As I wrote yesterday, whether the White Sox made “good” or “bad” selections remains to be seen and may have nothing to do with whether they made the best decision possible at the time. All we know is the general profile of the two players they drafted with the 11th and 49th overall picks last […]
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White Sox select Jake Burger in first round of MLB Draft
The White Sox selected Missouri State third baseman Jake Burger with the No. 11 pick in the first round of the MLB Draft Monday night. Burger is a 21 year old who hit .328/.443/.648 during his junior season with the Bears. Most scouting reports you’ll find call him one of the best college bats in the draft, […]
South Side Afternoon 5: The Tank is On
The White Sox, due to many factors, were pretty successful for the first month of the season. Derek Holland avoiding the runs it seemed he deserved to give up along with an offense that refused to quit at the end of games allowed the White Sox to flirt with first place in April and May. […]
South Side Morning 5: Holland Daze
It was easier to say, “Sure! This rebuild stuff isn’t so bad!” when the White Sox were still winning about as much as they had in their contending years. Now they’ve won only one of their last nine games and it hasn’t been quite as fun, even if the existential despair has been significantly mitigated. […]
Revisiting The Yolmer Holmer
On Tuesday night, the White Sox had one of the weirdest home run calls go their way. Yolmer Sanchez hit a ball with an unfathomable amount of spin on it. That resulted in Kevin Keirmaier, noted defensive genius with piercing blue eyes, completely misplaying the ball like a nincompoop. Perhaps it was Keirmaier’s horrible defense […]
Avisail vs. Leury
A poll inspired by @Nick_BPSS: Which Garcia has surprised you more this year? — James Fegan (@JRFegan) June 8, 2017 This conversation posed by our formerly fearless leader (he has plenty of fear now) inspired plenty of debate around our odd corner of the internet, so much so that I figured it’s worth diving into […]
South Side Morning 5: Help is on the way
1. The biggest White Sox news Tuesday wasn’t the team snapping its five game losing streak, but the long awaited return of Carlos Rodon throwing real innings in a professional baseball game. Sure, it was three innings in High-A against something called the Carolina Mudcats, but 74 days after he was scratched from a spring […]
Asking The Bullpen To Do Too Much
Between known commodities like Nate Jones and David Robertson, as well as the effective-but-brittle Zach Putnam, the White Sox bullpen got off to a dominant start this season when Anthony Swarzak and Tommy Kahnle vaulted into the stratosphere as well. The bullpen was going so well that even Chris Beck has posted quality innings since his call […]
He Gone
The announcement by Hawk Harrelson that an abbreviated 2018 season — 20 Sunday home games — would be his last didn’t come as much of a surprise. As someone who has no other options but MLB.tv to catch a game, I’ve found myself over the last two seasons checking out the opposing team’s broadcast more […]
Why has Todd Frazier been so bad?
What has happened to Todd Frazier? Rick Hahn and the White Sox brass might be asking themselves that same question. The third baseman has followed in the footsteps of Adam Dunn, Jeff Keppinger, and Adam LaRoche as corner infield acquisitions who have underachieved after joining the White Sox. Frazier was supposed to be one of the missing pieces to […]