An important part of contending is not just about come-from-behind victories, or hard-fought battles against division foes; it’s about winning the games you need to win. The White Sox lost in an embarrassing fashion last night, by a score of 9-0. They followed that up with an easy win of their own, and they beat […]
Tag: Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson is already stupid fun and great
Tim Anderson, an unfinished blur of a baseball player, the equivalent of a v8 Mustang darting through traffic on the Kennedy with no windshield and hardly any side paneling, made two plays Monday that made me wonder why I ever bothered tracking his stat line, or ever wondered about the long-term implications of his Double-A […]
White Sox 8, Yankees 2: Anderson, Frazier overwhelm Yankees
The White Sox improbable drive toward a respectable first half finish continued with another somewhat improbable–or at least improbably easy–triumph over a team that used to be standing between them and the last Wild Card spot. 1. Shaky and diminished James Shields vs. a resurgent C.C. Sabathia hardly seemed like a walkover coming in, but it […]
South Side Independence Day 5: Ahead of Schedule
1. Here was my route for how the Sox would go to the break four games over .500: 5-1 vs. Twins and Braves 1-2 vs. Houston 2-1 vs. Yankees Dropping the very first game to the Twins in incompetent fashion certainly didn’t provide much hope, but the Braves are still dreadful and the Sox are […]
White Sox 4, Astros 1: A Quintana Victory
For the second day in a row, Robin Ventura used one of his catchers as the DH and won anyway. The White Sox are now 6-18 against Cleveland, Kansas City, and Detroit and 36-22 against everyone else. 1. Jose Quintana got off to a rough start, allowing a solo shot to George Springer in the first […]
White Sox 9, Twins 6: James Shields Didn’t Get Murdered
Rumors of James Shields’ demise may have been exaggerated. Building upon the “best” start with his new team in Boston last week, the seemingly hopeless right-hander provided some hope that all is not lost. Pitching over a home run by the first batter he faced, Shields steadied the ship and the offense chipped in to do […]
Twins 4, White Sox 0: Dozier pummels lifeless Sox club
The White Sox just wrapped a trying but encouraging week. They braved the onslaught of two AL East playoff contenders, climbed back to .500 with a pair of series wins despite dealing with multiple key injuries, and set themselves up nicely for soft stretch in their schedule, which began with a Tuesday night’s hilarious starting […]
Checking in on the White Sox top prospects
Tim Anderson has been a major leaguer for a little more than two weeks now, and while he’s gotten off to a promising start, his ascension thins out a minor league system that wasn’t all that impressive to begin with. That’s a silly thing to care about, in reality. The point of your minor league […]
White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2: Chris Sale Day ends in series win
When he made his 16th start of the 2015 season, Chris Sale was coming off an eighth consecutive 10-strikeout game, tying an MLB record set by Pedro Martinez 1999. While he didn’t continue his streak, he did twirl a brilliant complete game in a 4-2 victory against the Blue Jays, allowing just two solo home runs while […]
Four irksome White Sox talking points
1. What are we learning from intense scrutiny of Tim Anderson‘s walk rate at this point? Anderson is an aggressive hitter who will never walk a lot, and will likely not flash enough power early on to force caution, and his athleticism and bat speed has pushed him at least a level beyond where he would be […]