In the wake of Justin Upton finally coming off the board, much of the baseball news world spent Tuesday trying to drill down the mysterious market for Yoenis Cespedes, and mostly came up with...eh?
Read MoreI knew I was supposed to strongly approve of the Emilio Bonifacio signing when it was originally announced, but I had a hard time getting particularly excited for it. A light-hitting utility man most prominently featured in center field and second base, and mostly anticipated to provide veteran stability to the latter, Bonifacio carries a slappy .262/.319/.341 career line after fluttering down from a hot start to a .259/.305/.345 season in 2014.
Read MoreChances are, if a waiver claim player threatens your job security, you never had job security. You might not have even had the job.
This is the reality that the out-of-options Jordan Danks, whose ten-day stranglehold--again, probably not, as it turns out--on the fifth outfielder slot was rudely interrupted by the Sox claiming J.B. Shuck off waivers, a speedy, left-handed spare outfielder who is about half as tall as Danks and strikes a third as often.
Read MoreNo, the much-anticipated Carlos Rodon promotion isn't here yet, but the White Sox called up a host of players ahead of Tuesday's series opener against Minnesota, promoting seven players from Triple-A Charlotte.
Read MoreThings have not been looking good for Dayan Viciedo since Avisail Garcia returned. That's been all of seven games, so small sample size and all that, but this isn't about performance. And it's not an arbitrary endpoint, either.
Read MoreThere's an identity that we want to understand the 2014 White Sox under, in which Sunday's 7-5 triumph in the rubber match against a desperate and hungry Blue Jays team fits perfectly. The White Sox flashed dizzying, game-changing offensive potential, had their lack of pitching depth exposed by both starter and reliever performance, and did just enough to keep the watching fun and not sort of tragic. Six games under .500, obviously the prototypical 2014 White Sox game would seem to be a loss, and their offense's season performance does not live up to the ideals their juggernaut April inspired, but the Sox have had less than 10 games where their young offensive core of Adam Eaton, Jose Abreu, Avisail Garcia, and yeah, Conor Gillaspie have been operating at once. They didn't build on that total Sunday, but a seven-run outburst stoked its legend all the same.
Read MoreIf you were making a list of depressing things that could happen to the White Sox roster, Chris Sale and Jose Abreu going down with injury would easily rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.
Ranking third would more than likely be an injury to Adam Eaton, and that's exactly what happened — yet again.
Read MoreAfter a pair of subpar outings and general blah results through six starts this season, the White Sox hope John Danks can turn things around as they go for their fourth straight victory and a series win Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs.
Read MoreWhen the White Sox agreed to bring back Paul Konerko on a "last hurrah" contract for 2014, one had to wonder how the roster would fare with three DH/1B types on the roster in Konerko, Adam Dunn and Jose Abreu. (Well, four if you count Dayan Viciedo).
Early-season injuries to Avisail Garcia, Conor Gillaspie and, now, Adam Eaton made that a conundrum earlier than most expected, and when the White Sox played their fourth of 10 games in National League parks Monday against the Cubs, the issue was further magnified.
Read MoreAt 13-13, the White Sox's winning percentage is an even .500 for the 10th time already this season. At different points during the first four weeks, they've been 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 8-8, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12 and now 13-13.
That strange fact paints us a picture of a consistently average team. Of course, average is still a gigantic step forward from 2013 and while the team's pitching staff likely prevents the White Sox from being serious playoff contenders in 2014, they've at least been entertaining. Just this past week alone, they've hit two go-ahead grand slams — Marcus Semien's eighth-inning blast against Detroit and Jose Abreu's walk-off winner against Tampa Bay.
Read MoreErik Johnson dragged himself through five innings of control problems I cannot imagine, or maybe I just don't want to, and came out a winner on the other side.
Read MoreDespite the pleading for Avisail Garcia’s shoulder injury to be minor, it turns out to be very close to worst case scenario. Garcia will miss the balance of 2014 as he’s in need of surgery to repair a torn labrum suffered diving for a ball at Coors Field Wednesday afternoon.
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