It’s two starts. Well, three starts, if we want to peel back the moldering basement tile and see what’s underneath James Shields‘ last start in San Diego. But from Sabermetrics pre-school, when we were all playing and stacking building blocks and learning to only count them if they represented a statistically significant sample, we know […]
Tag: James Shields
Lots of moves on the South side, but little action
As someone on the Baseball Prospectus thread for Transaction Analysis assignments, I would be able tell that the White Sox have been busy for the last week or so even if I was sunning in Tahiti. More plausibly, I would be able to tell the Sox have been busy even if I was incarcerated in […]
Nationals 11, White Sox 4: Whooooooooooa man that was bad!
HO-HO-HOOOOOOOLY CRAP that was bad. WOW, JEEEEEEEEEEZ. That was baaaaaaaaad. That was…hoooooooo wheee. I mean, wh—WOW. Can you be–I just can’t even imagine. That was, that was TERRIBLE. The first game. HIS FIRST GAME! Right away! Just a disaster! 1. James Shields: 2 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3 HR, 84 pitches. […]
The Clock Strikes Midnight on Avisail Garcia
“I know I will do better” were the words from Avisail Garcia this past winter when he was asked about the upcoming season. Unfortunately for both Garcia and the Chicago White Sox, Garcia hasn’t been all that much better. At the moment, Garcia sports a very pedestrian .242/.302/.389 batting line, which is good enough for […]
South Side Morning 5: Fixes to White Sox roster are running late
1. Carlos Rodon is mad at White Sox management. Not the sort of deep, intractable anger that hastens his departure the moment free agency strikes, but the type of annoyance at the caution being employed to yank him from the rotation for a turn that provides some assurance. The White Sox are framing things such that the […]
White Sox season can still be saved
On the morning of May 10th, the White Sox sat at 23-10, first place in the AL Central by six games with the second-best record in baseball. They had were coming off an 8-4 victory in Texas that was capped by a go-ahead Todd Frazier grand slam in the top of the 12th. Things were looking […]
Around The AL Central: Are The Tables Turning?
As we draw nearer by the day to the “There are only 100 games left!” point of the baseball season, things in the AL Central are beginning to fluctuate, and the fun part of the race is just starting to take place. This weekend saw a few significant division rival match ups, and things were flipped […]
Friedrich Nietzsche weighs in on the 2016 White Sox
With the White Sox season in a baffling tailspin, BP South Side turns to the wisdom of famed German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Previously we called upon the Röcken native to provide ideal answers to post-game questions, now we call upon him to shed some light on the Pale Hose’s current troubles. Now that the White […]
White Sox acquire a suddenly affordable James Shields
The dust has settled, and we have our official trade: James Shields for Erik Johnson and Fernando Tatis Jr. The White Sox owe Shields $5 million for the rest of 2016. If he does not opt out after 2016, which a good finish could easily motivate the 34-year-old to do, he will be owed $10 […]
White Sox, Padres Reportedly Agree On James Shields Deal
The White Sox and Padres have agreed in principle to a deal that will send James Shields to the South Side of Chicago, according to FanRag’s Jon Heyman. While details are not yet clear, the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Dennis Lin reported that the Padres are interested in Fernando Tatis, Jr., a White Sox signee from […]