The serene, blissful wait for the White Sox to sell off a homegrown future Hall of Famer to the highest bidder was rudely disturbed Tuesday night with news of labor strife possibly being afoot. Understandably unable to get on-the-record comment about the active negotiations for the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reported […]
Author: James Fegan
Rebuild rumors: Jose Quintana forever?
As a student of 20th century history, I have read first-hand accounts of some of the most horrifying atrocities imaginable. Brutal slaughter, permanent displacement, human cruelty once thought impossible. And yet there is always still room for a new level of shock and disgust: “One GM said [Jose] Quintana was ‘conspicuous by his absence in […]
South Side Friday 5 – Everyone should trade for Chris Sale
1. Rare is it that two teams engineer a trade with one another that seems to prepare both for the coming war, but it helps that the Astros are gunning to make Sports Illustrated’s prediction look prescient and the Yankees are building a prospect army. The Astros continued a buy-in for 2017 by trading for […]
What is this going to look like?
This feels realer than the countless other times. The long-pondered White Sox rebuild rumors have more meat to them because the franchise-altering move to trade Chris Sale is being put at the forefront of reports, and the long-pondered Sale trade has more meat to it because it’s staked into these rebuild talks rather than some […]
This could take a while
One of the issues with a Chris Sale trade when it was just an annoying article prompt, rather than a possibly imminent occurrence, is the intense theoretical expensiveness of it. Having the most valuable trade asset in recent memory is only great for a rebuild if anyone can actually pay the price. Or wants to. […]
Hunt for a cheaper new core
Reassuring or frustrating depending on your perspective or relative sense of exhaustion, the possible/likely/implied White Sox move toward a rebuild has opened general manager Rick Hahn to discussing the team’s situation in more frank terms. From Dan Hayes: “When you look at the top end of our roster, arguably we could measure up against anybody. […]
So they might just tear it all down
The next few years figure to be very rough. To that end, the White Sox look closer than ever, or as close as they will allow themselves to be, to declaring the start of a rebuild. From Dan Hayes: “’We’ve always been focused on putting ourselves in the best position to win,’ Hahn said. ‘At […]
The best fire sale of all-time
The White Sox were suddenly and shockingly a topic du jour of the baseball world Monday, less than a week after their counterparts to the north had captured a momentous World Series title in thrilling fashion. However the attention is for an entirely ignonimous honor, which could probably discerned from the opening barbs of Joel […]
Matt Albers’ declined option means it’s hot stove time
So far, it looks like everything in real life is mirroring our grand offseason plan. At least the part where the Sox release all the players who were bad in 2016 and can easily be jettisoned. Let it never be said again that the Sox won’t eat money to part with a struggling player after […]
What can the White Sox take away from the World Series – LATE
At press time, the World Series finale was still undecided. We had no choice but to publish what we had. Congratulations to the [Cleveland Indians/Chicago Cubs]!!! The drought is over!!! While it would be sweeter if the Sox were in it themselves, it’s encouraging to see validation that [AL Central baseball is not total garbage like […]