On April 21, 2015, Carlos Rodon made his major league debut, appearing in relief against the Cleveland Indians to throw 2.1 innings, allowing two runs, walking three, and striking out only one. Rodon’s debut was only preceded by Brandon Finnegan, then of the Royals, among players drafted in 2014, and one of only seven made by players […]
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South Side Morning 5: Not all of these items are about Adam LaRoche
Those who might wish this Adam LaRoche story–its bizarre controversy, its inability to fit into any defined box for rational debate, and its potential to rip focus away from a promising season–would just go away, are not going to have a very good St. Patrick’s Day.
South Side Morning 5: The search for swag
1. Rick Hahn sat down with Brett Ballantini for a Q&A about the White Sox offseason for MLB Trade Rumors, and reaffirmed a lot of the dominant themes of the offseason. He insisted that the Sox were “in” on major free agent targets but alluded to “not economic-based” reasons why they did not land in […]
Chris Sale is the best show in baseball
This post originally appeared on Baseball Prospectus The best show in baseball is tucked away on the South side of Chicago, where it’s lived the past four years in a half-filled stadium, playing in front of the smallest TV audience in the league, striving for meaning and finding none.