1. As someone who lives outside of the Chicago area, I don’t often get to enjoy a baseball game on the south side of Chicago. On the rare occasion that I’m able to plop myself into a seat in Guaranteed Rate Field, I hope and pray to whomever may be listening that the game in […]
Tag: Chicago White Sox
Leury Garcia: The First Big Find of the Rebuild
Rebuilding has a few very clear consequences. The first is that a majority of the talent in the organization is younger, regardless of the level. The major league roster lowers in age, and the minors become robust with even younger yet more underdeveloped talent. That youth allows for some flexibility in the big leagues. Naturally, […]
Why is MLB so bad at marketing star players?
Baseball isn’t dying. We know this is true because every year when the articles and tweets announcing baseball’s supposed continual slide into impending doom hit, a counter swell of information blows back with actual facts and data stating that things are actually fine, just fine. It’s a painfully silly cycle that is good for reminding […]
South Side Morning 5: Jose Quintana Falls Off A Cliff
1. Jose Quintana’s performance in Wednesday’s 8-6 loss to the Diamondbacks is tough to figure out. His first three innings were perfect — zero baserunners, five strikeouts. He seemed well on his way to his second straight stellar outing, third straight quality start, and putting all of his early season struggles to bed for good. […]
South Side Morning 5: More to say about Luis Robert
1. Since news broke Saturday that the White Sox have agreed to terms with Cuban star Luis Robert there’s been plenty of excitement about both his skill set and what that type of signing means for the White Sox future and their commitment to the future. The one piece that threw a bit of cold water on the […]
Which White Sox Will Take His Talents to South Beach?
It’s not even June yet. The All-Star Game is scheduled for mid-July. And yet, I’m already pondering who will be the White Sox representative in Miami. Now that the All-Star Game doesn’t have an actual effect on games played in October, it’s much easier to have fun with the fact that each team must have […]
Checking in on White Sox trade targets
On the eve of the season, we posted a set of expectations for the players on the White Sox roster. Given the shape of the roster and the trades over the winter, it’s not surprising that our expectations for several of the players was that they’d get traded during the course of the year. While […]
Where in the world is Brett Lawrie?
There are approximately one thousand things you could call Brett Lawrie, but uninteresting has never been one of them. From his early prospect days as a tatted-up youth playing Edward Fortyhands to a slightly more mature young adult with a vampire mouthguard and a love for playing DJ in the clubhouse, his blood comprising at least […]
Control, Command, and Carlos Rodon
I know Carlos Rodon is on the 60-day disabled list. I know that all too well. While that’s a complete bummer, there is still plenty of interesting material to go over about the young lefty. No, seriously. I will never run out of Rodon material. There haven’t been any major developments in terms of his […]
South Side Morning 5: Leury Legend
1. If the White Sox are able to find a few unexpected contributors among the current crop of players, it would go a long way toward calling the 2017 season a success. Leury Garcia likely wouldn’t have been the first or second choice among those players, but his start has offered a decent amount of optimism […]