Chris “Complete Game” Sale took the mound against Jerad Eickhoff,who is a professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. A lopsided matchup led to a lopsided affair for the wrong team, and the Sox dropped the second game of a 2-game series in Philly. • Adam Eaton took the second pitch of the day just over […]
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The Frustrations of Jose Abreu
Jose Abreu is by no means stingy with the press, but he doesn’t talk every day. He needs his interpreter, so his interviews take a bit longer, and he’s taken the natural step of determining a day or two ahead of time when he will speak. Just that little level of pomp and circumstance imbues […]
Phillies 7, White Sox 6 : James Shields allows a bunch of runs
Fan favorite James Shields took the bump in an interleague contest Tuesday against one of the four teams with TAv lower than the White Sox. Seven runs crossed the plate under his watch, and the Phillies grabbed the opener of this short, two-game series. Not much excitement in this one until the end, but the […]
The One That Got Away
I will not pretend, now long after the fact, that I hated the Jeff Samardzija trade when it happened. I was never a fan of his, and I thought he was always prone to being overrated due to his college football history and his high-profile signing with a high profile team out of the draft. […]
Royals 8, White Sox 3: The 19th game in this season series goes much like the previous 18
Carlos Rodon and the White Sox squared off against the Royals for the final time this season, and received a proper drubbing. With the loss they closed out 2016 with a record of 5-14 against their division rivals. • Things looked rosy early as Justin Morneau’s booming double was promptly followed up by a Todd […]
The White Sox already have the ingredients for a competent 2017 bullpen
Let’s take a cue from the off-the-cuff Hawk Harrelson comment as a prompt for a full article. On a Baseball Prospectus site. This always goes well. Hawk is outspoken on the value of the bullpen, which can make him seem somewhat sage now near the crest of the run on elite relievers. During Sunday’s rout […]
Royals 10, White Sox 3: Man, this team has a lot of problems and all of them were really, really obvious today
For fans of teams out of contention late in the year, a lot of September baseball watching is about finding silver linings: young players developing, personal achievements, and really any sign of hope for the coming year. For the White Sox, this month has provided a few such opportunities: Tim Anderson has continued to develop […]
Royals 3, White Sox 2: Good Miguel Gonzalez Start Wasted
It’s no secret that the White Sox have struggled playing at Kauffman Stadium this season. They’ve won just two games at the Royals home park this season, with one of those coming Friday thanks to Chris Sale‘s complete game gem. With Miguel Gonzalez on the mound against Jason Vargas, the White Sox continued their Kansas […]
White Sox 7, Royals 4: Where was Carlos Sanchez all season?
Reeling from a downward spiral started by an errant Tyler Saladino throw on a hard grounder that should have ended the fifth, the White Sox did not seem primed for a breakthrough when Kelvin Herrera buzzed Todd Frazier‘s tower with one out in the top of the eighth. 1. Frazier made his unhappiness known, while Salvador […]
Ok, let’s give a look at what Shields has been doing to avoid disaster
Thursday, Major League Baseball ordered San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller to be suspended 30 days without pay for falsifying medical records submitted in the trade of Drew Pomeranz to the Boston Red Sox. It’s a tangibly light penalty–Preller will likely be able to pay his bills alright in the interim, the Padres are […]