The White Sox are contractually committed to James Shields through 2018, he is unmovable in his current state, and they have plenty of reasons for being invested in his recovery, whatever potential for it there may still be. But as each disaster piles on top of each other, they will be pressed to answer if […]
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White Sox 11, Twins 4: Rodon, big offensive night snaps four-game skid
Two bad teams completely out of playoff contention met in a game Friday night, and it was apparent. The Twins came in having lost 13 of their last 14 games (their only win coming last night in the series opener), while the Sox went into the game with a four-game losing streak of their own. […]
South Side Morning 5: Ain’t that just the way
It’s been too long. 1. Jon Heyman’s report on the White Sox being unlikely and unwilling to kickstart a rebuild or reloading of their farm system by trading Chris Sale or Jose Quintana, has three very typical elements of any update on Sox operations. –A refusal to do something radical or franchise re-shaping. –Assurance that […]
Twins 8, White Sox 5: Let’s not even pretend to understand what happened
The Twins entered Thursday night’s contest twirling their way through a 13-game losing streak that will probably get frequently referred to when retracing how they lost 100 games in 2016. During said streak, the Twins had allowed 96 runs, or around 7.3 per game. If one wanted to gradually transition a major league team into […]
Chris Sale’s plan–whatever it is–is working
Chris Sale took a funny approach to the beginning of his 26th start of the season: he spent the early part of his day looking like a bad pitcher. His slider floated through the zone, his fastball velocity hovered around 92 mph, which is fine if he’s locating and playing it off his other devastating […]
Tigers 3, White Sox 2: Shaping the 2016 Wild Card Race
The White Sox have been playing a significant role in the AL Wild Card race over the last week. While they themselves aren’t contending, over their last 7 games they took 3 of 4 from the Mariners, pushing them to the periphery of playoff contention, and now have been swept by the Tigers, allowing them […]
End of August Gallimaufry
Tomorrow is September 1st and the White Sox have 31 games left to play, and it seems like a good time to step back and take stock. 1. Miguel Gonzalez is in the process of beginning his rehab outings. While Austin Jackson and Brett Lawrie initially had modest timetables for their absence that morphed into […]
Tigers 8, White Sox 4: Reality arrives in the fifth
The White Sox started a pitcher Tuesday night who came into the game with a 9.61 ERA, with more walks than strikeouts, and who had more than a third of the hits he had allowed leave the ballpark entirely. There was good reason to expect the Sox would allow a garish run total to […]
White Sox catching gamble was doomed from the start
When the White Sox made the call to move away from Tyler Flowers in the offseason, the mindset behind the decision was likely that they were willing to sacrifice some defense for better offense. Moving on from Flowers made sense, as despite being heralded as a prospect whose bat would play even if his defense […]
Tigers 4, White Sox 3: Well, At Least They’re Consistent
If I told you that James Shields would only give up two runs over six innings and Tyler Saladino would drive in three, you might be foolish enough to think that would be enough for the White Sox to hold on and manage to win a game against the Tigers. But then you’d remember that it’s […]