The last two times the White Sox climbed over .500 were the last two times that the White Sox used Joe Kelly, Kendall Graveman and Liam Hendriks in successive order. Those games came two months apart. The one on May…
This is the 10th year of Rick Hahn’s tenure as White Sox general manager, and the White Sox just wrapped up their 18th half during this time with a dispiriting 2-1 loss to the Tigers on Thursday. (I’m counting the…
When Davis Martin was a late scratch from his Thursday start with Charlotte, even a postgame announcement that he was joining the White Sox didn’t exactly clarify matters, because it was unclear who he’d be replacing. The White Sox had…
A trip to Toronto has revealed which members of the White Sox 26-man roster aren’t vaccinated, and the White Sox said it without saying it in a series of moves announced Monday. The White Sox placed Dylan Cease and Kendall…
The White Sox’s 3-2 victory over the Yankees on Saturday night was one of those games where every decision mattered, and not simply because Luis Robert scored Tim Anderson on the penultimate bullet before extra innings. The first two games…
It’s always ill-advised to judge a player off two games, but sometimes it’s fun for noting purposes. After his disastrous eighth inning on Thursday in which he retired the first two batters before failing to retire his last five, Joe…
With the season fast approaching and most consequential free agents signed, it’s time to look back on the White Sox offseason and grade their transactions. This will be my eighth annual installment of the series. I’m going to provide an…
The first and so far only time José Abreu reached free agency, I don’t know if he ever actually considered himself a free agent. He said he would sign himself to the White Sox, the club signed him to a…
When does a type become a fetish? Perhaps somebody can ask Rick Hahn that whenever the White Sox officially announce the signing of Joe Kelly. The reason the question comes to mind: Only 12 relievers last year threw at least…
Behind the ESPN paywall, Jeff Passan has a story about the flurry of megadeals that teams struck with key free agents in the last days before the looming lockout. Passan calls it “the wildest 24 hours in the history of…