roster construction Stories - South Side Sox
White Sox Drop Series to Royals; Time to Take Look in the Mirror
There's no more denying that the White Sox are a bad team. We're 6 full weeks into the season and the Sox have a total of two series wins, have a winning record against only one team (the lowly Seattle Mariners, who the Sox walked-off twice and won all three games by 1-run on homers in the last...
What Will Ozzie Guillen's Preferred Lineup Look Like?
In a word: UGLY Mark Kotsay is swinging a hot bat in the Cactus League, so Ozzie Guillen is apparently considering batting him 3rd against right-handers. Guillen is also "leaning towards" leading off Omar Vizquel over Alexei Ramriez or Juan Pierre against left-handers. I shouldn't have to tell you...
Who's in Kenny Williams' 'Safe' Column?
Saturday morning I found myself, as I often do, out on my bike, playing GM in my head, running the White Sox roster through my head and neatly placing each player on the Sox roster into neatly defined categories. It was almost exactly 6 weeks before the trade deadline, the Sox had just come off...
White Sox Still Riddled with Roster Questions
While the beat writers start to ring the alarm bell on the health of Mark Buehrle, Ozzie Guillen seems concerned (with good reason) about the backend of his rotation. The Sox will send Bartolo Colon to the mound in a Cactus League game Wednesday, and the Sox will be closely monitoring his velocity....
White Sox Make Cuts, Josh Fields Wins 3B Job
The White Sox sent 13 players packing from major league camp to minor league camp Wednesday, including 3 top prospects, Dayan Viciedo, Tyler Flowers and Brandon Allen. The Viciedo move is the most noteworthy because his $10MM contract makes him a big name, a news maker, but more importantly, it...
Jayson Nix Pulls an Owens, Could Be Done for Spring
2B Derby Down to Chris Getz and Gordon Beckham Jayson Nix pulled up lame rounding first base on a double Tuesday, re-injuring his tender quadriceps, possibly ending his spring and any realistic chance he had of winning the White Sox second base job. Nix had been hitting quite well in his limited...
Can Chris Getz Help Rid Us of Jerry Owens?
Earlier this off-season, I posed the question Which Newcomer's Performance Will Be The Most Key To The Sox '09 Campaign? At the time, I expected the winner of the accompany poll would be Jerry Owens. After all, the key to the Sox season has to be the lack of a leadoff hitter, right? But you...
From the Island of Misfit Toys to Jurassic Park
"The Oakland A’s are baseball’s answer to the Island of Misfit Toys." "Everything on that island is state-of-the-art. You’ll see for yourself […] It’s perfectly wonderful." Once upon a time, or so the story goes, Billy Beane’s A’s were a motley collection of unwanted, damaged, washed up,...
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