The Catbird Speaks 11.18.15 - This was a terrible idea
/Matt, James and Ethan got together to discuss what's likely to be a disappointing offseason to be pre-disappointed about the state of the White Sox
Read MoreFixing the White Sox third base situation: An impossible task that will crush our souls
/Third base is at the top of the list of priorities for the White Sox offseason, per the latest reports from CBS' Jon Heyman. Absent is any mention of corner outfield/DH options in an offseason full of great free agent options, but the Sox third base situation is awful without any reasonable in-house solutions, so by all means, go fishing in this pond first. The offseason is long, and I'm not nervous, and am in fact, never nervous.
Read MoreTCS 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 MoreTCS Morning 10: All you have to do is pitch your face off
/It would be hard to cut down the optimism and good feelings of a four-game winning streak launched against two set in stone competitors like the Baltimore Orioles and the best in baseball St. Louis Cardinals, but the White Sox really took a crack at it Sunday in getting blown out 8-1 by the O's.
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 MoreThe Dayan dream deferred
/Trading Dayan Viciedo to the Mariners never made much sense, even in the thick of 2014. Viciedo was in the middle of a career-worst season, and was revealing himself to be a power-only right-handed clod, who would potentially play in a park that absorbs right-handed power and erases any trace of its existence.
Read MoreWinter Meetings Rumor Thread
/There were a lot of little tidbits that punched out of this week’s Winter Meetings chatter. It’ll take a lot of work to get through it all, and it will feel dumb to dedicate a full post to any one because they’re rumors.
Also, roundtables are a good way to mitigate all of us lacking the desire to write on our own.
Read MoreGordon Beckham traded for unspecified things, persons or household goods
/There was probably no getting anything huge in return for Beckham this season. Then he went and removed the "probably." When it's cash considerations or a player to be named later, the player usually winds up being someone fans care about as much as they care about the team getting paid a couple hundred thousand dollars.
Read MoreIs Trading Dunn Even Possible?
/Nick Cafardo has reported something that has probably been true for a long time -- the White Sox would be interested in trading Adam Dunn. Dunn is owed $15 million for 2014, which will be the last year on his deal, his age 34 season.
It is certainly fair to say that Dunn's tenure with the White Sox has been a disappointment. The signing made sense at the time, as the team had positioned itself as a playoff contender that desperately needed lefty bats, walks, and power. Based on that description Dunn seemed an obvious choice.
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