When an organization waves the white flag before the trade deadline has even begun, the team can’t simply just quit. There’s a whole two and a half months of baseball left to play, and that notion becomes taxing on everyone involved with the team. From the front office, to the broadcast booth, to the fans; […]
Tag: Chris Sale
Chris Sale still doesn’t look familiar
Chris Sale‘s outing Wednesday night looked like a return to form in many respects. Though they used to roll in for him as easily as the morning tide, he victimized the Tigers with his first double-digit strikeout effort of the season and his fourth complete game. His slider, restrained to a slower, slurvy, strike-grabbing version […]
Tigers 2, White Sox 1: Dominant Sale given no margin for error
Chris Sale put together his best outing in more than a month — and one of his best of the season — Wednesday night in Detroit, but the White Sox offense couldn’t back their ace, and one mistake cost him in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers. Sale was mostly dominant in recording his first […]
White Sox Baseball: Staying The (Dismal) Course
On the scale of the multi-season baseball winning curve, a single weekend is nearly meaningless, often providing more noise than meaningful information about the league as a whole whole and the teams within. But as the White Sox approached yesterday’s trade deadline at an organizational crossroads, this past weekend certainly felt meaningful. Already described as “mired in mediocrity” […]
What to watch from the White Sox after the trade deadline
Since, you know, there’s no pennant chase. Jose Abreu: Normally, declining veterans are not a great reason to watch in the dog days of a lost season, but a full year of listless and powerless Abreu might actually place a real decision at the feet of White Sox management. On the other hand, any stretch of […]
Carlos Rodon’s year of running in place
Carlos Rodon returned to action Sunday after missing most of July with falling-up-the-stairs-related injury, and turned in something that fits in very comfortably with his disappointing but not disastrous season: 6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K and two home runs that were bazooka’d to Mars, inflating his season ERA to 4.67. […]
Should the White Sox Tear it All Down?
The trade deadline is less than a week away, and Kenny Williams doesn’t know if the White Sox will be buyers or sellers. Now, I’m certain (kinda) that’s just posturing by Williams, there’s no benefit for him to publicly tip his hand to other teams, but when you’re a fan of a franchise where your […]
Cubs 3, White Sox 1: Sox Fall Short Despite Decent Sale Effort
Chris Sale’s return from suspension was unremarkable, but he was steady and effective for six innings. It was not enough. Each team protected its home park and this season’s crosstown series ends in a tie following Thursday night’s North side victory at Wrigley Field. 1. The Sox scored early in the first inning on a […]
South Side Morning 5: Crosstown Cup Afterglow
1. As illuminating as Chris Sale‘s statements to Scott Merkin were on Monday, about how discontent in leadership from the franchise player could indicate a larger loss in confidence and stability in Robin Ventura’s leadership, Tuesday was more of a customary circling the wagons. Ventura assured he was capable of working with Sale just fine, […]
The Case Against Selling
The non-waiver trade deadline is still a few days off, but the White Sox have already publicly acknowledged that this season is dead. And even after a bizarre three-game winning streak at the expense of the Tigers and Cubs, their playoff odds still sit somewhere around five percent. Perhaps it was a mercy that they got crushed […]