After what has felt like months of baseball purgatory, the White Sox are suddenly a font of activity. Despite the rain, Michael Kopech’s first two major league innings were plenty entertaining. On top of Collin’s salient observations, we learned Kopech boasts elite spin rate to pair with his elite velocity. Then, right before Carlos Rodon […]
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White Sox Acquire Caleb Frare From Yankees
The White Sox have one year left under penalty for signing Luis Robert, meaning they cannot sign amateur international free agents for more than $300,000. While there are plenty of July 2 signings at $300,000 and below who wind up being contributors in the majors, it does mean they have a lot of money they can’t use on […]
Giancarlo Stanton Provides White Sox Opportunity to Improve
I’ve written about this quite a bit in the last few years, but if the White Sox truly want to compete in the future, they’re going to have to spend more money. It’s simply inevitable. When you look at recent examples of teams coming out of their scorched-earth rebuilds — think Astros, Cubs and even the […]
The Kahnle Trade: From Beckham to Blake
Gordon Beckham was supposed to be the next great Chicago White Sox third baseman. If you’re clicking on this article, you’re probably well aware that things didn’t quite work out that way. Beckham had a good rookie campaign that was followed by years of struggling to arrive at a .200 batting average while providing essentially […]
The White Sox Bullpen Is Thriving
At the risk of bestowing the Cat Garcia Curse on the relievers again this year, the White Sox bullpen is off to a really good start. It’s not a coincidence that David Robertson — already a trade candidate, despite coming off a rough second half — has triggered trade rumors, given that he has struck out 12 […]
White Sox Year In Review: Charlie Tilson and Zach Duke
The White Sox won 78 games this year and 76 last year. On July 31 of this year, they were 10.5 games out of the division and below .500. I suppose that was a modest improvement on being 11.5 games out of the division at the same time the previous year. Despite being so situated, […]
Goodbye, Dioner Navarro
The White Sox have suddenly made as many trades in August as they did at the July deadline, trading Dioner Navarro to the Blue Jays last night. Despite Rick Hahn being coy about the offseason plan, this is an organization that has been gallingly passive in recent years. In that sense, it is a positive […]
Duke Traded For Minor League OF; Overall Course Still Uncertain
The White Sox have finally made a trade–per the White Sox’ official Twitter account, Zach Duke has been traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for 23-year-old AAA outfielder Charlie Tilson. After somewhat disappointing 2015, Duke has had a nice bounce back year and has been roughly what was hoped for when he was initially signed […]
There’s Room on the Bench for Improvement
We’ve talked about how the White Sox’ rotation sure could use some help. And, especially with Jose Abreu‘s uncharacteristic ineptitude persisting, the offense could use reinforcements as well. On Monday, Rick Hahn said that he had noticed these things too: 1. The White Sox could use some more pitching; 2. A left-handed bat would be very […]