Author Topic: Media Coverage of the White Sox (Read 82297 times)

Method · « **Reply #625 on:** May 02, 2016, 08:30:03 pm »

He has the best war for defense amoung all players. 10th overall for total WAR including offense.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=21,d

msf · « **Reply #626 on:** May 02, 2016, 08:33:49 pm »

Yep, he has a higher WAR than the total war of 1/3 of the MLB teams, pretty sure that is what I read. I thought his WAR was a 4. I knew he was bad in CF but man he is way good in RF thus far.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #627 on:** May 23, 2016, 08:12:01 pm »

Baseball Reference ‏@baseball_ref 10 hours ago

The #WhiteSox have the AL's leader in WAR among position players AND the leader in WAR among pitchers

https://twitter.com/baseball_ref/status/734767129459884032

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #628 on:** May 29, 2016, 11:55:53 am »

Should the White Sox make some changes?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/should-the-white-sox-make-some-changes--151008826.html

4nek8 · « **Reply #629 on:** May 30, 2016, 04:46:31 pm »

Is Ed O'Neill available? If so, I think they should go for it.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #630 on:** June 08, 2016, 06:21:54 pm »

White Sox death spiral: The players get better or the GM gets better players

By Steve Rosenbloom - The RosenBlog - June 8, 2016 9:11AM

The White Sox, if you can believe this, are “capable of returning to that high level of performance.’’ The quote came from Sox GM Rick Hahn. He meant the 23-10 start to this season, but it might be more of a prayer than a belief.

Because the Sox just plummeted to .500, and they did it in such a Sox way: blowing a 5-2 lead in which starting pitcher Mat Latos couldn’t complete five innings and the bullpen couldn’t shut down the Nationals while the offense was outscored 8-0 in the last seven innings.

The truth is, and Hahn has to know the truth, the Sox look far more capable of returning to the level of Tuesday’s game.

And the game before that. And the game before that. And all the games in this 6-19 death spiral.

read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-white-sox-death-spiral-rosenbloom-20160608-column.html

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #631 on:** July 22, 2016, 05:11:19 pm »

Get your limited edition Chicago White Sox Charities Bo Jackson bobblehead while they're hot:

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/white-sox-charities/support-us/bo-jackson-bobbleheads/?partnerId=ed-10595642-913878573

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #632 on:** August 02, 2016, 06:08:11 pm »

If you're not already a subscriber, for a limited time MLB.TV is now only $17.99 for the rest of the season:

MLB.TV is $17.99 to honor Deadline deals
Premium subscription is $17.99 for limited time after Monday's 18 trades

http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/192399002/watch-baseball-live-with-mlbtv-price-drops/

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&affiliateId=EDITORIAL

Method · « **Reply #633 on:** August 15, 2016, 07:22:11 pm »

Meant to post this last weekend and completely forgot.

msf · « **Reply #634 on:** August 15, 2016, 07:58:16 pm »

That is the way I recall it, Robin pretty much got his clock cleaned.

Method · « **Reply #635 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:11:46 am »

the video is arguing that he won the fight...

msf · « **Reply #636 on:** August 16, 2016, 12:06:31 pm »

not what I saw

Juan pizzarro · « **Reply #637 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:25:00 pm »

most videos of the incident show the Ventura beating by Ryan, but I have seen some videos that went to the very end of the fight, and Ventura got his licks in pretty good at the end.

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #638 on:** August 27, 2016, 02:12:34 pm »

Hinsdale man who runs Guaranteed Rate loves park name controversy

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160826/sports/160829079/

ISF · « **Reply #639 on:** August 29, 2016, 01:55:32 pm »

Stuck In Neutral

The White Sox are on their way to another forgettable season, despite the team’s aggressive efforts to improve.

21. Philadelphia Phillies (60–70, minus-138, LW: 21)
20. Colorado Rockies (62–68, plus-12, LW: 19)
19. Chicago White Sox (63–66, minus-31, LW: 20)
18. New York Mets (66–64, plus-2, LW: 18)
17. Miami Marlins (67–63, plus-11, LW: 12)

The White Sox bagged some modest improvement in 2014, spiking from 63 to 73 wins, with an impressive quartet of young stars leading the charge. On offense, Jose Abreu ran away with Rookie of the Year honors and finished fourth in MVP voting as the team’s new slugging first baseman, and Adam Eaton batted .300/.362/.401 and played strong defense as the team’s new centerfielder. On the pitching side, 25-year-olds Chris Sale and Jose Quintana asserted themselves as the best young duo of lefty starters in the league. Sure, the supporting cast stunk. But if the Pale Hose could fill some of their glaring weakness with even league-average players, a quick jump toward contention was possible.

