The New Prospect Rankings Are Here!
/We take a break from your regularly scheduled free agent outfield rumors, because the new phone books are here! Tim Anderson is somebody!
Read MoreTCS Morning 5: Has enough White Sox stuff happened to fill out a five-item list?
/Maybe the cruelest punishment of following a routine also-ran is spending October watching the Sox shuffle through moves and possibilities that might shift their 2016 record by a half-win or maybe even a whole one, while other teams have the fates of seasons and career legacies swayed by a few outs. There's no easier blog posts to write than "Courtney Hawkins' foot causing him to miss the Fall League will cost him meaningful reps, uh oh" but I've doing this long enough to know how purposeless they are.
Read MoreInterview With Rick Hahn and Buddy Bell - Recap & Analysis Part 2
/A continuation from Part One. As in that article, questions and answers are paraphrased as accurately as was possible from my notes.
Question 6. Kevin of White Sox and Stuff asked if Rodon’s path to the majors had been determined yet - starter in AAA first, breaking in through the bullpen, etc.
Hahn’s Answer: This has yet to be decided, actually...
Read MoreThe Catbird Speaks 3.26.15 - It'd be cool if Chase Utley played for the White Sox
/Still buzzing after chatting with Jonah Keri, the trio of James Fegan, Ethan Spalding and Nick Schaefer stuck around and chatted a bit about:
--Courtney Hawkins' success for real?
--Avisail improved?
--Micah Johnson's ascent to the Opening Day roster
-How about just trading for Chase Utley instead?
Read MoreWhat does it mean that Courtney Hawkins is balling out at Spring Training?
/Courtney Hawkins, the White Sox strikeout-prone 2012 first-round pick, was both a raw power prospect coming out of high school and such a multi-layered disaster in 2013 that a disciplined approach was to just forget about him. Even though he's young--still just 21--and his struggles came after a hyper-aggressive over-promotion to High-A, the hurdles Hawkins had to clear were too daunting and numerous to start contemplating his major league role anytime soon. It's probably not something we will ever have to do, so why get an early start?
Read MoreMinor League Update: Good News & Bad News
/It's been a few weeks, so I thought it would be good to check in on some of the notable minor league performances in the White Sox system thus far in 2014 -- notable for good, or for ill.
Good News:
By far the biggest disappointment of 2013 at the minor league level was Courtney Hawkins being completely overwhelmed by High A. Well, he's getting a second crack at it and he's doing a good job of just making us shrug our shoulders at 2013 and move forward.
Read MoreMinor League Snapshot
/As we settle in to the 2014 season at the major league level, the minor leagues have kicked off as well. At the drafting of this article, the minor league season had statistics on the books for about five games. Not only do all of the same caveats about small sample sizes being meaningless that pertain to the majors apply to the minor leagues, we have even more confounding variables.
Read MorePositional Depth Chart: Corner Outfield
/What do the White Sox have at each position after the 2014 offseason? The picture has gotten a bit clearer with the recent cuts and reassignments. Let's take a look at the White Sox's corner outfield positions to see how it stacks up for 2014 and beyond.
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