Coming into the 2017 season, the White Sox infield looked fairly set. There weren’t really any questions as to who would be playing where, at least not until the service time shuffle games passed and Yoan Moncada getting called up became a realistic proposition. Jose Abreu and Todd Frazier would man the corners (until one […]
Author: Mark Primiano
White Sox sign Tim Anderson to 6 year, $25 million deal
And just like that, the rumblings that the White Sox and Tim Anderson were working out a long-term contract have been proven true. According to Colleen Kane the sides have agreed to a six year deal worth $25 million with two additional club option years believed to be worth and additional $26.5 million. In other […]
Charlie Tilson and the Beginning of the End
The White Sox received some bad news today, learning that presumptive starting center fielder Charlie Tilson has been placed in a walking boot and will start the season on the disabled list. This is bad news for everyone not named Peter Bourjos. Tilson wasn’t likely to be an All-Star by any means, but it wouldn’t […]
Betting on the quiet competence of Omar Narvaez
One of the most puzzling decisions the White Sox made going into the 2016 season, a season fully meant to be one resulting in at least a Wild Card chase, was replacing Tyler Flowers and Geovany Soto’s perfectly serviceable seasons at catcher with a platoon of Dioner Navarro and Alex Avila. The company line about […]
Appreciating Nate Jones while he’s still ours
The White Sox loudly announced to the world that they were rebuilding this winter by shipping out their two best players on consecutive days. And then stopped. Completely. Which is both totally understandable and incredibly frustrating. It makes sense to hold on to Jose Quintana if the Astros and the Pirates aren’t willing to pay the freight […]
Introducing the 2017 Chicago White Sox Spring Training Non-Roster Invites
It hardly seems possible that pitchers and catchers are already reporting in less than a month, but somehow that’s where we’re currently sitting. The White Sox have issued 19 non-roster invitations for Spring Training thus far, with eight of those invites being free agents. Your friends and coworkers will come to you over the next […]
Finding enjoyment in the rebuild
With Chris Sale now off to the Red Sox, Adam Eaton off to the Nationals and rumors of the (very sensible) impending departures of Jose Quintana, Todd Frazier, Jose Abreu and anyone not under the age of 25, the White Sox are officially entering a full-on rebuild for the first time in forever. Their farm […]
White Sox Year in Review: Jimmy Rollins
The White Sox entered the 2016 season with plans of contending. The White Sox entered the 2016 season with Jimmy Rollins as their starting shortstop. To most people, those two sentences would run at least somewhat contradictory to each other. Rick Hahn is not most people. The team entered last offseason faced with the difficult […]
White Sox Year in Review: Avisail Garcia
When looked at with even the most rose-colored lenses one could possibly ever hope to find, tendering Avisail Garcia a contract last winter didn’t make a whole lot of sense. The then-24 year old had finished his first complete season in majors and it was a bad one. Below replacement level bad (negative-0.3 bWAR). In […]
White Sox Year in Review: Todd Frazier
Within one glorious week last December, the White Sox managed to make two trades that seemed to signal 2016 would be different. On Dec. 9, Brett Lawrie was obtained from Oakland. Exactly seven days later, a three-team trade that included the Reds and Dodgers brought two-time All-Star Todd Frazier to the South Side. Jose Abreu would […]