As a general matter, I become extremely suspicious when the White Sox are, inevitably, compared to the Cubs. More often than not, it is done to force a narrative rather than to provide any meaningful analysis as to what is occurring on the field. Of late, the comparisons have proliferated but, mercifully, they have at least […]
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White Sox Year in Review: Failed Fifth Starters
Coming into 2016, the White Sox did not seem to be under any illusions about the back of their rotation. After Chris Sale, Jose Quintana, and Carlos Rodon, there was a staggering drop off to the fourth and fifth options. They started with John Danks and Mat Latos, one by inertia, and the other as […]
Friedrich Nietzsche weighs in on the White Sox managerial transition
In times of confusion, unrest, or just turnover, BP South Side turns to Röcken native, Friedrich Nietzsche for insight and counsel. Monday’s transition from Robin Ventura to Rick Renteria, with Rick Hahn restating his odd, but assured stance that ‘we’ll know what the Sox are doing when they start doing it’ certainly calls for Nietzsche’s insight. […]
White Sox Year in Review: Todd Frazier
Within one glorious week last December, the White Sox managed to make two trades that seemed to signal 2016 would be different. On Dec. 9, Brett Lawrie was obtained from Oakland. Exactly seven days later, a three-team trade that included the Reds and Dodgers brought two-time All-Star Todd Frazier to the South Side. Jose Abreu would […]
White Sox Year in Review: Jose Abreu
Two years removed from his monstrous debut, one in which he hit .317/.383/.581, hit 36 HRs, led the league with a 173 OPS+, won Rookie of the Year and finished fourth in MVP voting, the best way to characterize Jose Abreu after the completion of his third year in the majors is, well, that he’s […]
White Sox Year in Review: Adam Eaton
Entering the 2016 season, Adam Eaton had already established himself as a solid, above-average player for the White Sox. In two seasons after coming over in a trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Eaton had become the leadoff hitter the White Sox had been lacking for some time, getting on base at a solid clip (15th […]
Keep the South Side weird
The White Sox replaced a manager this weekend who oversaw four-straight losing seasons, was not well-regarded tactically, and had his hand on the wheel as multiple humiliating clubhouse fracases reached the public in this season alone. They replaced him with a well-respected figure in the baseball world, the rare option who possesses previous managerial experience […]
Gonzalez was a pleasant surprise amid a tumultuous year
One by one this week, White Sox fans have bid adieu to each member of the rotation as the team puts away the final games of the season this weekend. Wednesday night, starter Miguel Gonzalez gave us his final farewell with a brilliant outing in which he lasted 8 ⅓ innings, his longest outing of the season, […]
Appreciating Jose Quintana one more time
The 2016 season is entering its final weekend and the slog through the final weeks and days of the season, as has too often been the case when following the White Sox, have roared along like a tidal wave of molasses. As we prepare our minds to enter “offseason mode,” things don’t get much more […]
White Sox 1, Rays 0: One last Miguel Gonzalez gem for the road
Buried in the melancholy and disappointment of the 2016 White Sox season has been a small, quiet story of a journeyman pitcher who stared down a path that would lead to more waiver wires, non-guaranteed deals and the likely end of his career, and turned it around. Miguel Gonzalez, the former Mexican League hurler who […]