The White Sox front office trusts their starting pitching depth At SoxFest 2014 Robin Ventura made it clear that Erik Johnson and Felipe Paulino would likely round out the White Sox rotation. Those two pitchers, along with John Danks, did not have the years they anticipated having and the White Sox on the field product […]
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***The following is part of our broader Sox Fest 2015 coverage. This is the initial media-only press conference. We’ll publish interviews and more soon*** Being at SoxFest the last couple years, there wasn’t much of a buzz leading into the weekend. This year, following the prolific nature of the front office’s offseason, the atmosphere was
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Most of the White Sox players and prospects who chose to play winter ball in the offseason played in either the Dominican or Venezuelan winter leagues (see those links for season reviews of each). A few are playing in Australia, who are still in their regular season and we’ll review that league later. What remains
Mexican and Puerto Rican Winter Leagues – Seasons in Review Read More »
The past few days have seen a slew of items that normally wouldn’t warrant a write-up by themselves, but together are worth reporting. So here’s a quick recap on the recent moves and stories surrounding the White Sox minor leagues… Two Brothers Enter Weeks after the White Sox signed Adam LaRoche to be the foil
The Little Things: Brothers LaRoche and Danks, Taylor, AZ Mini-camp and BP Top 10 Read More »
Seven players from the White Sox organization saw action in the Venezuelan Winter League regular season, which ended last week. That’s more than the Sox had in any other winter league. We previewed the league from a White Sox perspective back in the fall. They are in their playoffs now, but let’s take a look at how
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Four players from the White Sox organization saw action in the Dominican Winter League regular season, which ended last week. We previewed the league from a White Sox perspective back in the fall. They are in their playoffs now, but let’s take a look at how the White Sox players (two of whom were with
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In a one-for-one swap today, the White Sox traded RHP Andre Rienzo to the Marlins for LHP Dan Jennings. Rienzo, 26, is coming off a rough ML season that saw him post a 1.77 WHIP, 6.82 ERA (5.73 FIP), and a 1.55 SO/W ratio in 64.2 IP. Rienzo began the 2014 season, year eight of his
White Sox get Dan Jennings from Marlins, Select Peter Tago in Rule V Draft Read More »
The White Sox have acquired pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa from the Oakland Athletics, in exchange for four prospects: INF Marcus Semien, RHP Chris Bassitt, 1B Rangel Ravelo and C Josh Phegley. Of course, most of you already know that. And Samardzija is a known commodity – a very effective right-handed starter who immediately
White Sox get Samardzija, Ynoa for Four Prospects Read More »
Today is the deadline for decisions on whether or not to tender contracts to pre-arbitration and arbitration-eligible MLB players. The White Sox appear set to give contracts to five – Tyler Flowers, Hector Noesi, Javy Guerra, Nate Jones, and Dayan Viciedo. Four of those are no-brainers, and the fifth is seen as highly likely as
Sox Non-Tender Carroll, Snodgress – What it Means Read More »
With the 2014 season over, I wanted to look at the performance of the 2013 MLB Draft picks, now that we have more than a full season of data for each player, to see how each pick has performed. Here I have included 2014 stats for all draftees, with brief analysis of each. For more
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