At the start of the month, Chris Sale had his worst outing of the season. In a year marked with efficiency and far less effort and stress, the Baltimore Orioles lineup neglected to give Sale the easy outs on tapered down fastballs weaker offenses had been handing him, and his attempts to pivot and find […]
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The New and Improved Melky Cabrera: What’s the Secret?
“In 2015, his strikeout rate ticked up, his BABIP dipped lower than it had been in half a decade, he walked as rarely as ever and — well, we’ve pretty much named all the parts of baseball. (He’s a bad baserunner, too. Okay, now we’ve named ‘em all.)” This quote is a portion of Melky […]
White Sox 2, Astros 1: CHRIS SALE
Breaking losing streaks is a cliched responsibility of the ace starting pitcher, but sometimes the team really is on a four-game losing streak, and really hasn’t won since the last time said ace single-handedly obliterated the opposition for them. 1. On such a premise, Chris Sale set out to improve on his 8-0 record against […]
South Side Morning 5: Latos’ struggles becoming hard to ignore
1. The White Sox really should have paced their use of Mat Latos magic over the full year. After a nearly perfect first four starts, where Latos dodged all hard contact and enjoyed the cushion a .167 BABIP provides, now he looks like someone overwhelmed as to how to get major league hitters out. Latos […]
Astros 5, White Sox 3: Well, at least they got a triple play
If you happen to read PECOTA projected standings, which I like to do sometimes, you’ll notice that the Astros have a higher projected winning percentage moving forward than the White Sox. It may not show int their 17-24 record as of now, but it’s true: even though they don’t have the wins to show for […]
South Side Morning 5: Ready to make a big move
1. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said something pre-game Tuesday that could be excerpted to sound really newsworthy: Rick Hahn on making trades: "We're prepared to make a move today." Said dialogue has begun but possible deals probably a few weeks away. — Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) May 17, 2016 A move today! That would mean […]
Astros 6, White Sox 5: That felt winnable
The White Sox certainly have their holes, but until this current worst stretch of the year that has now seen them lose five of six, they could not be accused of repeatedly wasting winnable games. 1. Matt Albers is not in the midst of his best stretch, but had started the top of the 11th […]
Rodon is struggling but the Astros are bad – Game Preview & Lineups 5/17
The White Sox have been good. Over the last decade, qualifiers like actually being in first place haven’t been necessary for the fan base to start drawing comparisons to the 2005 team. But since they are, the references have been plentiful. If you’re the type that doesn’t have the stomach for such things, I suggest […]
Which White Sox players are in the running for an All-Star appearance?
It’s May 17, the All-Star Game is slightly under two months away. It is far too early to seriously ask this question (featured in the headline, for reference). However, are we ever seriously asking this question? Besides, the ballots are out, the very worst votes are already being submitted and there’s no stopping them. Some loyal soul […]
South Side Morning 5: Sox bullpen has inevitable slide back to Earth
1. Less than two weeks ago, our Cat Garcia profiled how much of the White Sox flat-out shocking April dominance was due to a bullpen that was pacing all of baseball in run prevention. Less than two weeks later, I’m here to look back on a week with back-to-back series losses, where the easiest culprit […]