When your big offseason signing for the year is a 31-year-old catcher, it’s pretty safe to bet one of two things are happening: your team is damn near perfectly built to contend and almost entirely lacking in weak spots, or you’re punting the year but need someone to catch around 100 games. With this being […]
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What is EPO and why would Welington Castillo use it?
A surprisingly useful side benefit of going into tremendous debt to become a dogtor has been applying my medical knowledge to baseball. I can describe injuries and recovery time tables with confidence after some remodeling from quadruped to human. But the one I get the most excited for is drugs. Drugs are drugs are drugs, […]
Welington Castillo’s suspension puts White Sox in tough spot
Welington Castillo’s 80-game suspension for violating MLB’s joint drug agreement, which was first reported by Dominican reporter Americo Celado and confirmed by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, puts the White Sox in a position of both dealing with and reacting to a player being hit with such a punishment, as well as stuck with a roster hole […]
South Side Morning 5: James Shields in 2018?
It helps to be playing the struggling Rangers and Orioles, but with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory on Tuesday the White Sox moved to 4-2 over their last six games. They’re only 8.5 games out for the division lead! 1. James Shields again finished the seventh inning, allowing only two runs. He has gone at least five innings […]
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: A normal baseball game where nothing weird happened
Wednesday’s 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays will be remembered — if it’s remembered for anything — for the unusual play in the top of the 5th inning that will ultimately go down as nothing more than an RBI single by Yoan Moncada. But five impressive innings from Carson Fulmer, two more home runs, and […]
Welington Castillo could provide White Sox something they’ve long lacked
The White Sox offense in Monday’s 4-2 loss to the Blue Jays amounted to two solo home runs by Welington Castillo. It was a shame, because Reynaldo Lopez’s impressive season debut — he allowed just one run on two hits while striking out six in six innings of work — was more than good enough to […]
2018 Season Preview: Position Players
Tuesday and Wednesday, the staff at BP South Side will be providing quick-hit takes on the different White Sox positional groups, making predictions on who will be the regular starters at different points in the season, as well as offering optimistic takes, pessimistic takes, and hot takes. Today’s post features the position players. Outfield Opening […]
White Sox sign Welington Castillo; agree to terms with Danny Farquhar
The White Sox made their first significant move of the offseason Friday, signing veteran catcher Welington Castillo to a two-year, $15 million deal with a $8 million club option for 2020. Castillo somewhat represents the type of relatively cheap veteran the White Sox were expected to target this offseason, but the deal is nonetheless surprising given the […]