This weekend and Monday’s doubleheader offered a long look at the lower rungs of the White Sox starting pitching depth, and until some happy blockbuster drops in their lap, this is the group from which they need to sort out the last two spots of their rotation: Miguel Gonzalez “Inconsistent” is usually just a term […]
Author: James Fegan
Indians 5, White Sox 1: The first game was better
In the second round of ‘throw your scuffling starter at the wall and hope he sticks,’ the Indians brought out a guy who sat mid-90s with a nice overhand curve, and the White Sox brought out Erik Johnson. 1. Erik Johnson was OK! He had all the normal shortcomings of Erik Johnson (shaky control, fastball […]
White Sox 7, Indians 6: Trio of new faces provides good start to long day
It’s been a while since the White Sox division lead took some time for self-care. For the first game of the White Sox Monday doubleheader against Cleveland — they still have to play a full series after this during a week with no off day — both teams put scuffling starters against one another and hoped to emerge standing […]
White Sox reach crossroads with Jose Abreu
As bad as the last four games have been, the current White Sox offense is a huge upgrade over last season’s unit and possesses more potential for above-average production than anything that’s been viewable on the south side this decade. But even with their positives, they are not a unit that can paper over their […]
Royals 2, White Sox 1: Fifth starter gem wasted
If worrying about the back half of the rotation was getting tiresome, well, here is something else to think about. 1. The White Sox have scored four runs total in their last three games, failed to record a hit with runners in scoring position this series, lost four-straight series, and have lost five games in […]
Getting close to time to prove something – Game Preview & Lineups 5/21
If offered the opportunity at the beginning of the year to be transported to a reality where on May 21, they had a 25-17 record, the White Sox–a collective monolith and consciousness in this hypothetical–would gleefully take it, laugh and celebrate their great fortune, and pensively, but not fearfully inquire at what crimes needed committing […]
Royals 4, White Sox 1: File footage from 2013-15
If you read the papers these days, the Royals lack of options in their starting rotation and underwhelming power production from their lineup has finally started playing some actual effect on their ability to win major league baseball games. Those reports are still unconfirmed. 1. Not everything about 2016 immediately got thrown out the moment […]
Has Chris Sale already made his adjustment?
At the start of the month, Chris Sale had his worst outing of the season. In a year marked with efficiency and far less effort and stress, the Baltimore Orioles lineup neglected to give Sale the easy outs on tapered down fastballs weaker offenses had been handing him, and his attempts to pivot and find […]
White Sox 2, Astros 1: CHRIS SALE
Breaking losing streaks is a cliched responsibility of the ace starting pitcher, but sometimes the team really is on a four-game losing streak, and really hasn’t won since the last time said ace single-handedly obliterated the opposition for them. 1. On such a premise, Chris Sale set out to improve on his 8-0 record against […]
South Side Morning 5: Latos’ struggles becoming hard to ignore
1. The White Sox really should have paced their use of Mat Latos magic over the full year. After a nearly perfect first four starts, where Latos dodged all hard contact and enjoyed the cushion a .167 BABIP provides, now he looks like someone overwhelmed as to how to get major league hitters out. Latos […]