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Posts in category "Outfield"

Checking in with the outfield

Checking in with the outfield
The number of really, truly proven outfielders the White Sox entered the season with totaled around, oh, let’s say zero.  Alex Rios was terrible in 2011, Dayan Viciedo was dreadful in a September call-up, and Alejandro De Aza was a quarter-season wonder getting an enormous promotion.  It would behoove us to check in on how... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 23, 2012 at 10:50 am
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White Sox Season Preview - Outfield

White Sox Season Preview - Outfield
Maybe it’s because I’m presently watching a basketball game, but I can’t help but be struck that these position group previews are a lot like former NBA center Oliver Miller.  Like Oliver, these posts bring a lot of meat and fill space, but can also score with some regularity.  Also like Oliver, while it’s been... Read more »
By James Fegan,
March 13, 2012 at 10:40 am
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Pierzynski is probably brilliant, Short is definitely hurt

Pierzynski is probably brilliant, Short is definitely hurt
The frustrating thing about trying to evaluate A.J. Pierzynski is reviewing his statistical profile, finding a decent but underwhelming player, and being met with the inevitable reply of “Yeah, but the intangibles”.  It’s a valid complaint, but one that’s hard to reconcile into a firm, sum total. Beyond the mystery of his bat-handling, or clutchitude... Read more »
By James Fegan,
March 9, 2012 at 11:56 pm
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Alex Rios needing to play right field is...less than ideal, but still fine

Alex Rios needing to play right field is...less than ideal, but still fine
Corner outfield spots are pretty interchangeable in the skill set they require.  Left field and right field are so interchangeable that at some point, someone started lumping them together and referring to the group as “corner outfielders”. The only real difficulty in transferring a player from one corner to the other would be an issue... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 27, 2012 at 9:55 pm
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Position Battles!

Position Battles!
Spring Training doesn’t mean much. This is a point that’s been made time and again, but the lesson that the first, blessed taste of baseball in over 4 months should more or less be treated with a shrug and a yawn is a hard one to accept. So let’s not! If the White Sox got... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 27, 2012 at 2:11 am
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Jordan Danks is in the best shape of his life

Jordan Danks is in the best shape of his life
When the White Sox signed Kosuke Fukudome last week to a major league contract, they seemed to not only be locking up their 4th outfielder slot, but their 5th outfielder slot too, since Brent Lillibridge is essentially Jordan Danks with more power and versatility at this point. Pick one of the no-hit middle infielders (Escobar and... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 20, 2012 at 12:59 am
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Kosuke Fukudome, and a relentlessly functional outfield

Kosuke Fukudome, and a relentlessly functional outfield
The 2012 White Sox outfield is what dreams are made of.   Not blissful childhood dreams of Disney World or the like, but the dreams you have when you doze off on the couch next to your significant other, only to be told later that you were muttering half-coherently in your sleep about “sticking to... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 16, 2012 at 12:22 pm
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Fukudome is here, to fill a small role to moderate satisfaction

Fukudome is here, to fill a small role to moderate satisfaction
I have a rather strong distaste for Kosuke Fukudome.  I’m going to have it get over it before approaching this mild, small signing of a reserve outfielder in any kind of rational way, but I can’t start until this all gets out. The distaste grew entirely last year, and previously I was very much on... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 15, 2012 at 2:09 am
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Ventura meets the press, rings in new era of open-ended coach-speak

Ventura meets the press, rings in new era of open-ended coach-speak
With SoxFest coming up this weekend, new manager Robin Ventura is hitting all the press stops to drum up enthusiasm for the new season.  It’s nothing but a heart-pounding thrill-ride of understated professionalism. While Ozzie occasionally inspired the instinct to wince and hope he would work his way through every interview without a risque statement... Read more »
By James Fegan,
January 27, 2012 at 1:37 am
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Trying not to worry too much about the back of the roster

Trying not to worry too much about the back of the roster
The White Sox just traded Carlos Quentin and Jason Frasor away. That’s two holes where major leaguers once lived, and with the Sox minor league system still a dead hamster placed in a functioning terrarium to give the illusion of life, there’s a temptation to go find wandering, unemployed ballplaying mercenaries to fulfill the menial duties required of... Read more »
By James Fegan,
January 4, 2012 at 3:30 am
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