If you’re reading this, you already know the score: White Sox uberprospect Eloy Jimenez has hit .337/.386/.601 combined over Double-A and Triple-A this season. Since being promoted to Charlotte, all he’s done over 27 games is hit .376/.423/.693 while striking out a mere four more times than he’s walked in a league where he’s 5.6 […]
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Fixing the Farm: the Nature vs. the Nurture of the Beast
It’s no secret that the offseason is long, boring, and at times completely devoid of content. As a consumer of content, this is incredibly disheartening and depressing. As a producer of content, it’s somehow worse. That is why I have turned to the great former Baseball Prospectus podcast, Up and In. The soothing tones of […]
The Perils of a Rebuild
As a general matter, I become extremely suspicious when the White Sox are, inevitably, compared to the Cubs. More often than not, it is done to force a narrative rather than to provide any meaningful analysis as to what is occurring on the field. Of late, the comparisons have proliferated but, mercifully, they have at least […]
Cubs 8, White Sox 1: No-no bid gives way to blowout
Taking the bump Wednesday night in lieu of the internationally renowned fashion guru, Chris Sale, was Anthony Ranaudo. You know, that guy that the Sox murdered and then immediately acquired. No, not that one. This one. He squared off against Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel, as the Sox dropped the first of two at Wrigley. • What looked like a blowout waiting […]