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Rios longs for the old ways

In the 4th inning Wednesday night, Alex Rios ripped a line-drive into the left field bullpen for his first home run since the second game of the season. It was the sort of pull-power to left field Rios hasn’t shown since September of 2011, when he hit five home runs in the final month of... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 24, 2012 at 1:00 pm

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The best start of Sale's career

There’s a lot of time that could be spent making subjective arguments about which one of Chris Sale’s starts was the best. He had the most swing-and-miss stuff against Seattle on April 20th when he recorded 11 strikeouts, and he absolutely decimated the Reds in that one Spring Training game… But it’s easier to just... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 24, 2012 at 5:45 am

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Gavin Floyd's struggles with damage control

Back-to-back rough starts have ballooned Gavin Floyd’s ERA to 4.66 on the season. Not only has every trace of his hot start been erased from his statistical record, but the 16 runs he’s given up in his last two outings dwarf the 13 he allowed in his seven previous times on the hill. Ups-and-downs happen... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm

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Let's all share happy stories about how Adam Dunn is fixed

Adam Dunn has been hitting enormous home runs with prodigious frequency of recent. He’s got 14 in total (here’s another one), which is the most of anyone not named Josh Hamilton. Better yet, the last three Dunn blasts have all come against lefties, which brightens up a batting line that otherwise suggests that his struggles against... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 22, 2012 at 10:30 am

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Time to start paying more attention to Gavin Floyd

After Jake Peavy’s 6th inning meltdown Tuesday, Gavin Floyd is now the ERA leader of the White Sox staff at 2.53. Besides not starting quite as well, less attention has been paid to Floyd because there’s no hope that he’s channeled his ace form of old. This is his 5th season in the starting rotation, and most people... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 16, 2012 at 3:07 pm

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Will Ohman - misused or unusable?

The events of Tuesday afternoon’s game inspired a lot of questions on Twitter of “Why Will Ohman?” and “Why ever Will Ohman?” The first question is a bit too broad for this forum, but the answer to the second is very specific. Over his career, left-handers have hit .210/.295/.344 against Will Ohman, righties have hit... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 16, 2012 at 5:45 am

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Viciedo might be a hitter after all

On rare occasions, I have ideas for post staked out well ahead of time. This Monday was one of those times, I was going to address how much longer the White Sox should attempt to let Dayan Viciedo develop in a major league lineup. If my schedule had worked out, I was even going to... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 15, 2012 at 7:46 am

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Chris Sale working toward a sustainable future

Chris Sale’s return to the rotation on Saturday night went pretty poorly. His inability to command his off-speed stuff in his only bullpen appearance carried over into a disastrous 42-pitch 1st inning, which limited his efforts to right himself to five innings. The final line–5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 103... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm

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Lineup at a glance

Continuing with the notion of taking a week snapshot at the White Sox performance, and knowing that people love lists, let’s run through the lineup with quick takes on how they’re doing. 1. Alejandro De Aza – 10 for 26, 2 2B, 4 R, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K – He can take a... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 14, 2012 at 10:20 am

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Gordon's return

Wednesday night made it three games in a row for Gordon Beckham batting in the #2 slot, and it’s fairly unlikely that it was accidental. There was a time where Beckham’s skill-set at the plate seemed to be made for the #2 hole, but the Sox have been waiting for him to hit enough to... Read more »

By James Fegan,
May 11, 2012 at 5:45 am

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