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Posts tagged "Alejandro De Aza"

Instant Rationalization - Indians, Floyd's struggles, all covered up by an ocean of runs

Instant Rationalization - Indians, Floyd's struggles, all covered up by an ocean of runs
A piping hot Memorial Day weekend has transformed U.S. Cellular Field into a launching pad, the White Sox offense into a juggernaut, and yesterday it turned two of the AL’s best starters into tomato cans. So what real chance did struggling hurlers Gavin Floyd and Ubaldo Jimenez have? Floyd continued the erratic pitching that marred... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 27, 2012 at 4:56 pm
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Fun with recent offensive trends

Fun with recent offensive trends
The last two nights have seen the White Sox post two of their three biggest run totals of the season.  11 runs against Minnesota on Thursday was the highest, 9 against Cleveland Friday was the third-highest.  The second-highest output (10) also came against Cleveland on April 11th. In their last seven games, the White Sox... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 26, 2012 at 12:56 pm
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Instant Rationalization - Quintana does the job, and it turns out he didn't even have to

Instant Rationalization - Quintana does the job, and it turns out he didn't even have to
The overriding philosophy that justifed picking Jose Quintana to fill in for John Danks was that he was left-handed, Cleveland ‘s lineup is overwhelmingly left-handed, and maybe he could use that to wander through five of six innings without a huge rally being launched In response, Cleveland threw in righties Aaron Cunningham, Jose Lopez, and... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 25, 2012 at 11:35 pm
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Instant Rationalization - Sox and Twins engage in slugfest; Sox hit their home runs with people on base

Instant Rationalization - Sox and Twins engage in slugfest; Sox hit their home runs with people on base
Thursday night, the Twins trotted out a 27 year-old making his first career major league start, and the White Sox started a guy who’s pitched a perfect game, so naturally they won in a rout. Eh, perhaps that description doesn’t quite cover it. Poor defense and a hanging curveball that was hammered for a two-run... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 24, 2012 at 11:27 pm
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Lineup at a glance

Lineup at a glance
After a banner week, taking a cross-section of the White Sox hitters after the last seven games should be a blast. 1.  Alejandro De Aza – 8 for 27, 4 BB, 9 K, 5 R, RBI – Not much pop, and an interesting influx of strikeouts, but the rate he’s getting on base at makes... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 21, 2012 at 10:00 am
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Instant Rationalization - No Paulie, no cry

Instant Rationalization - No Paulie, no cry
Without the heart of their offense in the lineup due to injury, and red-hot but still green Dayan Viciedo subbing as the clean-up hitter, the White Sox would need to find some other sources of power, or string their hits together to be successful Saturday night. Instead, they did both.  Viciedo and Pierzynski went yard... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 19, 2012 at 9:22 pm
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Instant Rationalization - Beckham's blast carry Sox in tight, testy Crosstown opener

Instant Rationalization - Beckham's blast carry Sox in tight, testy Crosstown opener
For a rivalry considered irrelevant due to the poor records of the participants, it didn’t take much for the tension to ratchet up. After a Konerko home run put the Sox up 2-0 in the top of the 1st, the Cubs responded with a run and a trio of deep flies in the bottom of... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 18, 2012 at 4:58 pm
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Instant Rationalization - Walks, dropped pop-ups, and just enough Sale carry Sox to split

The first four innings in Anaheim were pretty much ideal for the White Sox on their getaway day.  Chris Sale had struck out six through four shutout innings, the Angels defense bungled two pop flies to key a 3-run 4th inning, and had hastened the departure of their starter C.J. Wilson, who only lasted 3.2... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 17, 2012 at 6:31 pm
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Delayed Rationalization - Sick 6th sinks Sox' shot at sweep

Delayed Rationalization - Sick 6th sinks Sox' shot at sweep
Huge leads aren’t really typical of the White Sox approach, and after Tuesday afternoon fans may grow to have a healthy distrust of them altogether. With the offense having finally gotten to Tigers’ starter Max Scherzer in their already third matchup of the season, and de-facto ace Jake Peavy on the hill staked to a... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 15, 2012 at 7:16 pm
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Lineup at a glance

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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