The White Sox are in a situation recent memory is unfamiliar with as they enter the 2017 season devoid of hopes for contention. Because of this, it would be foolish to judge the successes or failures of the team based solely on wins and losses, but instead look at individual growth of certain players, trade […]
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Farewell Forever, 2016
The excellent and welcome World Baseball Classic notwithstanding, real baseball finally starts Sunday. The White Sox don’t commence 2017 until Monday, but about 24 hours earlier the Yankees and Rays will kick off the new season. After the cruel, eternal death march that is winter, we emerge blinking into the sunlight, perhaps sneezing a little if […]
What To Expect from Jacob May
Given that, if these trends continue, Charlie Tilson’s whole body will be permanently confined to a walking boot, the White Sox had to make a call about center field. So it was somewhat surprising when they decided to get rid of Peter Bourjos as well, and give the keys to Jacob May, with Leury Garcia […]
Defining Success: The White Sox Roster
The White Sox are in a situation recent memory is unfamiliar with as they enter the 2017 season devoid of hopes for contention. Because of this, it would be foolish to judge the successes or failures of the team based solely on wins and losses, but instead look at individual growth of certain players, trade […]
Defining success: The prospects
The White Sox are in a situation recent memory is unfamiliar with as they enter the 2017 season devoid of hopes for contention. Because of this, it would be foolish to judge the successes or failures of the team based solely on wins and losses, but instead look at individual growth of certain players, trade […]
South Side Spring Training 4: Appreciating Jose Quintana While He’s Still Here
1. Jose Quintana threw for the final time this spring on Tuesday, tossing 48 pitches against Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguers. The next time he throws the ball in a competitive setting will be Monday at U.S. Cellular Field against the Detroit Tigers in the White Sox season opener. It’s going to be easy to get […]
White Sox appear to have made a decision about center field
To say Monday’s night’s news that the White Sox are shipping Peter Bourjos to Tampa Bay in exchange for cash considerations sent shockwaves through the White Sox little corner of the internet would be … well, I’m not going to lie it’d be a pretty big overstatement. But the White Sox decision to send away […]
Worrying about rotation depth
One of the problems the 2017 White Sox won’t share with their predecessors is a crippling lack of position player depth. Not because they have more depth than in the past, but because gaps on the position player side aren’t really a problem if you don’t care about winning games — if you lose a couple […]
The Five Stages of Carlos Rodon Injury Grief
As you may know, some injury news sent a shockwave through the White Sox fanbase this afternoon. Despite no particular details being given out, there was a sudden panic among fans of the Chicago White Sox as it was announced that Carlos Rodon would not only pitch in today’s game but is also going to […]
Rick Hahn answers some questions
The White Sox made general manager Rick Hahn available via a conference call Thursday afternoon. Here are some snippets of answers he gave to various questions, as well as my thoughts on his answers: On if the White Sox are willing to go beyond budget caps in international free agency: “Certainly we are only talking theoretically, […]