Wednesday’s report from Ken Rosenthal that the White Sox were “the most aggressive suitors for Orioles third baseman Manny Machado” threw the White Sox thus far quiet winter into a whirlwind. As is often the case with anonymously-sourced reports, it led to more questions and a lot of potential scenarios being thrown around. Quite simply, […]
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South Side Morning 5: What to do About Yoan Moncada
1. White Sox affiliates saw their fair share of great prospect performances over the weekend. In Charlotte, both Reynaldo Lopez and Carson Fulmer made starts in which they impressed. Lopez fired 5 ⅔ innings of two hit, two run ball on Saturday. He registered seven strikeouts, but he also walked five batters. Fulmer had a […]
Orioles 10, White Sox 2: White Sox lose game immediately
I went to the game Sunday with my sister, with tickets I bought her for her birthday. Despite getting inside the park 10 minutes before first pitch–would have been sooner if the pounding sunshine agreed better with the digital ticket scanners that had to read confirmation codes off phone screens–we made the critical mistake of […]
Orioles 7, White Sox 5: Offense saves best moments for garbage time
Somewhere on their way to a run of the mill loss to the AL East-leading Orioles centered on blowing opportunities to capitalize on three Baltimore errors in the first three innings, the Sox staged a dramatic near-comeback, allowing them to blow later, far more high-leverage opportunities. 1. Carlos Sanchez was already having a bad game, […]
Chris Sale’s new way
Any mystery behind why Chris Sale has been doing what he has been doing this year was washed away by White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper talking to the Chicago Tribune’s Colleen Kane before the game Sunday. -On the whole tapering velocity, ‘starting out in the low-80s and ramping up’ gambit: “He’s adding and subtracting (velocity). […]
White Sox 7, Orioles 1: Bloops, a blast and a blowout
The big showdown coming into Sunday had us wondering if Chris Sale‘s ramped down approach would work again, this time against a powerful Baltimore offense. Instead the White Sox offense chasing off a typically wild Ubaldo Jimenez took center stage. 1. The Sox torched Jimenez for a five-run fifth inning in which his control problems […]
Chris Sale Day – Lineups & Preview 5/1
White Sox pitching’s untouchable start to the 2016 season has been brought back to Earth this weekend in Baltimore. They have already allowed 23 runs in this series to the AL’s best offense, and have seen John Danks stare the possible end of his run as a White Sox starter dead in the face, Mat […]
White Sox 8, Orioles 7: The 2015 Version Doesn’t Win This One
The White Sox blew a couple leads, came from behind a few times, and then held on to win by one run in a very strange game. The contest had a ton of sloppy defense–even from defensive demigod Manny Machado–attempted bunts, a should-have-been triple play, dingers…and somehow it yielded a high scoring White Sox victory, […]
Orioles 6, White Sox 3: And things started so well
Carlos Rodon took a perfect game into the fourth inning, and had the stuff to match. In addition to his normally cruel slider, Rodon was nicking the corners of the strike zone, and threw a straight change down broadway that made Manny Machado look like a fool. Anything seemed possible. 1. It turns out it […]
Orioles 10, White Sox 2: Danks’ struggles obscure bad night for bats
The sun might be making its last creep under the horizon for John Danks. The 31-year-old left-hander has had more than his share of tough outings since he underwent shoulder surgery in 2012, but with three starts already this season where his stuff looked even more diminished than before, and the Sox giving his rotation […]