Last year’s muddled American League race, lacking both a clear top–the entire league had less 90-win clubs than the NL Central–and a bottom save for the newly decrepit Oakland A’s, allowed for every middling, mediocre team to envision a version of themselves that plays in October. Even the 2015 White Sox, whose late-July hot streak […]
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Indians 3, White Sox 2: A different type of disappointment
For much of the night, the White Sox looked ticketed toward their familiar brand of disappointment: Jose Quintana labors in vain to a great start, and takes a loss while his offense doesn’t score. Then they suddenly pivoted and found a different way to lose. 1. Nate Jones came into hold a 2-2 tie against […]
South Side Morning 5: Anybody can get it
1. For a franchise in a ‘prove it’ season like the White Sox are in, pressure is felt across the organization. But as manager, Robin Ventura is sitting in the position to feel it first and strongest. In terms of on the field action, accountability runs up the chain to him, but in terms of […]
A Reinvented Michael Ynoa Shows He Still Has A Lot To Offer
“When I got there to the mound, I was a little scared,” Michael Ynoa said after his major league debut on Tuesday evening at U.S. Cellular Field. Truth be told, White Sox fans were probably a little scared, too. After seeing a bullpen that just a month ago was the best in baseball go through a […]
White Sox 5, Tigers 3: Tim Anderson might be just fine
Remember all those dinks who questioned putting freshly promoted and 22-year-old Tim Anderson at the top of the lineup? After the Sox scored 18 runs in the first two games with their new lead off man, Anderson scored three times to give the Sox a narrow victory in the rubber match. 1. The White Sox […]
Maybe Rick Renteria Can Be Batman?
Because using Robin [Ventura] as the manager has been a complete failure. Monday night’s game against the Tigers was a breaking point for me, and hopefully for the White Sox organization, because it is now blatantly clear (and it can be argued that it was already) that Ventura is not a competent tactical manager at […]
Tigers 11, White Sox 8: Miguel Gonzalez Struggles, Sox Get Buried Early
What started out looking like it might be a see-saw affair end up being a one-sided beating despite large amounts of offense from both teams. The Sox dropped back below .500 as they were unable to get quality starting pitching yet again. 1. Robin Ventura’s lean towards speed at the top of his lineup paid quick […]
Are the White Sox in trouble with James Shields?
It’s two starts. Well, three starts, if we want to peel back the moldering basement tile and see what’s underneath James Shields‘ last start in San Diego. But from Sabermetrics pre-school, when we were all playing and stacking building blocks and learning to only count them if they represented a statistically significant sample, we know […]
MLB Draft Recap: College players, on-base skills the theme
The MLB Draft provides an opportunity to not only grab players expected to become above average major league contributors, but also to provide important depth throughout the system. While the White Sox have trotted out or continue to trot out quad-A afterthoughts like Jerry Sands and Avisail Garcia, as well as broken veterans like Mat […]
MLB Draft Recap: Meet the Late Round Guys
By now, you’ve likely familiarized yourself with Zack Collins. You also may have read up on Zack Burdi and maybe even Alec Hansen. And if you’re really paying attention, you may even know about Alex Call, Jameson Fisher, Max Dutto and Zach Remillard. But the MLB Draft is, for some reason, 40 rounds long. Did you […]