The White Sox selected Missouri State third baseman Jake Burger with the No. 11 pick in the first round of the MLB Draft Monday night. Burger is a 21 year old who hit .328/.443/.648 during his junior season with the Bears. Most scouting reports you’ll find call him one of the best college bats in the draft, […]
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South Side Afternoon 5: The Tank is On
The White Sox, due to many factors, were pretty successful for the first month of the season. Derek Holland avoiding the runs it seemed he deserved to give up along with an offense that refused to quit at the end of games allowed the White Sox to flirt with first place in April and May. […]
Revisiting The Yolmer Holmer
On Tuesday night, the White Sox had one of the weirdest home run calls go their way. Yolmer Sanchez hit a ball with an unfathomable amount of spin on it. That resulted in Kevin Keirmaier, noted defensive genius with piercing blue eyes, completely misplaying the ball like a nincompoop. Perhaps it was Keirmaier’s horrible defense […]
Avisail vs. Leury
A poll inspired by @Nick_BPSS: Which Garcia has surprised you more this year? — James Fegan (@JRFegan) June 8, 2017 This conversation posed by our formerly fearless leader (he has plenty of fear now) inspired plenty of debate around our odd corner of the internet, so much so that I figured it’s worth diving into […]
South Side Morning 5: Help is on the way
1. The biggest White Sox news Tuesday wasn’t the team snapping its five game losing streak, but the long awaited return of Carlos Rodon throwing real innings in a professional baseball game. Sure, it was three innings in High-A against something called the Carolina Mudcats, but 74 days after he was scratched from a spring […]
South Side Morning 5: Odds & Ends
The only action in the organization on Monday night was in the minors, but there’s still plenty to talk about. 1. Lucas Giolito had his second strong start out of his last three, striking out 11 over 6 innings while only allowing 5 hits 1 run and 2 walks. The White Sox have been very […]
He Gone
The announcement by Hawk Harrelson that an abbreviated 2018 season — 20 Sunday home games — would be his last didn’t come as much of a surprise. As someone who has no other options but MLB.tv to catch a game, I’ve found myself over the last two seasons checking out the opposing team’s broadcast more […]
Why has Todd Frazier been so bad?
What has happened to Todd Frazier? Rick Hahn and the White Sox brass might be asking themselves that same question. The third baseman has followed in the footsteps of Adam Dunn, Jeff Keppinger, and Adam LaRoche as corner infield acquisitions who have underachieved after joining the White Sox. Frazier was supposed to be one of the missing pieces to […]
South Side Morning 5: These Aren’t The Pitchers You’re Looking For
1. Ryan aptly summed up the general feelings of the most exciting pitcher in White Sox history returning in an opposing uniform Tuesday, but it was nice to see everyone playing make nice in Chris Sale’s first start in Chicago wearing a Red Sox uniform since his offseason trade to Boston. Despite Sale’s often hot-headedness and some belief […]
A New Kind Of Chris Sale Day
Chris Sale had a tremendous impact on the White Sox organization. Drafting him in the first round of the 2010 MLB Draft was a buried treasure in a trove of horrible first round failures for more than a decade. He quickly established himself as the ace of a 2012 staff that nearly limped into the postseason. While […]