That was fun. Sure, the Tigers weren’t running out a murderer’s row of pitchers, but the White Sox absolutely erupted, scoring 17 runs on 25 hits. A number of hitters posted gaudy stat lines (Jose Abreu went 4-for-5 for example, ho hum), but I want to highlight three in particular: Tim Anderson. Coming into today’s […]
Tag: Jose Abreu
Jose Abreu Is Awesome; Reynaldo Lopez Might Be?
Jose Abreu arrived in the majors surrounded by mystery. Sure, he had hit the way an All Star first baseman would have in Cuba, but the level of competition was so uneven it was unclear how it would translate. Abreu’s rookie year went about as well as anybody could have hoped, as he hit .317/.383/.581 with 36 […]
South Side Morning 5: The good Carson Fulmer appeared
1. Things far more important than baseball were almost certainly circulating in Jose Abreu‘s mind this past weekend. With the homes and lives of nearly everyone he holds dear in danger thanks to hurricane Irma, Abreu had two of the best back-to-back games of his career. On Saturday he capped a tremendous night by legging […]
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 […]
The Catbird Speaks 8.22.17 – Bad, But Interesting
Collin (@cowhitchurch) and Nick (@Nick_BPSS) got together on a Tuesday afternoon to talk about recent White Sox activity and all the interesting stuff going on with an otherwise bad baseball team. Among the topics: Carson Fulmer’s rotation cameo and what his terrible season means for his future. Reynaldo Lopez’s two starts, his injury, and what […]
Leury Garcia Making The Most Of His Opportunity
ARLINGTON, Texas — If you talk to those who have watched and played with Leury Garcia over the course of his career, what he’s doing this season — going from fringe major leaguer to legitimate major league contributor — isn’t anywhere close to a surprise. Just ask his former teammate, Elvis Andrus. “I love that […]
How should we value Jose Abreu?
Jose Abreu burst onto the scene during his debut season in Major League Baseball. Despite already being 27-years-old, Abreu won the American League Rookie of the Year award after hitting .317/.383/.581 with 36 home runs in 622 plate appearances. He posted a 167 wRC+ and, despite FRAA finding his defense to be pretty poor, produced 5.7 […]
Reynaldo Lopez’s second start ends conspicuously early
ARLINGTON, Texas — Before Reynaldo Lopez left Thursday’s 9-8 loss to the Texas Rangers with what the team called soreness on his right side, we got a good look at everything that makes him such an exciting young arm, as well as why his future as a starter is so hotly debated. First, the important […]
Minor League Promotions & Premature Free Agency Musings
News & Promotions Eloy Jimenez and Zack Collins have been promoted from High-A Winston-Salem to Double-A Birmingham. While there are only a few weeks left in the minor league season, players are human beings and when you excel in superlative fashion at your job a promotion is in order. There’s also reason to believe that […]
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 […]