GM Rick Hahn responded with force. In one of the most aggressive off-season sprees any team had pulled off in years, Hahn acquired righthander Jeff Samardzija, closer David Robertson, lefty setup reliever Zach Duke, outfielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Adam Laroche to fill multiple gaping holes. None of those players were superstars at the time, but the jump from a replacement-level player to a league-average one can be as valuable to a team as a league-average player to a borderline All-Star. Build around the young corps and plug in a competent supporting cast, and the White Sox figured to make some noise in the AL Central.

Chicago didn’t. LaRoche and Samardzija flopped; Cabrera underachieved; the Sox got miserable production from catcher, second base, third base, shortstop and rightfield; and the supposedly much improved 2015 squad won just three more games than the ‘14 club did.

So Hahn tried again. Last off-season, he once more overhauled the roster, with a particular focus on Chicago's miserable infield. He signed Alex Avila and Dioner Navarro to try to improve the catcher position. He traded two B-level prospects for Brett Lawrie, addressing the need at second base, and a week later, he pulled off a three-way trade for All-Star Todd Frazier, reeling in a badly needed power-hitting third baseman.

That hasn’t worked either. Navarro played terribly and just got shipped back to Toronto. Avila and Lawrie have played competently when healthy, but both have missed significant time to injury. Frazier ranks among the league leaders in homers and RBIs but is also hovering just above the Mendoza line. Another off-season pickup, outfielder Austin Jackson, was a bust. And while Sale and Quintana continued to excel and fellow young lefty Carlos Rodon has shown flashes of potential, the bottom two spots in Chicago’s rotation have combined to rank among the worst in baseball. Combine those shortfalls with Abreu falling sharply from his world-beating level of two years, and the White Sox remain where they were two years: below .500 with a top-heavy roster that badly needs competence in supporting roles to be a real contender.

This winter, Chicago will hope that the third time’s the charm. Rookie shortstop Tim Anderson has impressed and figures to be the answer at that spot through the rest of the decade, and maybe longer. Rodon’s fastball-slider combo has the potential to give the White Sox a third dominant lefty starter. The farm is getting better thanks to some promising drafts. Maybe one more winter spree will finally vault the Sox above .500 or better. For a franchise that’s now been languishing for nearly a decade, Chicago can't afford another season of the same results.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/08/29/the-30-power-rankings-week-21-diamondbacks-white-sox-orioles-rangers

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #640 on:** September 02, 2016, 01:04:24 pm »

Carlos Rodon Has Taken A Step Forward
Lefty's 1.47 ERA in August was the second best in Majors

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/carlos-rodon-has-taken-a-step-forward/

josephc · « **Reply #641 on:** September 02, 2016, 01:18:34 pm »

Very good read... thanks for posting.

The frame-by-frame analysis of fastball vs. changeup arm action is pretty encouraging.

ISF · « **Reply #642 on:** September 19, 2016, 03:51:10 pm »

At least one blog believes Chris Sale should win the Cy Young...

http://www.mlb451.com/2016-cy-young-winners-sale-and-scherzer/

BillSharp · « **Reply #643 on:** September 19, 2016, 05:09:55 pm »

His analysis is good, won - loss record is the worst way to evaluate pitchers. If voters concentrated on the stats Joel Horlen would have easily beat Jim Lombard for the Cy in '67. That vote was a joke.

Juan pizzarro · « **Reply #644 on:** September 20, 2016, 01:58:57 pm »

You mean Lonborg

msf · « **Reply #645 on:** September 20, 2016, 03:14:50 pm »

Lonborg is the guy who hurt his knee skiing the following winter, correct?

BlackSox · « **Reply #646 on:** October 25, 2016, 02:52:35 pm »

http://deadspin.com/remember-when-the-chicago-white-sox-won-the-world-serie-1788190631

good stuff

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #647 on:** November 11, 2016, 01:31:32 am »

from Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports:

Quote

*One rival executive’s read on the White Sox: “I think they’re in the exact same place they were in during the summer. They’ll listen on everyone, but I think they’ll focus on trying to move the short-term guys first and then listen on the big guys — and ultimately not move the big guys.”

The “short-term guys” are Frazier, second baseman Brett Lawrie and outfielder Melky Cabrera, all of whom are entering free-agent years, and closer David Robertson, who is signed through 2018.

The “big guys,” of course, are left-handers Chris Sale and Jose Quintana.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/houston-astros-carlos-beltran-edwin-encarnacion-brian-mcann-yankees-padres-white-sox-110916

AndyMacFAIL · « **Reply #648 on:** December 05, 2016, 06:13:40 pm »

White Sox reportedly asking for No. 1 prospect plus more in trade return for Chris Sale

http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-white-sox/white-sox-reportedly-asking-no-1-prospect-plus-more-trade-return-chris-sale

aka Loveland · « **Reply #649 on:** December 05, 2016, 06:41:29 pm »

Not enough. A bird in the hand is worth two in the minors.