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What’s Happened to Gordon Beckham?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball, Fantasy on June 17, 2010
There hasn't been much to celebrate this season.
Once hailed the savior of the White Sox, Gordon Beckham has suffered from the dreaded “sophomore slump” in 2010. In 430 at-bats as a rookie, Beckham put up a slash line of .270/.347/.460. In the off-season, Beckham was shifted to 2nd base, where he was expected to make a bigger impact with both his bat and his glove. While Beckham has provided value with his glove in 2010, as a hitter he has completely collapsed. Beckham’s current slash line of .206/.283./252 has left many White Sox fans wondering about the future of their former top prospect.
Is Spring Training Actually Starting Tomorrow?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball, Fantasy on March 1, 2010
"Time to Nut Up or Shut Up"
Thank goodness, yes! Tomorrow, four MLB teams will see their first game action since early October. For many fans, Spring Training is the first opportunity to start forming opinions about their team. How will ____ fit it with the team? Is ____ going to experience a resurgence? How will ____ recover from last years injury? Is _____ finally ready to break out? Fans of every team ask these questions each year. Take me for example, I would answer the previous questions: Juan Pierre, Andruw Jones or Alex Rios, Jake Peavy, and Tyler Flowers. Each year, however, analysts advise against forming opinions based on Spring Training stats. In some ways, it makes a lot of sense. Players don’t always face the top competition in Spring Training. Often times, context is the key. That said, what can you actually take away from Spring Training?
Fantasy Outfielder Rankings
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball on February 13, 2010
We finally move out of the infield, and into the fantasy outfielder rankings. While most infield positions don’t offer too much depth, the outfield offers a lot of bargains to players who wait. If you need speed late in a draft, you can find cheap steals in Michael Bourn or Juan Pierre. If you want power, you can usually find Jason Kubel or Jay Bruce pretty late. Even if you need a little bit of both, you can take a chance with Alex Rios or Nate McLouth. Since most leagues start 3 outfielders per team, Matt and I have each ranked the top 35 outfielders. Let’s jump straight into it.
Kenny Williams: Good GM?
Posted by mradenkovich in Miscellaneous on November 9, 2009
Who else loves the off-season?
To open up the off-season, Kenny Williams made a move for a third baseman. Mark Teahen was acquired from Kansas City for Chris Getz and Josh Fields. Essentially, Williams moved a replacement level second baseman and a 28 year-old no glove, no bat clogger for a player from the Royals. Unfortunately, that guy is Mark Teahen.
For years, I have said that Kenny Williams is an overrated general manager. His last few moves have solidified my argument. Read the rest of this entry »
White Sox Spoiler In AL Central?
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jake Peavy delivers during the first inning against the Detroit Tigers
The White Sox are mathematically eliminated from this year’s postseason, but it may not stop them from playing spoiler. The Sox could be the key factor in determining the AL Central winner as they play the Tigers five more times before the season ends.
In Friday night’s game the Tigers bats struggled against recently activated starter Jake Peavy. Peavy threw seven scoreless innings, striking out eight. That game could be a taste for the White Sox future. Alex Rios scored on a Gordon Beckham home run, leading the offense, Jake Peavy had a great start, and Matt Thornton closed out the game.
Sox Lose…Guillen Blows Up Again
White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen
White Sox lose in 14 innings Thursday Night/Friday Morning to Seattle, and Ozzie Guillen blows up, again. Audio courtesy of 670 The Score In Chicago. It’s not really news if Guillen blows up, it’s just a matter of what did Ozzie say this time. Did he call out a player by name? (Jose Contreras) Any racial slurs? (Jay Mariotti) Or just a bunch of profanity mixed in with his thought? (Other 90% of the time)
This time around it was Ozzie being tired of watching bad baseball and running out of things to say. His quote, “I’m only going to say two things, I’m tired and I don’t have anything. … It was 2 1/2 hours of satisfaction and then 2 1/2 hours of horse [bleep] baseball. Go ask [the players]. I don’t have any more quotes, seriously. What the [bleep] am I going to say? They’re horse [bleep]? Yes, they are.”
White Sox Have Mini Fire Sale
Late last night the White Sox reporters were told to wait in the press box after the 4-1 loss to Minnesota. The reason? White Sox GM Kenny Williams had enough with this team and tried to sell off what he could. This coming a month to the day of acquiring Jake Peavy, and a few weeks after getting Alex Rios, and paying both of them a lot of money.
Williams sent DH Jim Thome to the Dodgers and SP Jose Contreras to the Rockies, both teams in playoff races.
I Got It, You Take It…The Story of 2009 AL Central
The Chicago White Sox own a 63-61 record, good for 2nd place, and lead the AL Central with a +14 run differential. Detroit is 65-59; good for 1st place, but have a +10 run differential. That says more about the AL Central than it does about the White Sox or Tigers. Saying the AL Central is the weakest division baseball is a rather easy argument to make, but I’m not here to make that argument.
I want to know why neither Detroit nor Chicago has run away with this division. My original guess was that they were scoring enough runs, but their pitching has been the Achilles’ heel. In fact, Chicago and Detroit are 7th and 8th in the majors in team ERA. Not only that, but they are 2nd and 3rd respectively among AL teams! Raise your hand if you knew that both the White Sox and Tigers are top 3 in team ERA. Ok, so as a whole, pitching has been a wash.
Kenny Williams Likes Taking Risks
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball on August 8, 2009
Is Alex Rios headed to the South Side?
After months of speculation (and after the Trade Deadline), the Toronto Blue Jays are once again rumored to be making a big move. However, it’s not Roy Halladay that the Jays are shopping. This time around, the Blue Jays put outfielder Alex Rios on waivers. It was announced yesterday that Rios was claimed by an unnamed team. After much speculation, it appears that the Chicago White Sox were the team that put in a claim on Rios. So, what exactly is Kenny Williams playing at here?
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