Well, something very obvious has happened. White Sox RHP James Shields will officially opt in to the final two years of his deal, source confirms to @SBNation. Was a formality. — Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) October 27, 2016 The White Sox now owe James Shields $10 million per season for 2017 and 2018, and $2 million […]
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Junior Guerra: One that got away
While we’re reviewing players from the 2016 White Sox, and more or less just killing time and wasting our lives, why not focus on something that didn’t quite happen on the South Side in 2016? Since the White Sox went 78-84, it would be hard for something short of a bus crash, a pestilence, everyone […]
Stranger Things: The 2016 White Sox Season
Rejoice, White Sox fans, for it is finally over. The 2016 season that started out with a bang and went out with a very long fizzle has now officially been laid to rest for a whole week. Of course, the entire idea of needing to rejoice because this season is “finally over” brings us back […]
White Sox 7, Rays 1: This Team Is Clearly Unstoppable
The White Sox kept tacking on incrementally throughout the game, such that a close pitcher’s duel gradually morphed into a laugher. James Shields of all people pitched six innings allowing only one run while striking out six and only walking two. Shields entered the game leading the majors in HR/9 allowed, surrendering over two per […]
Phillies 7, White Sox 6 : James Shields allows a bunch of runs
Fan favorite James Shields took the bump in an interleague contest Tuesday against one of the four teams with TAv lower than the White Sox. Seven runs crossed the plate under his watch, and the Phillies grabbed the opener of this short, two-game series. Not much excitement in this one until the end, but the […]
Ok, let’s give a look at what Shields has been doing to avoid disaster
Thursday, Major League Baseball ordered San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller to be suspended 30 days without pay for falsifying medical records submitted in the trade of Drew Pomeranz to the Boston Red Sox. It’s a tangibly light penalty–Preller will likely be able to pay his bills alright in the interim, the Padres are […]
White Sox 2, Indians 1: Sox eventually take advantage of a Shields gem
At the risk of being needlessly and counterproductively hyperbolic, it would be a crime for the White Sox to have wasted an honest-to-goodness gem from embattled, dismissed and derided starter James Shields. Eventually, they avoided treachery and delivered the Indians an embarrassing if not particularly meaningful defeat for the third time in their four-game set, even if […]
Royals 6, White Sox 5: Shields got a quality start
In a lot of traditional respects, the White Sox lost a heartbreaker Saturday night. After a thrilling Carlos Rodon start Friday, and Chris Sale set for the finale, they were tantalizingly close to an improbable opportunity to sweep the defending champion Royals, right on the heels of their second series win over a non-Twins AL […]
There will be no fun had here
Rick Hahn announced Tuesday that the White Sox are not calling Zack Burdi nor Carson Fulmer up to the majors for September. From one, very real angle, this is a monumental drag. Much of the Sox bullpen and the back of the starting rotation are only tolerable with the aid of extreme feelings of professional […]
Twins 11, White Sox 3: What are we doing here, guys?
The White Sox are contractually committed to James Shields through 2018, he is unmovable in his current state, and they have plenty of reasons for being invested in his recovery, whatever potential for it there may still be. But as each disaster piles on top of each other, they will be pressed to answer if […]