Last year, I went with a plan that tried to anticipate what the White Sox would do. For example, I looked at the free-agent outfielders and figured that Rick Hahn would sign Adam Eaton. Rick Hahn signed Adam Eaton, with…
On January 29, 1981, American League owners approved the sale of the Chicago White Sox to a group led by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn. Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rosenthal saw fit to mark the anniversary by recounting the process.…
The White Sox end 2020 both advancing down the road of contention and spinning their wheels in the mud. The young core, on the whole, made progress. The holes in the roster at the end of 2020 are identical to…
What a waste of time. Jerry Reinsdorf, Kenny Williams, and Rick Hahn failed to add to the franchise’s talent base in 2019. Opening the checkbook for Manny Machado or Bryce Harper or Yasmani Grandal or Patrick Corbin or even Lance…
Christopher J. Phillips, Scouting and Scoring How We Know What We Know about Baseball (Princeton University Press, 2019). 320pp. $27.95 hardback. ISBN: 9780691180212 Since we are at the point in the season when reading about baseball is more pleasant than…
PREAMBLE: REBUILD PLAN B The White Sox are not close to contending. Michael Kopech’s injury takes one of their elite prospects out of the mix in 2019, and injuries slowed several players’ progress to the majors. Most of the major-league…