Thursday night, both Boston and Chicago started troubled young starters that they surely knew brought significant mess potential, and man, they certainly got what they bargained for. 1. Erik Johnson spent so much of the first three innings of Thursday night’s start cementing the sad realization that he doesn’t have the promising stuff that made […]
Tag: Chicago White Sox
Wait, The White Sox Bullpen is How Good?
The White Sox currently have the best bullpen in Major League Baseball. If you’re anything like me, that statement may have caught you off guard just a bit. But it’s not as if it’s completely unfounded. The pieces have always been in place for this bullpen to be great. One might even suggest that the bullpen […]
Matt Kemp Should be a White Sox. White Sock? White Socks?
The hot start for the Chicago White Sox in 2016 has put the team in excellent position in the division. Their closest competitor is the Detroit Tigers and their one properly functioning starting pitcher, who are three games back, and the two biggest actual threats to the division title, in my own opinion, the Kansas […]
Red Sox 5, White Sox 2: Offense calls it a night early
You cannot win them all. In fact, if you have a specific weakness in your lineup, demonstrated by having to choose between Jerry Sands and Carlos Sanchez for DH, you might lose games for a specific reason at times. 1. Jose Abreu turned on and hammered a 91 mph Clay Buchholz fastball on the inner […]
After a decade of waiting for a White Sox contender, Danks becomes its first casualty
Surely during the eight hour-plus drive back home to Tennessee, John Danks could think of many of the fortunate elements of his career. This was his tenth year in the majors, all with the same club and the same pitching coach. He of all people knows the game is a brutal grind, but he held […]
White Sox 4, Red Sox 1: Chicago fires first shot in war of Sox supremacy
Life in a post-John Danks, grimly serious contender future began Tuesday night against the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox, but Jose Quintana is an awfully firm foot with which to step out into the cold, cruel world. 1. While Chris Sale is tooling around with reduced velocity, and a less aggressive approaches, Quintana is still […]
The John Danks Era Is Over
John Danks‘ tenure with the Chicago White Sox is officially over. The much-maligned left-hander will be designated for assignment this week and granted his release after declining a minor-league assignment, the team announced Tuesday. In 22 innings across four starts thus far this season, Danks had a 7.25 ERA with 16 strikeouts against 11 walks. Danks, […]
South Side Morning 5: Looking for immediate fan returns from the White Sox hot start
1. Monday afternoon, the White Sox relayed a figure about their recent ticket sales in light of their hot streak that got picked up quickly. “#WhiteSox hot start apparently is catching on at the box office. Team has sold over 100,000 tickets in the last week.” -Dan Hayes That sure seems like a lot. They […]
Around the AL Central: Tigers’ hitters get hot
Spotlight Detroit Tigers (14-10) Last week: 6-1 (3-1 vs. Oakland; 3-0 @Minnesota) The biggest question about the Tigers’ ability to contend coming into the season was whether some of the Tigers’ stars, nearly all of them at an age where you could realistically expect their output to start to dip, would be able to stay […]
Chris Sale’s new way
Any mystery behind why Chris Sale has been doing what he has been doing this year was washed away by White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper talking to the Chicago Tribune’s Colleen Kane before the game Sunday. -On the whole tapering velocity, ‘starting out in the low-80s and ramping up’ gambit: “He’s adding and subtracting (velocity). […]