One of the issues with a Chris Sale trade when it was just an annoying article prompt, rather than a possibly imminent occurrence, is the intense theoretical expensiveness of it. Having the most valuable trade asset in recent memory is only great for a rebuild if anyone can actually pay the price. Or wants to. […]
Tag: Rick Hahn
Hunt for a cheaper new core
Reassuring or frustrating depending on your perspective or relative sense of exhaustion, the possible/likely/implied White Sox move toward a rebuild has opened general manager Rick Hahn to discussing the team’s situation in more frank terms. From Dan Hayes: “When you look at the top end of our roster, arguably we could measure up against anybody. […]
So they might just tear it all down
The next few years figure to be very rough. To that end, the White Sox look closer than ever, or as close as they will allow themselves to be, to declaring the start of a rebuild. From Dan Hayes: “’We’ve always been focused on putting ourselves in the best position to win,’ Hahn said. ‘At […]
The best fire sale of all-time
The White Sox were suddenly and shockingly a topic du jour of the baseball world Monday, less than a week after their counterparts to the north had captured a momentous World Series title in thrilling fashion. However the attention is for an entirely ignonimous honor, which could probably discerned from the opening barbs of Joel […]
A second look at Chris Getz
At first blush, the White Sox naming Chris Getz to be the new Director of Player Development read as the type of thoroughly outside the box hire of an inexperienced former player of theirs, for which they have become notorious. While making such a hire did not preclude the Sox from success, it would not show […]
Stranger Things: The 2016 White Sox Season
Rejoice, White Sox fans, for it is finally over. The 2016 season that started out with a bang and went out with a very long fizzle has now officially been laid to rest for a whole week. Of course, the entire idea of needing to rejoice because this season is “finally over” brings us back […]
Friedrich Nietzsche weighs in on the White Sox managerial transition
In times of confusion, unrest, or just turnover, BP South Side turns to Röcken native, Friedrich Nietzsche for insight and counsel. Monday’s transition from Robin Ventura to Rick Renteria, with Rick Hahn restating his odd, but assured stance that ‘we’ll know what the Sox are doing when they start doing it’ certainly calls for Nietzsche’s insight. […]
There is reason to hold out hope on Robertson
On July 21, White Sox GM Rick Hahn came just short of declaring the 2016 White Sox season dead in the water, prompting a flurry of discussions about an impending rebuild. Would it happen at the quickly approaching trade deadline? Would the Sox wait for the distant offseason? Questions loomed, theories mounted, Chris Sale left […]
First or second move
The first acquisition of last year’s White Sox offseason was Steve Lombardozzi. The second was selecting Jacob Turner off waivers. Since moving to the bullpen, Turner does not look great, but has resembled a major leaguer in a way he certainly did not in his disastrous spot starts, allowing two earned runs, striking out seven […]
Jose Abreu’s Hot Streak–Good News and Bad News
The offense has been terrible this season and it’s tiresome. It’s tiresome both because this is not a new experience, but also because it was completely foreseeable and preventable. Almost every hitter on this roster has delivered a season within the reasonable bands of expectation.* Until a month or ago, or so, the biggest exception was […]