1. Hitting being contagious, or a contagion, as Hawk would say, might not scan, but the White Sox certainly enjoyed some effecting of cascading success Wednesday. So brutal was their treatment of Gavin Floyd, Pat Venditte, Drew Storen, and Brett Cecil over the first two nights of action (and all season), that with Marco Estrada rolling […]
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White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0: Sox offense picks up Jose Quintana
It’s a long season and there’s a lot of ghosts the White Sox will need to exorcise over the course of the year, and Wednesday night they set about rescuing Jose Quintana from a sure no decision. 1. Quintana was not at his very sharpest, walking three and putting runners in scoring position in four […]
Possible Sweep Alert – Game Preview & Lineups 4/27
The new plan for the White Sox is to boost their offensive output while maintaining their status as a top pitching staff. After spending a couple of weeks failing to put up much in the way of runs, they are looking Wednesday to bring themselves up to a full week of scoring four or more. The […]
White Sox 5, Rangers 0: This one feels pretty different
On bad nights, the White Sox scrape together minimal scoring and depend on their starter to completely immolate the opposing lineup — in spite of shaky defense — to prop up a razor thin margin of victory. The formula seems unsustainable, and screams for offensive upgrades to be made. 1. Friday, however, was a good night. Jose Quintana, getting […]
Can The White Sox Hit A Bad Pitcher v. 8.1 – Lineups & Game Preview for 4/22
Martin Perez was once a well-regarded prospect. After a few years of roughly league average results, Perez missed the bulk of 2014 and 2015 with Tommy John surgery. One could charitably describe his first three starts of 2016 as “effectively wild,” given that he hasn’t been lit up, per se, but he has also walked more […]
Rays 3, White Sox 2: Bats stay cold in the Florida sun
To be fair to the White Sox, and their extremely cold bats, which were responsible for ending a five-game winning streak with a discouraging dull thud in Tampa, they were not in the Florida sun like the headline claims; they were flailing helplessly inside a hidden den on the bay that never looks fully lit. […]
White Sox 4, Twins 1: The Twins have still not won a game
Starting with Oakland, continuing with their own, and now stretching to Minnesota, the White Sox have ruined every home opener they have laid eyes on. A sleepy, tight, but solid enough 4-1 pitching clinic against the severely snakebit Twins now has the Sox on their best start to a season since they went 5-2 to […]
Keeping the Twins Cold – Game Preview & Lineups 4/11
After an unexpected day of rest thanks to Sunday’s rain out against Cleveland, the White Sox hit the road for three games against another division foe, beginning with Monday’s 3:10 p.m. game against the Twins, the home opener in Minnesota. Minnesota, which went 13-6 against the White Sox in 2015, is off to a terrible […]
Series victories are important — game preview & lineups 4/10
A shot at back-to-back series victories and a 5-2 finish to the first week of the season are at stake when Jose Quintana and the White Sox face the Indians in the rubber match of their rubber series at 1:10 p.m. today at U.S. Cellular Field, weather permitting. After cold, snowy weather plagued the first […]
South Side Morning 5: Life atop the AL Central
1. MLB careers are fickle and end brutally, and when they don’t, they can linger and stagger along as empty shells like post-injury John Danks. Point being, it’s nice to have new affirmation in a new season that everything still works; that Jose Quintana‘s combination of low-90s heat and average or better stuff continues to play […]