If you looked at Twitter Wednesday night as the Dodgers rallied against the White Sox bullpen, overcoming a two-run deficit to win on a walk-off from Yasiel Puig, you saw some strong reactions. Criticisms of Rick Renteria’s repeated pitching changes while chasing match ups, Dodger fans puzzled at the White Sox using Jake Petricka on […]
Tag: Carlos Rodon
What’s left to watch?
There are plenty of negative aspects to this White Sox team to talk about. In fact, there may be so many different angles of how the team is bad that none of them are actually interesting at all. The utter incapability to throw runners out would be interesting if it wasn’t a mere few runs […]
South Side Morning 5: Some pitchers are good, some pitchers are bad
1. Carlos Rodon struggled out of the gate when he returned from the injury that snatched half a season from him. Recently, however, he’s performed at a level much closer to the lofty expectations laid out before him. On Friday he went 7 2/3 innings without walking a single batter. He also allowed just two runs while […]
South Side Morning 5: And then there was one
1. The big news on Tuesday had nothing to do with the White Sox loss to the Cubs. It was, instead, a move they made following that game. They sent Anthony Swarzak to the Brewers for Ryan Cordell. Turning Swarzak into anything is a win for the White Sox, even though Cordell doesn’t seem like […]
South Side Morning 5: White Sox record a base hit
1. While the story of a weekend series at Coors Field was that the White Sox’ overworked, overmatched pitching staff struggling to record outs against a good offense in a terrible environment for pitchers, the White Sox very nearly flipped that narrative on its head Sunday when Kyle Freeland came two outs away from throwing […]
Carlos Rodon flashes the goods
Carlos Rodon looked more like the pitcher who has flashed a world of potential than the guy who couldn’t find the plate in his first start of the season in Monday’s 7-2 win over the Oakland Athletics. Rodon struck out 10, cruising into the seventh inning in what amounted to a complete 180 from his […]
South Side Morning 5: Bumps on the Rodon
1. Ryan wrote Wednesday about the need to temper expectations for Carlos Rodon as the exciting, young left-hander made his season debut against the Yankees. But as Rodon struggled with his command in what ultimately wound up a 12-3 loss, it’s important to remember that as exciting as it is to have another supposed piece […]
Lower your Carlos Rodon expectations
Carlos Rodon is about to make his first start of the season. For me, it might be the best moment of the year, topping Christmas, my birthday, and whatever other holiday or important date you could name. It’s exciting. The one pitcher in the starting rotation that seems destined to be a White Sox player […]
South Side Morning 5: Sad News for Zach Putnam
1. The White Sox announced Monday that reliever Zach Putnam underwent Tommy John surgery last week and will miss the remainder of the season. The usual rehab time for Tommy John surgery, of course, is 12-18 months, meaning it’s unlikely he’ll be able to pitch again until the 2019 season. Putnam emerged as as a […]
South Side Morning 5: Carlos Rodon is back in Chicago
1. After making a single rehab start in Winston-Salem and another three in Charlotte, Carlos Rodon has made his way to Chicago with the intention of being activated for the first time this season. None of his four starts in the minors were overly impressive in terms of results, but that is rarely the case […]