The Royals are a pain in the White Sox's ass. If it weren't official before, I'm making it official after Wednesday's 7-5 defeat that saw beanballs, gopherballs, and a myriad of other weird stuff.
Read MoreSpring Training is finally here. What this means is we can all get excited about the sight of actual major league baseball players on an actual baseball field, and then cry over the realization that we're still six weeks away from meaningful games being played.
Still, the season of optimism is upon us, so let's take a look at some of the important things to monitor during the White Sox's time in Arizona.
Read MoreAndre Rienzo has had worse starts than the outing he put together in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Yankees, but the numbers might not necessarily show it.
Read MoreNotorious White Sox nemesis Jeremy Guthrie is the last hurdle between the White Sox and A) a sweep of the Royals, and B) getting back to .500 after sitting between one and three games below during each of the last 11 days when the two teams meet in Wednesday's series finale at Kaufmann Stadium at 7:05 p.m.
Read MoreYet another White Sox player has fallen victim to injuries this season and this time its Matt Lindstrom.
Read MoreWhen the White Sox claimed Javy Guerra off of waivers from the Dodgers it seemed clear that he would be among those making the trip to Chicago when spring training ran its course. Today it’s evident that’s not the case, Guerra has been outrighted to Charlotte. Contributing to the assumption of his destiny with the big squad was his lack of minor league options, which means that he’ll have to clear waivers before reporting. He may be claimed by another team but the Sox brass making this decision so soon after their own claim leads me to believe they find that an unlikely turn of events.
Read MoreThis season will be the third in which Robin Ventura is at the helm of the Chicago White Sox and the second in which mystery as to who will close games for the team will likely drag all the way up to the start of the regular season.
In 2012, you might remember, it wasn't revealed that Hector Santiago was the team's closer until the second game of the regular season when he began warming up with the White Sox ahead in the top of the 9th inning against the Texas Rangers.
Read MoreDaniel Webb may be headed to Charlotte after all.
Earlier this week, after Mitchell Boggs was waived and Jake Petricka was send down, it appeared Webb had the inside track on winning the White Sox's last spot in the bullpen.
It appears, however, that the White Sox had other plans. The team claimed Javy Guerra off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, filling out their 40-man roster with — stop me if you've heard this before — a veteran arm with a mixed track record coming off of an injury-riddled season.
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