting position players who are at or close to major league-ready. It made sense, particularly when they were still trying to contend, as the White […]
South Side Morning 5: White Sox Rotation Options, Or Lack Thereof
1. The White Sox have the worst rotation in baseball. You can pick nits here and there between them, the Royals, Marlins, and Orioles, but you can make a PRETTY strong argument that the White Sox have the worst. Carson Fulmer’s demotion Friday — following yet another disastrous start — made sense in that even in […]
South Side Morning 5: A Fun Win
Wins and losses don’t mean much this year but trolling the Twins is always worthwhile — Nicky Beeps (@Nick_BPSS) May 4, 2018 1. We often get so caught up in who’s doing what and when and where in regards to the White Sox build toward contention that we don’t stop to appreciate a truly enjoyable game. […]
The Good Lucas Giolito
Three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings of work is, on the surface, nothing to get overly excited about. But Lucas Giolito on Wednesday looked every bit the part of the pitcher the White Sox remain high on for the majority of his outing in a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, putting together easily his […]
South Side Morning 5: (Mostly) Beating the Royals
Five of the White Sox eight wins this season have come against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, a fact that says more about their ineptitude against non-Royals teams than about the team’s performance as a whole. Still, even after dropping the last two of the weekend’s five-game series against the 7-20 Royals, a solid stretch […]
South Side Morning 5: Lots of Positives!
As bad as the White Sox will likely be this season, what’s taken place over the last seven games wasn’t bound to continue in that manner. Coming off a weekend where they were outscored 27-2 in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Astros, the White Sox bats broke out for a 10-4 victory over the […]