The White Sox added middle infield depth on Wednesday when they acquired minor league shortstop Jose Rondon from the San Diego Padres in exchange for the oft-traveled cash considerations. The 23-year-old Rondon was once among the Top 10 prospects in San Diego’s system, rising as high as No. 6 prior to the 2016 season. His star […]
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Is there anything left on the White Sox shopping list?
Following last week’s trade that sent minor league utility infielder Jake Peter to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for veteran relievers Joakim Soria and Luis Avilan, we’re inching closer to seeing what will likely be the team the White Sox bring to Glendale, Ariz., in a little more than a month. If we were […]
Modern baseball fans and the burden of too much knowledge
This has been an incredibly dull winter. The Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes provided a brief bit of fun, but that was almost an entire month ago with practically nothing happening since. We’ve almost crowned a new national champion in college football and practically none of the top free agents have signed yet. It’s terrible. This terribleness […]
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White Sox acquire Joakim Soria, Luis Avilan, cash for Jake Peter
The White Sox made a shrewd move Thursday night, acquiring relievers Joakim Soria and Luis Avilan, and cash considerations in a three-team trade with the Royals and Dodgers. Minor league utility infielder Jake Peter was sent to the Dodgers as part of the exchange. After the “All Relievers Must Go” mega sale last season, as […]
Taking stock of the AL Central
The offseason has been quiet thus far, both in terms of the overall scope of the league (with a few exceptions) and, more specifically, in the AL Central. But while the transactions those teams have made haven’t necessarily moved the needle yet, it’s worth taking stock of the state of those respective teams, moves they’ve […]
Miracle on 35th Street: The White Sox Christmas Wishlist
Somewhere on 35th and Shields, Jerry Reinsdorf is reading his great-grandchildren stories of Paul Konerko grand slams, Scott Podsednik walk-off homers, and the greatest postseason run by a starting rotation in MLB history over a cup of hot cocoa. Maybe that’s a bit dramatic. The Winter Meetings are over and the rumors are swirling, which […]
A few thoughts on the White Sox apparent pursuit of Manny Machado
Wednesday’s report from Ken Rosenthal that the White Sox were “the most aggressive suitors for Orioles third baseman Manny Machado” threw the White Sox thus far quiet winter into a whirlwind. As is often the case with anonymously-sourced reports, it led to more questions and a lot of potential scenarios being thrown around. Quite simply, […]
Giancarlo Stanton Provides White Sox Opportunity to Improve
I’ve written about this quite a bit in the last few years, but if the White Sox truly want to compete in the future, they’re going to have to spend more money. It’s simply inevitable. When you look at recent examples of teams coming out of their scorched-earth rebuilds — think Astros, Cubs and even the […]
New Jose Abreu Rumors
On December 8, we didn’t know where Giancarlo Stanton would wind up and the word on the street was that trade talks between the White Sox and Boston — presumably the No. 1 potential suitor for Jose Abreu — were insubstantial. On December 9, Stanton was traded to the New York Yankees for an OK second baseman, a […]