Recently, James Shields had been sliding back to his old habits of getting completely annihilated while pitching in a White Sox uniform. Coming into Wednesday night, Shields had allowed six earned runs in each of his August starts, given up nine home runs in 14 innings of work, only lasted 14 innings in four starts, been crushed […]
Tag: Avisail Garcia
The White Sox and the Disposition Effect
In Wednesday’s game against the Royals, Robin Ventura continued to fill out his dismal managerial resume with a number of questionable (read: bad) moves including but not limited to: intentionally walking Alcides Escobar, owner of a .587 OPS and .228(!) TAV, with two outs, intentionally walking Escobar again later in the game also with two […]
South Side Morning 5: Sale forced into a change
1. As nice as it was to see Chris Sale stabilize himself by leaning a bit more on his mid-80s changeup in the later innings, it was more of a forced adjustment than an intentional shift in approach. His slider was hanging and getting appropriately hammered early, and the approach he used last week in Detroit […]
South Side Morning 5: The Bargaining Stage
1. Here’s a deal: play Avisail Garcia. Play him! As much as he seems burnt out and without upside, now that Charlie Tilson has torn his hamstring, the other outfielders this playing time would go to are J.B. Shuck, Jason Coats, or Austin Jackson if he ever is healthy again this year. If Avisail can […]
White Sox 6, Twins 5: Sox climb back from bullpen meltdown
Despite slumping through 12 lifeless innings Friday, and resting a gimpy Adam Eaton Saturday night, the White Sox offense pounded out 15 hits and staged multiple late-inning rallies to rescue the team from a bullpen meltdown in Minnesota. Who knew? 1. Facing a 5-4 deficit in the ninth with two outs, Melky Cabrera drilled his third […]
The reinforcements are here
Looking for a rare strong second half push, the White Sox are throwing all of their internal options into the fire. Justin Morneau was activated from the disabled list and Carson Fulmer was called up from Double-A, all in one aggressive swoop. Jason Coats was also optioned, while Avisail Garcia remains. More on that later. […]
When Reality Won’t Cooperate With Your Plans
The 2016 White Sox have an incomplete roster. They left winter with an incomplete roster, with Austin Jackson as their big free agent acquisition. With more than half the season in the books, almost all of the problems they have now were foreseeable during the offseason. Unfortunately, they punted solving them, and as is often the case […]
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 […]
South Side Morning 5: What is with this ‘nine relievers’ BS?
1. So Chris Sale made his fifth-straight All-Star game, a honor he has received every year since he became a starter, and he could easily earn the honor of starting the game, since AL starting pitching has thinned out and he’s painting his masterpiece and blahgeddy blah blah blah. Jose Quintana, a very good starting pitcher […]
South Side Morning 5: Wasted opportunities
1. Right before the White Sox no-showed a phenomenally winnable game against a dreadful divisional rival in front of their home fans, Crain’s published the details of their rest of season ticket sales outlook. In sum, the White Sox have once again obliterated any sense of in-season momentum from their fanbase, and will be lucky […]