What started out looking like it might be a see-saw affair end up being a one-sided beating despite large amounts of offense from both teams. The Sox dropped back below .500 as they were unable to get quality starting pitching yet again. 1. Robin Ventura’s lean towards speed at the top of his lineup paid quick […]
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Are the White Sox in trouble with James Shields?
It’s two starts. Well, three starts, if we want to peel back the moldering basement tile and see what’s underneath James Shields‘ last start in San Diego. But from Sabermetrics pre-school, when we were all playing and stacking building blocks and learning to only count them if they represented a statistically significant sample, we know […]
MLB Draft Recap: College players, on-base skills the theme
The MLB Draft provides an opportunity to not only grab players expected to become above average major league contributors, but also to provide important depth throughout the system. While the White Sox have trotted out or continue to trot out quad-A afterthoughts like Jerry Sands and Avisail Garcia, as well as broken veterans like Mat […]
MLB Draft Recap: Meet the Late Round Guys
By now, you’ve likely familiarized yourself with Zack Collins. You also may have read up on Zack Burdi and maybe even Alec Hansen. And if you’re really paying attention, you may even know about Alex Call, Jameson Fisher, Max Dutto and Zach Remillard. But the MLB Draft is, for some reason, 40 rounds long. Did you […]
Lots of moves on the South side, but little action
As someone on the Baseball Prospectus thread for Transaction Analysis assignments, I would be able tell that the White Sox have been busy for the last week or so even if I was sunning in Tahiti. More plausibly, I would be able to tell the Sox have been busy even if I was incarcerated in […]
Royals 3, White Sox 1: Yordano Ventura’s Going Away Party
His last time out, Royals starter Yordano Ventura gave up six runs over four and a third innings, allowed a home run to Ryan Flaherty, saw his ERA spike to 5.32 on the season, and got punched in the face. 1. Staring down a nine-game suspension related to that very bad night that is pending […]
Royals 4, White Sox 1: A typical Jose Quintana loss
The White Sox are back at .500, just as they clawed their way above the mark. Jose Quintana did his job for the most part, allowing just three runs over eight innings, but the Royals completely shut down the Sox offense. Same old, same old. 1. Quintana, per usual, was good. In fact, he didn’t face […]
White Sox 7, Royals 5: Avila clocks two home runs, Anderson shines in winning debut
The White Sox and Royals are not the marquee franchises for home runs and awesome displays of power. While Kansas City has shown the league how much can be accomplished without the use of the longball, the White Sox have mostly just struggled, so neither offense was expected to hijack a night headlined by a […]
The White Sox Cannot Afford For Tim Anderson To Fail
Friday’s announcement that the White Sox are bringing Tim Anderson to the major leagues creates mixed feelings of excitement and fear. But it’s the fear part I can’t seem to get past right now. Anderson’ ascension to the majors is the most important move the White Sox will make this season. Not necessarily for the […]
Tim Anderson is coming to the majors
The Jimmy Rollins/Tyler Saladino combination held off the inevitable all the way until June 10. The White Sox are calling up top prospect Tim Anderson. Anderson will join the White Sox today as first reported by @barstoolWSD. He figures to be part of the starting lineup against the Royals — Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) June 10, […]