Race To The Bottom: Diamondbacks Stand In The Way

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With the White Sox BASICALLY out of contention, every Monday and Thursday until the end of the regular season, we'll take a quick peek at where the White Sox stand in their 2016 MLB Draft position. The draft position is important for two reasons:

The first, very obvious reason is that the higher you pick, the better the talent pool you have to choose from. The second, slightly less obvious reason is that if the White Sox pick in the Top 10, they can sign free agents who are issued qualifying offers without forfeiting a first round draft pick.

We saw this work in the team's favor last season as they signed premium free agents Melky Cabrera and David Robertson and only had to sacrifice picks in the second and third rounds because their draft position was No. 8 overall.

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Race To The Bottom: Sweeping Away Top 10 Position

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With the White Sox BASICALLY out of contention, every Monday and Thursday until the end of the regular season, we'll take a quick peek at where the White Sox stand in their 2016 MLB Draft position.

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TCS Morning 10: No, no, no, no this time the Sox are really done

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Ok, they're done this time, right? The Sox are five games under .500 in August, with an awful -71 run differential, fresh off an 11-3 thrashing at home to the Rays, who now own a sizable lead on them in the Wild Card race, despite being fringe contenders at best themselves. The Sox hopes are done. This is what happens when your wrath of God winning streak only zips you into the very back of the pack. 

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Every team in the AL sucks

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Heading into the 2015 regular season, it seems that most every American League team fancies themselves as a contender. As I’ve talked about earlier, this center-heavy distribution of talent should have interesting implications on the playoff race. This post is not about that. This post is me being a mean person who sees the flaws in everything. This post is about how every team in the American League will finish below .500, mathematical impossibilities be damned*.

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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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Sit Back and Let the Offense Work - Game Preview & Lineups 4/28

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A series win and getting a game over .500 is the aim as the White Sox attempt to take their third game in the four game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Sox have scored 18 runs in the series despite being shutout on Saturday night and their best pitching effort came from an MiLB lifer getting his first shot in the major leagues. It’s inspiring but perhaps not encouraging. Relying on the offense to pick up the slack is decidedly less frustrating than the other way around.

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Week In Review: A Closer Look At The Hot Hitters

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At 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.

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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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A Favorable Pitching Matchup? - Lineups & Preview 4/26

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Last night will be a pretty tough act to follow - indeed, Jose Abreu's walk-off grand slam topped off an extremely strong night of Chicago sports as the Bulls held on to defeat the Wizards and the Blackhawks won in overtime against the Blues. In the sober light of day, however, there are certainly issues to worry about with the White Sox.

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Abreu heroics overrule 11 walks from White Sox pitching

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We're drowning in comments about how much worse the 2013 White Sox were at everything than this gleefully .500 club, but find some room for this one: the 2013 White Sox would have never made this twisted wreck of baseball hell into a game. The 2013 White Sox also did not have Jose Abreu.

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