Lucas Giolito is one of many White Sox pitchers to make a debut in recent weeks. Reynaldo Lopez had a flashy but concerning start before leaving his second early with a minor injury, and Carson Fulmer had a disastrous but brief stint in the White Sox rotation. Giolito was unlike either of those pitchers because, […]
Author: Ryan Schultz
How should we value Jose Abreu?
Jose Abreu burst onto the scene during his debut season in Major League Baseball. Despite already being 27-years-old, Abreu won the American League Rookie of the Year award after hitting .317/.383/.581 with 36 home runs in 622 plate appearances. He posted a 167 wRC+ and, despite FRAA finding his defense to be pretty poor, produced 5.7 […]
Backwards Ks
The pitch is delivered on the black, barely touching a corner of the zone. An umpire emphatically rings a batter up. The batter sluggishly slinks back into the dugout, and the satisfied pitcher smiles to himself. A backwards “K” is placed in the official scorekeeper’s book, along with those around the stadium. Such is the […]
Reynaldo Lopez’s entire profile on display in White Sox debut
Reynaldo Lopez came out guns blazing in his White Sox debut. His first pitch in a White Sox uniform clocked in at 97 mph, but it went for a ball. He then fired in two more 97 mph heaters before finishing off Whit Merrifield with a nasty changeup at 86 mph. That strikeout was symbolic […]
What’s left to watch?
There are plenty of negative aspects to this White Sox team to talk about. In fact, there may be so many different angles of how the team is bad that none of them are actually interesting at all. The utter incapability to throw runners out would be interesting if it wasn’t a mere few runs […]
South Side Morning 5: Some pitchers are good, some pitchers are bad
1. Carlos Rodon struggled out of the gate when he returned from the injury that snatched half a season from him. Recently, however, he’s performed at a level much closer to the lofty expectations laid out before him. On Friday he went 7 2/3 innings without walking a single batter. He also allowed just two runs while […]
South Side Morning 5: And then there was one
1. The big news on Tuesday had nothing to do with the White Sox loss to the Cubs. It was, instead, a move they made following that game. They sent Anthony Swarzak to the Brewers for Ryan Cordell. Turning Swarzak into anything is a win for the White Sox, even though Cordell doesn’t seem like […]
South Side Morning 5: The White Sox have won a game!
1. The White Sox won their first game since July 6th on the back of an excellent Miguel Gonzalez start. It has been a tumultuous season for Gonzalez, who came out of the gate hot but suddenly crumbled on his way to a DL trip. In Monday’s game, however, he displaced the departed Jose Quintana […]
South Side Morning 5: The White Sox are very bad
1. The White Sox spent the weekend in lovely Kansas City, stewing in triple-digit weather as they got swept by the Royals. Those three losses make it nine in a row for a White Sox team that truly looks like it’s tanking. Just as was predicted at the start of the season, the team wouldn’t lose […]
The Kahnle Trade: From Beckham to Blake
Gordon Beckham was supposed to be the next great Chicago White Sox third baseman. If you’re clicking on this article, you’re probably well aware that things didn’t quite work out that way. Beckham had a good rookie campaign that was followed by years of struggling to arrive at a .200 batting average while providing essentially […]