Entering the 2021 season, the White Sox lineup figured to be very deep and loaded with power. That depth will be tested right from the beginning of the season after news broke Thursday that left fielder Eloy Jimenez suffered a torn left pectoral tendon in Wednesday’s Spring Training game in Arizona. Surgery will be required […]
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Aruba, Jamaica, Ooh I Wanna Jake Ya…
There are very few players in the long history of the Chicago Cubs more revered than Jake Arrieta. His 2015 season was the stuff of legends, going the second half of the season without a loss, including a no-hitter. He then took on the entire city of Pittsburgh prior to throwing a complete game shutout […]
CUBS SCRATCH JOC ITCH: Pederson Signs 1 Year Deal
The Chicago Cubs have signed erstwhile Dodgers left fielder Joc Pederson to a one-year deal worth $7 million. This is, as all these things are, pending a physical. What the Cubs have managed to do is to replace Kyle Schwarber with…Kyle Schwarber. But while Schwarber is getting $10 million to ply his trade in the […]
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Today Hank Aaron passed on at age 86. While he was a Brave for almost his entire career, with his last two seasons as a Brewer, he was one of those athletes that everyone felt belonged to them. Growing up sitting in the left field bleachers, there were actually a few rules to heckling – […]
IT’S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY: Jon Lester Signs With Washington
After six years in a Cub uniform, arguably the most successful six year run in franchise history, Jon Lester signed a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals. It’s going to be hard to see Big Jon in another uniform, despite his wearing two other ones before coming here, because he left it all on the […]
FROM THE HOME OFFICE — Arbitrary Dealings on the South Side
As the Sox were finalizing their crop of International Free Agents (which Fork wrote up for both sides of town here), they also took care of a couple of their own and avoiding arbitration with two of their starters in ace Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez. In doing so, the Sox avoided arbitration with all […]
ONE STEP CLOSER — White Sox Ink Closer Liam Hendriks to Free Agent Deal
When the White Sox playoff run came to an abrupt end in the Oakland Coliseum in early October, it was A’s closer Liam Hendriks on the bump, sealing the Sox fate and sending Oakland on to the next round. Now, Hendriks will suit up in Silver and Black for the White Sox, joining an already […]
WHITE FLAG OVER WAVELAND: Cubs are tanking. The only question is, how hard?
The Yu Darvish trade is done, as Oleg covered here. And while the Cubs’ return includes Zach Davies, who was actually pretty decent in 2020, and completes the Cubs’ Three Milhouses achievement, the true effect of the trade won’t be felt for years. Here’s a really good write-up and evaluation of the minor leaguers the […]
FROM THE HOME OFFICE — Len Kasper Moves South to Join Sox Radio Booth
As if 2020 couldn’t be weird enough, we learned very late Thursday night that Cubs TV voice Len Kasper has taken his microphone and moved to the White Sox radio booth, as the team prepares to head back to WMVP-AM 1000. He takes over after Andy Masur’s one-year run as the full-time play-by-play voice on […]
NEW STAFF ON THE SOX HOPES TO BE A HIT — White Sox Announce La Russa’s Coaching Staff
Earlier this week, the White Sox and Tony La Russa announced who would fill out his staff for the 2021 season, which featured some holdovers, along with some fresh faces. Miguel Cairo takes over for Joe McEwing as Bench Coach, but McEwing isn’t going anywhere. McEwing is the new third-base coach as he enters his […]