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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The 'Abreu for MVP' campaign--A romantic mistake

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Jose Abreu is playing his best ball of the season. Heading into Wednesday night he was hitting .356/.401/.678 during a 36 games with a hit in 37 games stretch, and has taken claim of the league lead in OPS and total bases. A conservative stance might be that a very good hitter is very locked in at the moment and providing a lot of entertainment and excitement. An aggressive stance might be that Abreu is improving, rapidly adjusting to the league and will only continue his ascent into the upper echelon of hitters in the league. A constantly improving hitter is an intriguing concept, you might say

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Noesi's magic wilts under weight of nation's attention

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When the nation was watching through their fingers as the U.S. men's national team faltered out of the World Cup, and judging from the attendance, at work, the White Sox cruised through a charmed opening to the first half of their traditional doubleheader with the Angels.

Jose Abreu maximized the reward of a shaky first inning from Garrett Richards by bombing a three-run opposite-field bullet inside the right field foul pole, Hector Noesi didn't allow a hit through the first four innings despite being absolutely terrible, and the Sox were nursing a healthy lead on a future playoff team. 

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There's got to be a morning after - Lineups & Preview 6/8

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Or as Nick points out, who cares what happens to this point? The damage had already been done to Chris Sale's arm with the 22 high-stress pitches thrown on to the end of his outing, and to that bat, with whatever Sale did to it. The season is a facade for development and maintenance of the Sox best assets, and there's no real use for the facade by October.

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