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Posts tagged "Don Cooper"

Danks to the DL, Quintana up - What's the appropriate level of concern?

Danks to the DL, Quintana up - What's the appropriate level of concern?
The announcement of John Danks being sent to the disabled list Thursday afternoon didn’t come with a great deal of warning. His lingering shoulder soreness wasn’t a topic of discussion during the week.   His Friday start wasn’t pushed back to give him some rest, then canceled altogether. No, the first word of any problems... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 25, 2012 at 3:45 am
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Chris Sale working toward a sustainable future

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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Sale's future comes down to an MRI?

Sale's future comes down to an MRI?
The debate over Sale is now a week long, attracting both local attention for its importance to the White Sox future, and national attention for the curiousness of its process.  As it happens, the White Sox are the only team in a protracted debate over whether to turn the jewel of their organization into a... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 10, 2012 at 5:45 am
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Chris Sale's future isn't getting clearer anytime soon

Chris Sale's future isn't getting clearer anytime soon
Tuesday night marked the return of Chris Sale to the bullpen.  No longer a rookie getting his feet wet, Sale now comes to the pen in the manner that most relievers do; after an unsuccessful stretch as a starter that he feels was wrongly cut short. His switch back to the bullpen was so shocking... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 9, 2012 at 5:45 am
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Chris Sale is not the next White Sox ace after all

Chris Sale is not the next White Sox ace after all
Chris Sale’s time in the starting rotation has reached an abrupt end, as it was announced before Friday’s game by Robin Ventura–with lots of help from Cooper– that he’s moving to the bullpen to become the new closer.  For the rest of the season, at least. The surprising move comes with equally surprising revelations behind... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 4, 2012 at 6:19 pm
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Up, up, and away

Up, up, and away
Danks wasn’t locating particularly well Thursday night.  A quick, first-impression analysis is that he was leaving the ball up, but that judgment is affected by a few prominent attention-grabbers. First, the catastrophic Jason Kipnis home run came on a cutter up in the zone, and as Ventura noted, the lefty-heavy lineup took away Danks’ signature... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 4, 2012 at 10:55 am
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More on Philip Humber's perfect day

More on Philip Humber's perfect day
Absolutely nuts. Baseball is nuts.  We address it all the time in analyzing statistics and single occurrences, that there’s a ton of random variation, and anything can happen.  But Philip Humber–Philip Humber, the 5th starter, the guy who was just holding down the fort till Peavy got back last season, the guy whose turn in... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 22, 2012 at 10:23 am
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Screw it, let's preview the Rangers

Screw it, let's preview the Rangers
The White Sox refusal to name a closer has officially waned into odd territory.  Not that it’s a problem they haven’t named one–the longer we go on without an announcement, the more room to dream that the Sox won’t name anyone and all.  Instead, perhaps they’ll go game-to-game and play the match-ups with the relievers... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 6, 2012 at 2:23 am
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White Sox Season Preview - Bullpen

White Sox Season Preview - Bullpen
Ready or not, it’s time to assess how the 2012 White Sox bullpen can be expected to perform. This post will go up no sooner than March 30th, and it is likely that a complete understanding of who will possess each role will not be revealed for a few days yet. Still, think of all... Read more »
By James Fegan,
March 30, 2012 at 3:29 am
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Don Cooper is allowed to be a curmudgeon

In a tale as old as time, a national writer makes a critique of a player or coach, and a local writer refutes their critique by adding loads and loads of context.  Still, I felt it necessary to refute Craig Calcaterra’s suggestion that Don Cooper being resistant to new ideas will lead to his immediate... Read more »
By James Fegan,
March 26, 2012 at 7:39 am
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