Scott Merkin of whitesox.com reported Tuesday that White Sox closer David Robertson had surgery to clean up a meniscus issue in his left knee that had been bothering him for a while. That’s great for David, knee surgery is awesome and I try to get one once per month if I can find time away […]
Author: James Fegan
It’s Guaranteed Rate Field now
Just one day before a seemingly silent transition could have occurred from one ill-fitting stadium sponsor to another, the universe–or Crain’s Danny Ecker–gave us one more delightful wrinkle. “A commitment to branding is why the signs going up this week around the 25-year-old stadium look virtually the same as the company’s logo, except for the word ‘field’ […]
The only time of year Rymer Liriano gets top billing
Story juxtaposition is one of those things we like to discuss so much, we have developed a built-in reflex for qualifying that it’s completely meaningless, so that we can smoothly transition back to discussing it. The White Sox making a waiver claim for Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano isn’t something we should compare to the Cubs being busy […]
James Shields is staying for now
Well, something very obvious has happened. White Sox RHP James Shields will officially opt in to the final two years of his deal, source confirms to @SBNation. Was a formality. — Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) October 27, 2016 The White Sox now owe James Shields $10 million per season for 2017 and 2018, and $2 million […]
BP South Side 2016-17 Offseason Plan – Part 2 (The fun part)
The most profound difficulty with assessing anyone’s mock offseason plan is determining where they chose to place themselves in the divide between what the White Sox would ideally do, and what they will likely do. Especially for a franchise that has struggled as much as the Sox have, provided as much frustration with regards to […]
Why is the White Sox World Series forgotten?
Monday was a surreal day to be a follower of the White Sox. Come SoxFest time, a panel memorializing the 2005 World Series winners seems like a mandate, and if anything, recent Sox history is challenged to provide anything as relevant as their now 11-year-old triumph. But on Monday, every paranoid suspicion about the Sox’ […]
BP South Side 2016-17 Offseason Plan – Part 1
What should the White Sox do to redeem this perpetual mess? Let’s discuss with somewhat reasonable parameters. Our first session will be firing through basic decisions: player options, non-tender decisions and outgoing free agents, hugs. The second session will be about trading Chris Sale and raiding nearby buildings for copper piping. Player Options Pick up […]
South Side Morning 5: A select sample of people have spoken
1. They’re still doing that ESPN ultimate franchise rankings thing, and allegedly only for 14 years now, even though I remember reading their first version in a physical magazine that I purchased from a news stand, so I’m pretty sure it was in 1977. It’s basically one big customer satisfaction survey, so it should not […]
A second look at Chris Getz
At first blush, the White Sox naming Chris Getz to be the new Director of Player Development read as the type of thoroughly outside the box hire of an inexperienced former player of theirs, for which they have become notorious. While making such a hire did not preclude the Sox from success, it would not show […]
Sox shake up player development staff in extremely White Sox fashion
One thing we can be sure of: the White Sox do not care about optics. From Scott Merkin’s typically superb reporting, we learned this weekend that Director of Player Development Nick Capra was making the very unusual transition from five seasons as the White Sox Director of Player Development, to Third Base Coach for the […]