Coming off a doubleheader two days ago and a hard-fought victory in the first game of another twin bill against Cleveland, this game had “punt” written all over it. Michael Kopech’s injury forced the Sox to resort to Jimmy Lambert.…
Paying a lot of money for closers used to be ridiculed in sabermetric circles because replacement closers could usually be found, at least when save percentage was the determining metric. But then teams got better at identifying the Capital-C Closers,…
OK, so now we know why the Twins are now nine games under .500. The White Sox didn’t post their best effort. Yoán Moncada let a pop foul drop to the ground for no real reason, a miscue that didn’t…
For about six innings, the White Sox put forth a handful of events that signaled growth from last year. Luis Robert generated his own run with a two-out double, stolen base and a wild pitch. Lucas Giolito gave the Sox…
If the White Sox lineup lived up to expectations against a left-handed starter in Game 1, Chris Bassitt lived up to expectations against the White Sox’s righty-heavy lineup in Game 2. A strange decision by Bob Melvin then shredded the…
Rick Renteria pulled out most of the stops in an attempt to halt the White Sox’s three-game skid skid. He allowed Lucas Giolito to throw 119 pitches to get through six. He used Garrett Crochet on consecutive days, which is…
It took a while for the score to reflect how ugly this evening unfolded, but it found a way to grow into it. Reynaldo López didn’t make it out of the second, but the White Sox had to suffer a…
Between Lucas Giolito’s lapse in command, a three-error second inning and a string of wasted scoring opportunities on the day Yolmer Sánchez returned to the active roster, this felt like a 2018 White Sox reunion. Of course, if the 2018…