Jose Quintana is finally going to an All-Star Game. Along with most of you reading this, I think he should’ve been chosen as one of the initial crop of five starters, but a nice thing about the ballooning of All-Star rosters is that it has decreased the likelihood that guys who really deserve to make […]
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Who are these guys?
For the second-straight year, the White Sox look like the victim of the second Wild Card spot. Only one more team in the American League has been making the playoffs every year since 2012, but the threshold for where teams can appear within striking distance of the last slot has been lowered an order of […]
Braves 2, White Sox 0: Current Sox drop finale, series to former Sox.
The White Sox donned their Sunday best, but dropped the series finale to the visiting Braves. With the loss, the Sox broke their streak of five-straight series wins and closed the door on a turbulent first half with a 45-43 record. 1. The scoring was done quick and early Sunday afternoon. Solo home runs from Jeff Francoeur […]
Jay Bruce: Something Better Than Avisail Garcia
Let’s play a little game. Let’s say you’re the GM of a team that, due to unfortunate injury circumstances, is looking to start a new outfielder to take up a vacated position. You would like to this player’s profile to be typical for a corner, meaning that he can hit for a decent amount of […]
White Sox 5, Braves 4: Frazier stars in sloppy all-Colombian showdown
The first showdown of Colombian-born starting pitchers in major league baseball history pitted Julio Teheran against Jose Quintana; two young, All-Star caliber hurlers who have enjoyed a glorious climb to the top of their respective rotations and leagues. So naturally they were both pretty bad on Saturday against mediocre and awful offenses, respectively. 1. Todd Frazier […]
Braves 11, White Sox 8: Wut
It’s not like the Sox are world-beaters, or even particularly reliable, or even possess any immunity at all to the occasional–or frequent!–mind-bending letdown. And you can’t just look at starting pitching matchups and call them a win or loss, because there’s so much more going on in game beyond the starting pitchers. But c’mooooooon. The White […]
South Side Morning 5: The Prodigal Son Returns
1. Atlanta coming to town means our beautiful prodigal son is returning home to his kingdom. Gordon Beckham is back off the disabled list this week after absence due to a hamstring strain that persisted so long it would make Alex Avila blush. Missing five weeks means he hasn’t had the time nor the opportunity to […]
The White Sox Should Go Back to the Well and Double Down
For anyone out there that enjoys blackjack, “going back to the well” is something you don’t want to have to do. My friends and I use that term to refer to the process of sitting down at the table, losing all of your money, and then going to the ATM to get more money to […]
How are the Sox going to accelerate this playoff push?
On Wednesday alone, the White Sox saw 2016 first-round draft pick Zack Burdi blown up in his Double-A debut, walking four batters without getting a single out. Spencer Adams, the best combination of prospect shine and expendability in their organization, injured his ankle and left after two innings. Carson Fulmer, who is significantly less expendable, probably […]
White Sox 5, Yankees 0: As easy as Pie-neda
An important part of contending is not just about come-from-behind victories, or hard-fought battles against division foes; it’s about winning the games you need to win. The White Sox lost in an embarrassing fashion last night, by a score of 9-0. They followed that up with an easy win of their own, and they beat […]