There are two different lenses through which you can look at Reynaldo Lopez’s 2018 season. The first one is nice. Lopez made it through his first full season as a starting pitcher and did mostly fine. He threw 188 innings and posted a 3.91 ERA. It’s the type of season where you can look back […]
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Reynaldo Lopez Tries To Cheer Us Up
The best stretch of the White Sox’ miserable season collapsed quite quickly, culminating with the news that Michael Kopech had torn his UCL and would not pitch for the White Sox again until 2020. For the thousandth time, it seems, I find myself saying, “With the caveat that wins and losses don’t matter this year…” […]
South Side Morning 5: Mama Said There’ll Be Weekends Like This
A 10-5 win Sunday made for a satisfying end to an otherwise moribund weekend for the White Sox, as the series-ending win over the Rangers was preceded by a pair of losses where the White Sox were collectively outscored 24-7. 1. An uptick in velocity and command of his breaking pitches were the main fuel behind a […]
For Starters, It Was A Pretty Good Weekend
It sure is a lot more fun when the White Sox are playing well. They are, at the moment, with the latest evidence coming in the form of two wins in three games in Boston, including a mostly successful season debut by Carlos Rodon and a 1-0 win against old friend Chris Sale. The White Sox are […]
South Side Morning 10: White Sox Split With Twins
1. Yoan Moncada was the only White Sox player to score in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Twins. He led off the game with his eighth home run of the season which was an absolute bomb to centerfield. Moncada then scored another run in the fifth inning when he was driven home by a Jose […]
South Side Morning 5: White Sox Rotation Options, Or Lack Thereof
1. The White Sox have the worst rotation in baseball. You can pick nits here and there between them, the Royals, Marlins, and Orioles, but you can make a PRETTY strong argument that the White Sox have the worst. Carson Fulmer’s demotion Friday — following yet another disastrous start — made sense in that even in […]
South Side Morning 5: A Fun Win
Wins and losses don’t mean much this year but trolling the Twins is always worthwhile — Nicky Beeps (@Nick_BPSS) May 4, 2018 1. We often get so caught up in who’s doing what and when and where in regards to the White Sox build toward contention that we don’t stop to appreciate a truly enjoyable game. […]
South Side Morning 5: Hoping For The Best
1. The most significant news of the weekend, as you’ve undoubtedly read, was the White Sox announcing that reliever Danny Farquhar suffered a brain hemorrhage brought on by a ruptured aneurysm during Friday’s game against the Astros. He is in stable but critical condition at Rush University Medical Center. There’s not much to say about […]
Athletics 8, White Sox 1: The good, the bad, and the ugly
There are some games that can easily be delineated using a common and some might say lazy format that’s been lent from a 52-year-old movie. Monday’s 8-1 loss to the Athletics is one of those games. The good Reynaldo Lopez flashed the type of swing-and-miss stuff that makes it easy to understand why the evaluators […]
South Side Morning 5: Tigers Sweep? I’m Not Mad, You’re Mad
Friday was frustrating, but as Collin wrote, good stuff happened and veteran relievers blowing a game is not cause for panic or canceling the rebuild. I have not revised my opinion of Nate Jones or Joakim Soria as a result. In a rebuilding season, losing three games against the Tigers shouldn’t matter in and of […]