We’ve written about it several times in the past, but one of the more interesting changes in player acquisitions we’ve seen in recent years, coincidentally or not, is the White Sox targeting position players who are at or close to major league-ready. It made sense, particularly when they were still trying to contend, as the White […]
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South Side Morning 5: White Sox Rotation Options, Or Lack Thereof
1. The White Sox have the worst rotation in baseball. You can pick nits here and there between them, the Royals, Marlins, and Orioles, but you can make a PRETTY strong argument that the White Sox have the worst. Carson Fulmer’s demotion Friday — following yet another disastrous start — made sense in that even in […]
Checking in on Old Friends
We all knew the rebuild would be painful. That’s kind of the main aspect of a rebuild: growth through suffering. But this year was supposed to be a step forward and instead it’s the middle of May and the White Sox have the worst record in all of baseball by multiple games. Oh bad things […]
South Side Morning 5: A Fun Win
Wins and losses don’t mean much this year but trolling the Twins is always worthwhile — Nicky Beeps (@Nick_BPSS) May 4, 2018 1. We often get so caught up in who’s doing what and when and where in regards to the White Sox build toward contention that we don’t stop to appreciate a truly enjoyable game. […]
The Good Lucas Giolito
Three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings of work is, on the surface, nothing to get overly excited about. But Lucas Giolito on Wednesday looked every bit the part of the pitcher the White Sox remain high on for the majority of his outing in a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, putting together easily his […]
The Kansas City Royals Need to Shut Up
No one likes to lose. It’s why little kids flip Monopoly boards and unscrupulous adults move game pieces around when people leave the room. The entire point of competing is winning and when your job is competing at the highest level possible in your field, you might start taking umbrage at minor and imaginary slights. […]
South Side Morning 5: (Mostly) Beating the Royals
Five of the White Sox eight wins this season have come against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, a fact that says more about their ineptitude against non-Royals teams than about the team’s performance as a whole. Still, even after dropping the last two of the weekend’s five-game series against the 7-20 Royals, a solid stretch […]
South Side Morning 5: Lots of Positives!
As bad as the White Sox will likely be this season, what’s taken place over the last seven games wasn’t bound to continue in that manner. Coming off a weekend where they were outscored 27-2 in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Astros, the White Sox bats broke out for a 10-4 victory over the […]
South Side Morning 5: Hoping For The Best
1. The most significant news of the weekend, as you’ve undoubtedly read, was the White Sox announcing that reliever Danny Farquhar suffered a brain hemorrhage brought on by a ruptured aneurysm during Friday’s game against the Astros. He is in stable but critical condition at Rush University Medical Center. There’s not much to say about […]
Tyler Saladino Sent Out; Trayce Thompson Is Back
Tyler Saladino was something of an anomaly. During a time when the White Sox farm system was a barren wasteland of low-ceiling whatever or unfulfilled potential, he actually kinda sorta made it. Saladino, who the White Sox drafted in the seventh round in 2010, never once appeared in Baseball Prospectus’ Top 10 White Sox prospects […]