The AL Central and the MLB Draft: A recent history

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The success or failure of teams in the MLB Draft is difficult to determine. The main reason for this is because it takes so long for most draftees to reach the majors, and players shuffle from team to team so often (whether it's by trade or otherwise) that looking at a particular team's draft class for a particular year will often only yield one or two players who actually made an impact on that team's major league roster.

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And a Happy Chris Sale Day was had by all — Important stuff from a series win

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That's more like it.

A day after breaking their season opening four-game skid, the White Sox welcomed Chris Sale back with open arms and he pitched them to a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins, the Sox's second in a row against the presumptive AL Central bottom feeders.

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The Catbird Seat's 2015 MLB Season Predictions

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Sick of reading what other people think is going to happen this season?

Yes? Oh, well this is awkward...

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Trade Deadline dust settles around the White Sox

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For a while there, the sheer madness of the 2014 MLB trade deadline was like watching a heart-pounding segment of international news. It was gripping and compelling, but it would surely never actually affect you. The local news reminded you that your existence was a mundane one. The local news was the Twins debating whether to renew a millage tax, and the Royals announcing that the summer carnival was being postponed to next summer due to unforeseen permit issues.

Then the Tigers got David Price.

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The White Sox and David Price

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With a 5th playoff spot in each league and with each league generally bunched up around the middle, we find ourselves slowly closing in on what should be an interesting trade deadline. Some teams, the White Sox included, may have to make some hard decisions about their prognosis for the second half of 2014. And at this point with only Tampa Bay, San Diego, Arizona, and Houston looking definitely dead at this point - okay, probably Minnesota, the Cubs, the Mets, and the Phillies too - the pieces that will be on the trade market is still unclear. And even though David Price has been the subject of trade rumors for forever now, his market is shaping out in pretty weird fashion. Where do the White Sox fit in?

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Abreu, Rays errors, back Scott Carroll's dynamite debut

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The 2014 White Sox came into the season knowing they needed contributions from rookies up and down the roster, and knowing their rotation depth was shallow and would get thoroughly explored throughout the season. Even then, 29-year-old Scott Carroll making his major league debut at the end of April registered a surprise.

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An Unfavorable Pitching Matchup? - Lineups & Preview 4/27

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The White Sox bats were stifled yesterday by luminaries such as Cesar Ramos -- today they have a much taller task ahead of them. Due to injuries, the White Sox will be giving the 29-year old Scott Carroll his major league debut. As James pointed out yesterday, Scott Carroll is really easy to root for as he seems to have a sense of humor and he has certainly put in his time as an organizational soldier. The problem is, there isn't a lot of reason to expect him to be effective.

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