Tuesday’s reported deal that sent Anthony Swarzak to the Milwaukee Brewers is a net plus for the White Sox, regardless of how the player the received — outfielder Ryan Cordell — turns out. Swarzak was given a minor league deal back on January with a non-roster invitation to Spring Training. He parlayed that opportunity into […]
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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 […]
On Tanking and the 2017 White Sox
Heading into 2017, the White Sox had put their cards on the table. They had sold two of their biggest pieces over the winter and Rick Hahn expressly said he wanted to sell more. This site was not unique in pointing out that for a team that was unequivocally rebuilding, it sure did have a […]
Yoan Moncada’s hitless debut somehow still impressive
The buzz of anticipation that surrounded Yoan Moncada’s White Sox debut was almost certain to outweigh what actually happened once the game was played. But while the result of Wednesday’s opening stanza of the Moncada era was anything but memorable — 0-for-2 in a 9-1 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers — what we were […]
White Sox send Frazier, Robertson, Kahnle to Yankees; Moncada called up
After a long night in which news slowly seeped out via Twitter over the course of the White Sox 1-0 loss to Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, the White Sox announced a blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees that sent Todd Frazier, David Robertson, and Tommy Kahnle to New York for prospects Blake Rutherford, […]
Q&A: Talking Eloy Jimenez and more with Myrtle Beach Pelicans announcer Scott Kornberg
Scott Kornberg is the radio play-by-play voice of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the High-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, also known as the team that Eloy Jimenez played for in 2017 prior to the trade that brought him to the White Sox organization. Along with Bryant Flete, and Matt Rose, Kornberg has seen Jimenez up […]
The Sox are bad, but there are still reasons to watch
The Chicago White Sox are not a very good baseball team and that’s to be expected in year one of their rebuild. The Sox currently have the worst record in the American League at 38-52 and are in the cellar of the AL Central. While the lackluster product can be tedious for Sox fans there’s […]
Chris Sale, Felix Hernandez, and the Road Not Taken
Usually every Felix Hernandez start against the White Sox makes me think of former-failed prospect Brian Anderson taking a young King Felix yard twice for his first two career home runs. Watching Anderson’s blonde mop bounce up and down as he grinned like a child while that damn foghorn sounded in the background of Safeco […]
Nate Jones and Zack Burdi Surgery Status
As mentioned on our most recent episode of The Catbird Speaks, while the baseball world was buzzing over the Jose Quintana trade, it was also announced that Nate Jones would require surgery on his right elbow, knocking him out for the rest of the 2017 season. It’s a shame that we won’t get to enjoy […]