To provide perspective on the White Sox glossy new farm system additions, I begin to look back at the last time the franchise boasted a No. 1 farm system, before the 2001 season. But then I shook myself out of it and just decided to talk to Nietzsche about it. He always knows what to […]
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Who will be soaking up plate appearances at DH for the 2017 White Sox
In our neverending series of staring and tilting our heads quizzically at the White Sox post-teardown roster like a dog listening to their owner shuffle through new ringtones, let’s ponder a role that’s especially poorly suited to a rebuild: the designated hitter. It’s not exactly a developmental position. The only qualified DHs under the age […]
South Side Morning 5: I cannot pretend that there is anything happening
By all means, the White Sox should have a firm price they stick by for all of their insanely valuable trade assets, and maybe even some of their only moderately valuable trade assets. By all means, they are not running late on the market that is slow-developing and was stalled by the holidays, and still […]
Friday White Sox rumor jamboree
Within the last week, the White Sox re-signed right-hander Blake Smith, the 29-year-old converted outfielder who made his major league debut this past September. So there hasn’t really been a dead spot in their Winter transformation, but Thursday probably did more to shape the market for the rest of their franchise-altering teardown than anything since […]
The Future Is Somewhere In This Mess of Talent
One of those fun, pointless exercises that used to be a staple of prospect lists and is still a feature of delirious prospect hugging online is a projected future lineup. Fun, because any peek into the future is fun, and it can function as a minor league depth chart of sorts. Pointless, because the next all […]
Secondary Impacts (and Benefits) of a Rebuild
Rebuilding is not just selling off present pieces for future ones, although obviously when you’re trading cornerstone players like Chris Sale and Adam Eaton it is absolutely crucial to make sure you get the best return you can. And yes, that makes the major league team worse, so your draft position goes up. But there are […]
Eating some of these late innings
Somewhere lower down the line of priorities from filling out a 2017 White Sox starting rotation is filling out the White Sox 2017 Opening Day bullpen. While the Sox rotation is tasked with providing a line between several near-ready prospects and the majors–and also with being good enough to keep games from becoming chaotic, four-hour […]
Eating some of these innings
The White Sox may not have picked the best year to gut their pitching staff. Well, obviously they picked a great year to gut their pitching staff, since the free agency market is barren and all of their trade assets are worth their weight in gold, and worth more than their weight in prospects. This […]
Derek Holland a reasonable signing for rebuilding White Sox
The White Sox signed Derek Holland to a one year, $6 million deal on Wednesday in a move that is difficult to hate, even if you don’t totally love it. Signing a pitcher like Holland, who hasn’t been able to be called both healthy and effective at the same time since 2013, falls under the […]
Sox have valuable trade chips for booming relief market
Most offseasons it’s the same old story. There are big free agent pitchers that sign big deals for more money than most of us will earn over the course of half our lives, and there are hitters that are looking for deals so long that when they’re over, kids who weren’t born during their tenure will […]