Author Archives: Ed Siebert

The free agent market was stagnant until George Springer signed with the Jays, though arguably the market started to open up with Liam Hendriks becoming The South Slydah. As fans and pundits we have fun speculating on the next moves for Rick Hahn, but often those moves are oversimplified by just saying “he’s exactly whatContinue reading “Negotiating Breakdown: Who Has The Power?”

The Moves that should have been? The Hot Stove Finally reached actual cooking temperatures this week, with signings including George Springer, Jon Lester, Jose Quintana, Kirby Yates, and for a shiny moment in Blue Jays fandom: Michael Brantley, before he went back to the Astros. Toss in the trade of Joe Musgrove to the Padres,Continue reading “Lamenting Lost Loves and Lookin’ for Love in all the Wrong Places”

A Joke that isn’t really a Joke: Expect an unexpected 2021 contributor. I started the most recent episode of Sox In The Basement with a joke, declaring it “Nick Williams Day” in honor of the Sox signing the former Phillies OF to a minor league deal and a see ya in AZ. I got aContinue reading “The Humble NRI and Comparative Grief 101”

Just ain’t no pleasing some folks, I reckon. The White Sox, clearly heeding the words of idiots and wise people alike in social media and other internet circles, went and signed the consensus (by MLB types) best closer in the game, Liam Hendriks. This should be universally applauded but yet somehow there are detractors. ByContinue reading “Vox Pop on the new Aussie, Fits and Nots in the news”

Maybe I owe Rick Hahn a little slack… I, like many Sox fans and assorted folks who blog and podcast about the Chicago White Sox, have been shouting across the mountaintops to Rick Hahn to get moving on a closer, another starter and a DH. And while I’m aware that mountaintops are hard to comeContinue reading “An apology (of sorts) to Rick Hahn, Katz Thoughtz, and trading The Unthinkables.”

The best case, worst case and likely scenario game, Part II – 10 Things From 2021 Edition 1. The Rest of the Off-Season Best Case Scenario – The slow market causes some otherwise too-expensive (for the Sox’ liking anyway) free agents to take what Rick, Kenny and Jerry have on the table. An already goodContinue reading “Cheap Trades, A Handy Guide to Player Ratings, and (spoilers) The Future.”

Or: A Question for St. Rick With apologies to and a probable lawsuit from the estate of Clement Clarke Moore ‘Twas a few nights after Christmas, at 35th and Shields Was Rick Hahn there stirring, would any deals he yield? The White Sox were stocked with a talented core, With hopes of the Series likeContinue reading “A Poem for Rick”

News broke on Twitter that Yoelkis (Yoelki/Yoelqui) Céspedes, the younger half-sibling of Yoenis, hitter of Cuban baseballs, is likely to sign with the White Sox. Per baseball reference, in 262 games at various levels of play while before he defected, Céspedes the younger hit .283 with a .753 OPS, 42 doubles and only 12 homers,Continue reading “The First Yoel(kis)”

The Mets just clowned themselves…a bit. I, like the rest of Sox fandom, liked having James McCann around. As a right handed compliment to Yas Grandal, as the other hemisphere to Lucas Giolito’s brain, as a guy that sucked for the Tigers and became an All-Star with the Sox, he was a good story andContinue reading “Just because you McCann, doesn’t mean you McShould.”

Tony LaRussa’s DUI Plea:  The HOF skipper of the White Sox entered into a plea deal to resolve his February 2020 DUI, the second DUI charge he has faced in his career.  Full disclosure, I’m a licensed attorney and have defended a few DUI cases in my career, so I speak from the past.  TheContinue reading “Crimes and Punishment, what’s in a name and who can you trust?”