For about one month early in the season Dylan Covey was A Thing. It was weird. Covey was never really in consideration to make the White Sox entering the season. After a 2017 in which he was thrown to the wolves as a Rule 5 pick forced into major league action before he was ready, Covey […]
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White Sox Season in Review: Welington Castillo
When your big offseason signing for the year is a 31-year-old catcher, it’s pretty safe to bet one of two things are happening: your team is damn near perfectly built to contend and almost entirely lacking in weak spots, or you’re punting the year but need someone to catch around 100 games. With this being […]
White Sox Season In Review: Bummer, Danish, Farquhar, Vieira
Aaron Bummer When the White Sox sent Aaron Bummer to Triple-A following a June 2 loss to the Brewers, it was a bit surprising. In 26 appearances to that point, Bummer had thrown 19 1/3 innings with 21 strikeouts against just six walks and a respectable 3.26 ERA. Still, the underlying numbers told us he […]
White Sox Season in Review: Tim Anderson
On the surface, 2018 wasn’t all that different than 2017 for Tim Anderson offensively. a .240/.281/.406 line and 85 wRC+ isn’t anything overwhelmingly special. He’s still a free swinger, although he did post minimal improvements in both his walk rate (2.1 to 5.0 percent) and strikeout rate (26.7 to 24.6 percent). He also showed more power with […]
White Sox Season In Review: Jose Abreu
It feels like we’ve been anticipating Jose Abreu’s downfall for most of his career. That isn’t exactly hyperbole. Even after he burst onto the season with a Rookie of the Year-winning performance in 2014, as a large-bodied, plodding first baseman already in his late 20s when he got to America, it has always felt as […]
Well That Certainly Was A White Sox Season
Are the White Sox closer to a championship today than they were six months ago? When looking back at the last six months of baseball, that’s the question I’ve found myself pondering. There’s a lot of noise during the course of a 162-game season, and sorting out what matters and what doesn’t isn’t always easy. […]
Is Omar Narvaez the White Sox Catcher of the Future?
For a franchise that gets to claim one of the best hitting catchers of all time as a team legend, the White Sox have spent more than their fair share of seasons wandering the desert in search of production at the backstop. For every stretch featuring a Ray Schalk, Sherm Lollar, Carlton Fisk, or A.J. […]
What Does 2018 Mean?
The fun part of the season came and went rather quickly. The White Sox went 17-12 in August, despite series against the surging Rays, Cleveland, the Yankees and a few games against the Red Sox. During that run, they allowed only 4.38 runs per nine, as Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and the newly-arrived Michael Kopech […]
Michael Kopech Has a Torn UCL
Michael Kopech, after just 14 1/3 inning pitched at the major league level, has a UCL tear and will likely undergo Tommy John surgery, missing the rest of this season and likely all of 2019, the team announced Friday. Kopech has UCL tear. Recommendation is Tommy John — Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) September 7, 2018 There […]
Something’s Bothering Me
As some of you know, I have the odd distinction of being a White Sox fan who lives in New York. As a result, I always make sure to catch their games when they come to play the Yankees or Mets, and did so on Tuesday night. Overall, the game was a very good one […]