The built up mass, the pulsating bubble of anxiety exacerbated by every sub-replacement straggler wasting plate appearances on the White Sox major league roster while they were trying desperately to contend, deflated quickly when Chris Sale was traded to Boston last month. There stopped being a generational superstar’s prime for the Sox to waste once the […]
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Today in wondering what’s holding up the trade market
There is no more comforting level of certainty like being in ideological lockstep with Scott Merkin. I agree with his bold prediction that Jose Quintana will be moved before Spring Training. There are too many interested parties, he checks too many boxes for teams looking to both control costs and add a frontline starter, with […]
White Sox new reality taking the field
Young White Sox hitters have been gathering in January to get an early start on the season preparation since the days of Camp Cora. This title no longer is welcome because both Cora and the regime he worked for ended hastily, and the minicamp under that title was inextricably tied with the false hope for […]
Fixing the Farm: the Nature vs. the Nurture of the Beast
It’s no secret that the offseason is long, boring, and at times completely devoid of content. As a consumer of content, this is incredibly disheartening and depressing. As a producer of content, it’s somehow worse. That is why I have turned to the great former Baseball Prospectus podcast, Up and In. The soothing tones of […]
Sox opting for raw tools over production
The quiet of January is where it becomes really dangerous to start pulling themes out of minor transactions at the back of the 40-man roster, but in my defense, it’s a continuation of a theme that already emerged when the White Sox staked their biggest trade on toolshed Yoan Moncada and the incredibly live-armed Michael […]
Soto signing signals modest approach to 2017 catching corps
Until an official announcement is made, the most experienced catcher in the White Sox organization is still Omar Narvaez. The 24-year-old needed a freak stretching injury to Kevan Smith to leapfrog up the depth chart to get any major league time at all in 2016, and only exceeded his rookie limits by way of service […]
What free agents do rebuilding teams sign?
Wednesday signings turned the focus to two rebuilding teams the White Sox would just as soon not emulate. The Oakland A’s, who seem destined for a third-straight losing season, with no clarity in sight for the stadium/revenue issues that prompted the teardown of the 2014 team, signed 36-year-old veteran outfielder Rajai Davis to a one-year, […]
BP South Side Hall of Fame Roundtable
(All of our roundtables belong in the Hall of Fame, this one just happens to be about the Hall of Fame) With Jose Quintana still not traded, and the Hall of Fame vote nearing, BP South Side writers Nick Schaefer, Mark Primiano and Ryan Schultz gathered together to discuss who would make their ballot. Editor-in-Chief […]
Which White Sox Player is a Robot?
Occasionally I get a case of crippling insomnia that keeps me up for basically the entire night. During those hours of restlessness, I think about a plethora of very weird things. One of those recent weird things was about the possibility of some sort of robot humans already existing in our midst. I know this […]
The last White Sox rumor roundup of 2016
The White Sox have done a lot. They acquired seven prospects in two days time at the start of this month, and I don’t think we’ve even written anything about Victor Diaz yet, other than “the White Sox also acquired Victor Diaz.” He’s a 22-year-old reliever who has only reached A-Ball and has some control […]