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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
4h
Whether it’s because he practically had the opportunity to re-sign himself at a raise, or whether it’s because the qualifying offer was going to put a damper on his market, all signs pointed to Jose Abreu accepting the one-year, $17.8 million...
Chicago White Sox
... 0 in WAR and looked every bit the part,” and by “hell,” I mean “bad tweets.” White Sox writer James Fegan was the only one to leave DJ LeMahieu off his ballot enti ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
15h
Today marks one of the major deadlines of the offseason as far as the White Sox are concerned. Jose Abreu, along with a few free agents the White Sox might be tracking, have to decide whether to accept the $17.8 million qualifying offer. Bruce Levine,
Chicago White Sox
... might have more clients than teams angling to add. James Fegan wrote up the White Sox-related portions of Boras’ annual summit at the general managers meeting. “T ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
13 Nov
An otherwise unremarkable Danny Farquhar appearance for the White Sox against the Houston Astros made national news on Monday. No, not that one. It was Sept. 21, 2017. The White Sox were closing out the first year of their second rebuild at 60-91,...
Chicago White Sox
... d the setup. Farquhar, who was reestablishing himself in the majors with the White Sox at the time, confirmed its effects. “There was a banging from the dugout, al ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
13 Nov
If the promotion of Frank Menechino into the hitting coach position didn’t satisfy your desire for an external hire, the White Sox made up for it with the installation of his assistant. Scott Coolbaugh is aboard, taking the place as Greg Sparks as...
Chicago White Sox
... an Schouwen (@CST_soxvan) November 13, 2019 … or that he’s trying to pin the White Sox’ rich legacy of free-agent flops on the players, rather than their own pro s ...
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burning-phoneix
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Sox Machine
12 Nov
PREAMBLE Despite the farmhands’ attempts to sabotage the whole thing, 2019 was overall a positive year for the White Sox. I had hoped that we get somewhere between 70 to 75 wins before the season started to show some progress on the rebuild and I’m...
Chicago White Sox
... uyout Beef. I’ve been calling for the team to cut him since he disgraced the White Sox with PEDs. How dare he do PEDs in the house Frank built? OTHER IMPENDING FRE ...
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Buehrlesque
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Sox Machine
12 Nov
PREAMBLE Better late than never?? I wrote this two weeks ago and then put it aside and never finished it when I got busy with work. Looking at it again now, since I had JD not opting out, some of it is more relevant/interesting than ever. Here it is:
Chicago White Sox
... ign an Goldschmidt-like extension immediately upon coming to a new team, the White Sox can absolutely afford to eventually get him to re-sign. And in this scenario ...
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Josh Nelson
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Sox Machine
12 Nov
The 2010s was not a fun decade for the Chicago White Sox. It began with an 88-win 2010 campaign finishing in second place, to the AL Central winning Minnesota Twins. That team won eight of their last ten games to finish the season strong, and if...
Chicago White Sox
... s at 8.3. His 4.6 WAR campaign during 2019 was the highest for a White Sox third baseman since Joe Crede posted a 4.8 WAR in 2008, and his 141 OPS+ is ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
11 Nov
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Chicago White Sox
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
10 Nov
In a November tradition that dates back to last decade, it’s time to crack open the latest edition of The Bill James Handbook to see what esoteric information it reveals about the 2019 White Sox. One note: Baseball Info Solutions is revising its...
Chicago White Sox
... frequency (26 percent). Defense *Positioning seemed to be a problem for the White Sox, who took a biggest hit the modified Defensive Runs Saved when positioning w ...
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Ted Mulvey
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Sox Machine
9 Nov
Who's been worth at least 3 bWAR in right field in franchise history?
Chicago White Sox
... Among the positions the White Sox need to improve entering 2020, right field is one of four that Rick Hahn lis ...
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Jim Margalus
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Sox Machine
8 Nov
Back on South Side Sox in June of 2016, Larry wrote an open letter to Jerry Reinsdorf saying it was time for him to scrap the White Sox front office due to the horrendous track record it accumulated since Kenny Williams moved upstairs and yielded...
Chicago White Sox
... ulino was an attempt at a salvage job that didn’t work,, Downs continued the White Sox’s less-than-stellar track record with veteran LOOGys, and Belisario’s dreadf ...
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chendershott
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Sox Machine
7 Nov
PREAMBLE I see the White Sox in a prime position to turn into a contender as soon as next season. With that being said, my worry is that fear of not being able to make the big leap next season will cause hesitancy this season. But it’s never too...
Chicago White Sox
... he rotation providing invaluable experience and more importantly talent. The White Sox famously have had trouble with free agents, but personally this offseason I ...
