1. Jose Quintana’s early season struggles are firmly in the past after Tuesday’s gem in a 6-0 win over the Royals. He’s now thrown 14 innings in his last two starts, allowing one earned run and four walks while striking out 17. “But it’s just the Royals” you say tauntingly, as you’ve astutely observed that each of […]
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The Catbird Speaks 5.1.17 – Talking Baseball with The Ringer’s Michael Baumann
With one month of the season in the books, Michael Baumann from The Ringer joins Collin Whitchurch and Nick Schaefer to talk about a variety of topics. Among them: -Jose Quintana’s trade market. -How to deal with following a rebuilding team. (Michael’s a Phillies fan, so…) -MLB Draft, including some top college prospects to keep […]
South Side Morning 5: Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Garcias of War
In 2016, the last gasp of the Contending White Sox managed only five wins out of 19 games against the Kansas City Royals. The Rebuilding 2017 White Sox now have 60 percent of that win total in only three chances, outscoring their erstwhile nemeses 27-8 en route to a sweep, and moving to 11-9 on the year. […]
South Side Morning 5: Avisail Garcia and James Shields are Good?
The White Sox visited Target Field over the weekend for a three game series with the Minnesota Twins. With Dylan Covey, Jose Quintana, and James Shields taking the mound the Sox were able to take 2 of 3 games from the Twins. They now sit a game above .500 at 6-5. 1. Jacob May saw his […]
South Side Morning 5: First Week (Over) Reactions
With five games in the books, the 2017 season is going mostly as you would have expected one week ago — Avisail Garcia is hitting .474, Geovany Soto is tied for the league lead in home runs, and Todd Frazier is the worst hitter in baseball. Sardonicism aside, there is plenty to analyze after a […]
South Side Morning 5: Opening Day Defeat
After a failed attempt to get a game in on Monday, the White Sox and Tigers kicked off 2017 on Tuesday afternoon. If they hadn’t, MLB wouldn’t have had a single day game on the ledger so it made the day much more enjoyable, even if the game worked out badly, as the White Sox […]
Defining Success: The White Sox Roster
The White Sox are in a situation recent memory is unfamiliar with as they enter the 2017 season devoid of hopes for contention. Because of this, it would be foolish to judge the successes or failures of the team based solely on wins and losses, but instead look at individual growth of certain players, trade […]
South Side Spring Training 4: Appreciating Jose Quintana While He’s Still Here
1. Jose Quintana threw for the final time this spring on Tuesday, tossing 48 pitches against Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguers. The next time he throws the ball in a competitive setting will be Monday at U.S. Cellular Field against the Detroit Tigers in the White Sox season opener. It’s going to be easy to get […]
Worrying about rotation depth
One of the problems the 2017 White Sox won’t share with their predecessors is a crippling lack of position player depth. Not because they have more depth than in the past, but because gaps on the position player side aren’t really a problem if you don’t care about winning games — if you lose a couple […]
South Side Spring Training 5: Charlie Tilson is hurt again
1. The White Sox entered Spring Training with very few questions regarding what the 25-man roster was likely to look like on Opening Day. Now, after the release of Brett Lawrie a few weeks ago and Sunday’s news that Charlie Tilson has suffered a setback as he attempted to recover from a stress reaction in his […]