The White Sox are officially floundering, right? Does their positioning at the top of the American League Central disqualify them from official floundering status? They haven’t won a series in weeks, and are coming off a pair of losses in which they burned their top two, and arguably, only reliable starting pitchers. You could waste […]
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Around the AL Central: Are the Indians good or not good?
Cleveland Indians 22-19 Last week: 5-2 (4-0 vs. Cincinnati; 1-2 @Boston) A few weeks ago in this space, I wrote about how the Indians might be in trouble after an inauspicious start, coupled with a prolonged injury to bonafide No. 2 starter Carlos Carrasco. The Indians entered the season as, by most accounts, favorites to win […]
White Sox 3, Royals 2: The series is salvaged
Entering Sunday’s series finale against the Royals, the White Sox were on a 1-6 stretch since winning the series opener at Yankee Stadium on May 13, which is not good at all. Well, it’s two wins now if you include today. The Sox were able to salvage the last game of the three-game set largely […]
Getting close to time to prove something – Game Preview & Lineups 5/21
If offered the opportunity at the beginning of the year to be transported to a reality where on May 21, they had a 25-17 record, the White Sox–a collective monolith and consciousness in this hypothetical–would gleefully take it, laugh and celebrate their great fortune, and pensively, but not fearfully inquire at what crimes needed committing […]
Royals 4, White Sox 1: File footage from 2013-15
If you read the papers these days, the Royals lack of options in their starting rotation and underwhelming power production from their lineup has finally started playing some actual effect on their ability to win major league baseball games. Those reports are still unconfirmed. 1. Not everything about 2016 immediately got thrown out the moment […]
How Is It Late May And We Haven’t Played the Royals?- Game Preview & Lineups 5/20
With Carlos Rodon struggling and two other rotation spots currently able to be charitably described as “questionable,” it’s pretty damn nice having Chris Sale and Jose Quintana back-to-back in the rotation. Sure, losing streaks and bumps in the road will still happen but having two legitimate aces going consecutive games at least gives your team […]
Around the AL Central: Everyone is mediocre but we kinda knew that already
One of the fun things about the American League as we entered the 2016 season was the belief, for the most part, that no team was great. Over in the National League, you could find the almighty Cubs, destroyers of all those who come within arms reach of their tempestuous might. The Mets employ cannons who […]
Around the AL Central: Tigers’ hitters get hot
Spotlight Detroit Tigers (14-10) Last week: 6-1 (3-1 vs. Oakland; 3-0 @Minnesota) The biggest question about the Tigers’ ability to contend coming into the season was whether some of the Tigers’ stars, nearly all of them at an age where you could realistically expect their output to start to dip, would be able to stay […]
Around the AL Central: The Indians might be in trouble
Spotlight Cleveland Indians (9-7) Last week: 4-2 (1-2 vs. Seattle; 3-0 @Detroit) The most popular pick to win the American League Central at the start of the season has been mildly disappointing in the early going, and this past week has highlighted the ups and downs of a team that has been frustratingly average. First, […]
Around the AL Central: Royals’ starters strike guys out now?
Throughout the 2016 season, BP South Side will be posting updates on the ups and downs of the White Sox American League Central rivals. In each edition, we will spotlight one team that did something interesting, and give a roundup of the state of the rest of the division. Spotlight Kansas City Royals (8-4) Last week: […]