GLENDALE, Ariz. — The White Sox have an opportunity, this year and throughout the next few, to flip the script in terms of how they’re viewed regarding player development. The perception of the White Sox system for the past decade has been that it succeeds in developing pitchers and struggles in the same department with […]
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The Oddity of the White Sox Rebuild
Many White Sox fans were overjoyed this offseason to finally see the team choose a direction. After years of being “mired in mediocrity,” fans and management alike were tired of providing half-measures to try to compete in the present. With that in mind, Rick Hahn pulled off incredible back-to-back trades during the Winter Meetings. In […]
It’s Spring Training time and everyone’s feelin’ fine
White Sox pitchers and catchers — as well as a good number of early-arriving position players — participated in workouts at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., for the first time Tuesday. The start of Spring Training is normally noteworthy for no other reason than because it’s the start of something. We’re still more than six […]
This is probably your 2017 White Sox roster
The White Sox report to camp in about two weeks and, as I wrote about yesterday, we’re coming off of a winter in which there were no ill-fated, half-assed attempts to construct a contender. Rick Hahn & Co. picked a lane and stuck to it, and despite an already impressive prospect haul in the deals […]
Commitment to rebuild means commitment to patience
Last weekend’s SoxFest event provided us with our first look at the 2017 White Sox as they’ll likely be constructed. It also gave Rick Hahn his first opportunity to speak about the challenges the team faces as it undergoes its most drastic rebuild in two decades. Hahn’s statements throughout the weekend, both to reporters and […]
First week of White Sox rebuilding showcases Hahn at his best
At the risk of bringing up old stuff, Rick Hahn has been the king of Winter Meetings before. Just these past two years have seen him holding press conference to graciously discuss some degree of a coup he had just pulled off. Last Winter he made a deal for Brett Lawrie in exchange for a pair […]
It sure seems like Chris Sale is about to be traded
The Winter Meetings are in full swing over in National Harbor, Md., and a lot of very smart and well-sourced reporters turned the Hot Stove temperature up to max Monday night with reports that the White Sox are moving closer to dealing Chris Sale. Sources: Legitimate chance of Sale trade to #Nationals. Robles, Giolito would […]
White Sox May Need To Buy In Order to Sell
I have made myself clear on what I think the White Sox should be doing to the point where people are probably sick of hearing it. Briefly, my opinion is that they don’t have that many holes, but rather, the holes they have are just really, really bad ones. Therefore, it should be easy to […]
A small concession in the Chris Sale trade market for the sake of optics
Given middle of the road franchise ambitions, middle of the road talent, and middle of the road results, it’s understandable that the White Sox fan base has recently found an appeal to extremism. They now crave the most extreme rebuild possible, and holding out for the biggest trade return possible for their impressive crop of […]
Chris Sale and the Identity of an Afflicted Fan Base
Being a White Sox fan for the last eight or nine seasons has been quite a trying task. Year after year, Sox fans have had their hopes raised with childlike wonder and naivete in December, only to have them dashed by June. At least through parts of the least seven seasons, Chris Sale has been able […]