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Posts tagged "Kansas City Royals"

Afternoon notes: Hopefully Quintana can roll

Afternoon notes: Hopefully Quintana can roll
Jose Quintana is making the start against the 1st place Indians tonight, and who can know what will happen. He’s a left-handed pitcher facing a predominantly left-handed lineup, and he sports a 2.77 ERA in AA Birmingham.  His strikeout rate is average, suggesting he’s not overpowering.  His walk rate is good, but not great enough... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 25, 2012 at 3:17 pm
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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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Instant Rationalization - The White Sox don't really hate Mother's Day, it just seems like they do

Instant Rationalization - The White Sox don't really hate Mother's Day, it just seems like they do
Matt Thornton was all set to be the scapegoat of this game, and it would be hard to argue it wasn’t justified.  Our culture might be overeager to focus on, quick, decisive individual failures rather than slow, agonizing collectives ones, but Thornton really made himself rather noticeable by single-handedly putting the go-ahead runner on base... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm
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Instant Rationalization - A fitting exclamation point

Instant Rationalization - A fitting exclamation point
Now that the ceiling for the White Sox season has been pushed up a notch, there’s room for them to stretch out their legs and clean up against an inferior opponent. In come the Royals for the weekend, sporting an unfavorable record but a skill set not especially well-suited to the White Sox style.  The... Read more »
By James Fegan,
May 11, 2012 at 10:30 pm
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We're just focusing on our focus

We're just focusing on our focus
During the most recent episode of the Baseball Prospectus’ podcast, hosts Kevin Goldstein and Jason Parks fielded a question from a reader that asked how many teams would commit $10 million to sign top pitching prospect Archie Bradley to an 8-year deal.  Goldstein and Parks quipped that every team would jump at such an absurd... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 25, 2012 at 7:00 am
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AL Central Preview: The only team to fear is the team itself...and the Tigers

AL Central Preview: The only team to fear is the team itself...and the Tigers
Last Spring, I wrote a capsule for every other AL Central team for the purpose of sizing up the competition.  The 2011 White Sox didn’t figure to run away with the AL Central unopposed, but they were serious contenders and it was important to get a handle on just how many games they’d need to win... Read more »
By James Fegan,
April 3, 2012 at 4:07 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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Everyone's working on fastball command

Everyone's working on fastball command
The White Sox got shelled again Wednesday, and lost the Brewers 10-6.  By the top of the 4th inning, both Jake Peavy and Dylan Axelrod had been knocked around, Jordan Danks had ran into a fence, and it was 8-0 Milwaukee. The White Sox will lose as many Spring Training games as it takes for... Read more »
By James Fegan,
March 8, 2012 at 2:23 am
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White Sox projections - they're not here to make you happy

White Sox projections - they're not here to make you happy
I’m literally giving a bath to a small fish right now in a Home Depot bucket, so let’s allow the computers to do the heavy lifting for me in this piece. A slate of computer projections for the 2012 season have been released.  Not all of them have been released yet, and we’re still about two... Read more »
By James Fegan,
February 1, 2012 at 2:24 am
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AL Central Rumblings & Bumblings!

AL Central Rumblings & Bumblings!
Adam Dunn gets regular size Potbelly’s sandwiches now, and Ozzie Guillen is going to remove some people’s nerve endings. There.  That’s the White Sox news for the week. But the White Sox–contrary to appearance–do not operate in a bizarre baseball vacuum by themselves.  They exist in the AL Central, where the amount of money they... Read more »
By James Fegan,
January 23, 2012 at 2:42 am
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