Why it's cool to be excited about Jesse Crain

Jesse Crain is no different from any other scrap heap reliever at this point in the Spring. There are some distant reasons to be interested in him, but his red flags are such that there's likely no performance that can put him on the Opening Day roster. He's around because everyone needs to call up a bunch of relievers during the season so you might as well collect as many interesting ones as you can, and really, with his injury history, his recovery is optimistic and hopeful until there's a setback and he's not anymore.

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Your Ultimate 2015 White Sox Spring Training Primer

Spring 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.

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The Catbird Speaks 1.23.15: The most exciting list of non-roster invites I have ever seen

Geovany Soto and Jesse Crain's returns to Chicago coupled with actual prospects to watch during Spring Training made Thursday's announcement of non-roster invites probably the most interesting in...well, human history. With pitchers and catchers reporting coming in the next month, The Catbird Seat gang got together to dish about the upcoming season and then insult the Twins a bit.

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