It’s been a long time since the White Sox had a single position player prospect worth getting as excited about as Yoan Moncada, Eloy Jimenez, or Luis Robert. Having a troika of players who should at worst be competent major leaguers is a delightful change and a reminder that things weren’t always so bleak. During […]
Tag: Kenny Williams
Keep the South Side weird
The White Sox replaced a manager this weekend who oversaw four-straight losing seasons, was not well-regarded tactically, and had his hand on the wheel as multiple humiliating clubhouse fracases reached the public in this season alone. They replaced him with a well-respected figure in the baseball world, the rare option who possesses previous managerial experience […]
White Sox need to face facts about chronic offense shortcomings
I’m not sure what I expected. Kenny Williams speaking to assembled media on a golf course is not exactly the forum for a public bloodletting on the state and fate of the White Sox, or even the ideal place for an adjustment on their general policy to err on the side of opaqueness. But in […]
What would a divided White Sox front office look like?
Tuesday afternoon David Kaplan unleashed a bombshell on his ESPN 1000 AM radio show that he did present like he intended it to be a bombshell: that a scout had told them there was discord between Kenny Williams and Rick Hahn about whether to execute a total teardown/rebuild. Which side each were reported to fall […]
Should the White Sox Tear it All Down?
The trade deadline is less than a week away, and Kenny Williams doesn’t know if the White Sox will be buyers or sellers. Now, I’m certain (kinda) that’s just posturing by Williams, there’s no benefit for him to publicly tip his hand to other teams, but when you’re a fan of a franchise where your […]
Skepticism about the White Sox process
One of the things you hear all the time in baseball analysis, especially from people who think of themselves as “data-driven” or “analytical,” is that the appropriate way to judge people and decisions is on the process, not the results. Smart moves don’t always pay off, and bad ones turn out just fine sometimes, so […]
The MLB Draft and the Chicago White Sox: A Recent History
The current regime of the Chicago White Sox, for all intents and purposes, began in 2000 when Kenny Williams took over as general manager. Williams replaced Ron Schueler and wound up as the third-longest tenured GM in team history, behind only Roland Hemond and Harry Grabiner. While Williams handed over the GM reins to Rick […]
LaRoche Belies White Sox Business
We are impassioned critics of baseball. But in judging the game, most of the time, we don’t want to think of it as a business. This mentality extends from everyday fans to the most powerful judicial body in the land. Baseball is exempt from federal antitrust laws because the Supreme Court didn’t want to think […]
There’s actually fault for everyone to take in the LaRoche flap
Jerry Reinsdorf issued a statement Sunday saying he “did not believe there is anyone directly to blame” in the week-long Adam LaRoche debacle that attracted gawkers for hundreds of miles. The spirit of refusal to pin this on one person is understandable, and I agree with it, but there’s a better alternative. Finding fault for […]
LaRoche snafu puts White Sox in unkind national spotlight
The White Sox have comfortably operated with unchecked weirdness outside the national spotlight for some time now, in a place where the franchise player tearing into team president Kenny Williams is variations on a theme, not breaking news.