The question about Carlos Rodon for a few years now has been “When will he finally break out?” Four years into his professional career, though, it might be fair to now revise that down to “Will he ever break out?” For the last two years, it has seemed like the only thing holding Rodon back […]
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South Side Morning 5: The Major League Team
We’ve spent a good portion of the second half of the season talking about pretty much everything except the major league White Sox. That’s understandable. The White Sox are headed toward another bottom five finish, and subjects like when Eloy Jimenez is coming up, Michael Kopech seemingly starting to figure things out, trades or lack […]
Is Carlos Rodon starting to become the pitcher of our dreams?
Four and a half year ago, one of the first articles I published when I started writing about baseball was, essentially, a giant swoon over Carlos Rodon. Rodon was still a junior at NC State, but with the White Sox holding the third pick in the 2014 draft, there was a chance — although it […]
South Side Morning 5: Rodon, The Rebuild & The Trade Deadline
The Rebuild has always been about more than the handful of players acquired for Chris Sale, Jose Quintana, and Adam Eaton, as crucial as they may be. After all, Carlos Rodon represents the highest draft pick in the organization, the reward for losing 99 games in 2013, back when the White Sox still fancied themselves […]
South Side Morning 5: Mama Said There’ll Be Weekends Like This
A 10-5 win Sunday made for a satisfying end to an otherwise moribund weekend for the White Sox, as the series-ending win over the Rangers was preceded by a pair of losses where the White Sox were collectively outscored 24-7. 1. An uptick in velocity and command of his breaking pitches were the main fuel behind a […]
South Side Morning 5: The Best of Yoan
The White Sox have lost 9 of 11 games and only recently snapped an eight-game losing streak. They have the third worst winning percentage in baseball. There’s a whole lot of bad worth discussing in their games, a lot of which ultimately doesn’t matter. But a weekend split of a four-game series against the Oakland […]
South Side Morning 5: Cleveland Continues to Control White Sox
1. The White Sox entered Cleveland on Tuesday looking for their first win of the season at Progressive Field in five tries. Things started off very nicely with a Yoan Moncada double to deep left-center field Cleveland starting pitcher, Mike Clevinger. This was followed up by a hard-hit opposite field RBI single from Jose Abreu to […]
For Starters, It Was A Pretty Good Weekend
It sure is a lot more fun when the White Sox are playing well. They are, at the moment, with the latest evidence coming in the form of two wins in three games in Boston, including a mostly successful season debut by Carlos Rodon and a 1-0 win against old friend Chris Sale. The White Sox are […]
The Cavalry Is Almost Here
Heading into the year, the White Sox’ starting rotation had the greatest disaster potential of any of the position groupings on the roster. There was injury risk and performance risk and not a whole lot immediately behind it. There was upside potential, to be sure, but the range of possible outcomes was vast and unfortunately, […]
Carlos Rodon’s health taking White Sox down a familiar path
The Chicago White Sox have had success when it comes to keeping their starting pitchers healthy; unfortunately, the position they’re in with one of their young stars is one they have experienced before. This isn’t the first time the Sox have had a young left-hander with good stuff, who’s taking over for an ace … with a […]