TCS Morning 10: Winining streak dies as ambitions swell
/In sum, Thursday was not a good day for the White Sox, but it takes a lot of context to understand why. Let's recap!
Read MoreTCS Morning 10: Trade deadline gets intense as White Sox keep winning
/I suppose the important element of the past 24 hours as far as a White Sox blog is concerned, is that for the third night in a row the White Sox stepped on the field at Fenway Park, and instantly overwhelmed the Red Sox. They battered their pitching relentlessly, trashed their bullpen for the next night (Rick Porcello left in the third), and improbably climbed another game closer to the Wild Card slot.
Read MoreTCS Trade Deadline roundtable
/We’re just a few days away from the non-waiver trade deadline, and the White Sox have yet to make any significant moves (unless you count Conor, sorry James), nor have they tipped their hand on whether they will be sellers or not. Yesterday’s report that they would wait until after the current series against the Red Sox to determine their trade deadline fate has us all anxiously waiting to see if something, anything, is done between now and Friday.
Read MoreFilling the voids in the White Sox lineup
/Going into the season, one thing many pundits noted about the White Sox was the holes in the roster.
Through 31 games, it seems those fears were quite warranted. Between catcher, third base, and second base, White Sox players have combined for a grand total of 0.0 WAR, ranking in the bottom seven teams in baseball for production at each position.
As a team teetering on the brink of contention with a 5.5 game deficit, such holes are too big to not work to fill them. Micah Johnson being replaced by Carlos Sanchez won’t do that; neither will any potential in-house replacement for Conor Gillaspie at third.
Though Tyler Flowers is likely the White Sox’ man at catcher, Gillaspie and Sanchez can probably be replaced in a trade. Though the trade market has yet to develop this season, the White Sox may have a few options soon, which I assessed and sorted into relatively arbitrary categories.
Read MoreTrade Deadline dust settles around the White Sox
/For a while there, the sheer madness of the 2014 MLB trade deadline was like watching a heart-pounding segment of international news. It was gripping and compelling, but it would surely never actually affect you. The local news reminded you that your existence was a mundane one. The local news was the Twins debating whether to renew a millage tax, and the Royals announcing that the summer carnival was being postponed to next summer due to unforeseen permit issues.
Then the Tigers got David Price.
Read MoreTrade deadline angst roundtable thread
/I’ve been preparing myself for this reality for a while now. I wouldn’t be totally bummed if the White Sox don’t go into complete “fire-sale” mode. If you can’t get anything for Dayan Viciedo or Gordon Beckham, it doesn’t make sense to trade them just for the sake of trading them. And you can always try to make something work in the offseason. But in the case of Adam Dunn, not dealing him would perplex me to no end.
Read MoreCould the White Sox actually trade John Danks?
/In a day of trade news about guys who were better a couple of years ago, Jon Heyman reported that the Yankees and White Sox have had early conversations about trading John Danks. J-O-H-N D-A-N-K-S.
Read MoreTrade speculation roundtable
/Looking to avoid developing and writing my own piece and looking to co-opt the thoughts and quips of my peers, I decided to get the staff of The Catbird Seat to sit down and chat about trade deadline possibilities. It's still mostly theory at this point, but that's half the fun of it.
Read MoreThe White Sox and David Price
/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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