PECOTA Day brings me a lot of joy for a lot of reasons, but one of the most fun aspects of its release, at least to me, is looking at the player comparisons. Like last year, I’ve picked out some of my favorite White Sox player comparisons — fun, unusual, exciting — as we continue […]
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PECOTA and the 2018 White Sox
Wednesday was PECOTA Day at the Baseball Prospectus, the day when our projection system spits out how it thinks the new season will unfold. You can view the full projections over at Baseball Prospectus, and the work that goes into them always make it worth your while, but let’s dive into some of the more noteworthy projections […]
White Sox Season in Review: James Shields
It’s not always easy to pinpoint exactly when things began falling apart. In most cases, there are multiple incidents and causes that make shining the spotlight on one specific moment too broad of an oversimplification. But every so often, you find that perfect example. That one shining data point that makes everyone agree that, yeah, […]
South Side Morning 5: Go Orioles & Angels
The White Sox lost 6-4 in competitive fashion on Tuesday night. The Twins deployed one of their two good starting pitchers in Ervin Santana, who matched up favorably against James Shields. 1. After Tuesday’s action, the Twins maintained their 1-game lead on the Angels for the second Wild Card spot, although the Orioles have won […]
South Side Morning 5: Some pitchers are good, some pitchers are bad
1. Carlos Rodon struggled out of the gate when he returned from the injury that snatched half a season from him. Recently, however, he’s performed at a level much closer to the lofty expectations laid out before him. On Friday he went 7 2/3 innings without walking a single batter. He also allowed just two runs while […]
South Side Morning 5: From boring to scary to good
The White Sox stove was cool on trade deadline day, which was to be expected as they spent most of the last month trading away more than a quarter of their 25-man roster. So while the baseball trade was thrown into a frenzy by the deadline deals that sent Yu Darvish to Los Angeles and Sonny […]
South Side Morning 5: What Game? Moncada & Minor League Arms Thrive
1. The White Sox have now traded away their best starting pitchers, all of their best relievers who weren’t injured, and have yet to start calling up any of their significant arms from the minor leagues. Pair that with a series against a solid Cubs lineup and you can get some ugly results, like the eight […]
South Side Morning 5: Help is on the way
1. The biggest White Sox news Tuesday wasn’t the team snapping its five game losing streak, but the long awaited return of Carlos Rodon throwing real innings in a professional baseball game. Sure, it was three innings in High-A against something called the Carolina Mudcats, but 74 days after he was scratched from a spring […]
South Side Morning 5: These Aren’t The Pitchers You’re Looking For
1. Ryan aptly summed up the general feelings of the most exciting pitcher in White Sox history returning in an opposing uniform Tuesday, but it was nice to see everyone playing make nice in Chris Sale’s first start in Chicago wearing a Red Sox uniform since his offseason trade to Boston. Despite Sale’s often hot-headedness and some belief […]
South Side Morning 5: Leury Legend
1. If the White Sox are able to find a few unexpected contributors among the current crop of players, it would go a long way toward calling the 2017 season a success. Leury Garcia likely wouldn’t have been the first or second choice among those players, but his start has offered a decent amount of optimism […]