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PECOTA put the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind The Twins and The Cleveland Baseball Assemblage. The projections say no playoffs. So Where You Goin’ Now? To compare the Sox to the Damn Yankees. Not the circa 1989 rock supergroup, the circa 2021 Bronx Bombers. Previously we looked at The Cleveland BaseballContinue reading “PECOTA Can Suck an Egg Part III: Can You Take Me High Enough?”

Here we are, continuing to rail against PECOTA puttting the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind The Twins and The Cleveland Baseball Assemblage. Previously we looked at The Cleveland Baseball Assemblage, showing that outside the rotation the Sox have better talent at every position, assuming Andrew Vaughn is better than Franmil Reyes.Continue reading “PECOTA Can Suck An Egg Part II: Twinkies and Anger”

So last week the revered PECOTA deigned to release their preseason projections and put the White Sox at 3rd in the AL Central behind The Twins and The Cleveland Baseball Assemblage. Obviously there’s a flaw in the machinery and I’m not going to delve into a rant about believing in my team when no oneContinue reading “PECOTA CAN SUCK AN EGG: Part I”

Serenity Now?!? We’re trying to stay positive. Really. Super positive. The Sox are a good team. Really good. They have very few holes in their lineup. They have rising stars in LF, CF, 3B, SS, 2B; one of the top two catchers in baseball and the reigning AL MVP at 1B. Their RF and DHContinue reading “THE SERENE SCENE THAT IS YOUR 2021 WHITE SOX”

Last Shots at Jerry’s Budget “Aren’t payrolls down across baseball?” was a question on Twitter in response to the February 6 Sox In The Basement episodic rant against Jerry Reinsdorf going cheap on the off-season. Payrolls are not universally is the answer, and comparing the White Sox to some teams is comparing apples and assContinue reading “Comparing Contenders’ CA$H and More FOMO”

Does Chris Lanuti Hold Water? I don’t ask that as a question of whether the Sox in the Basement birth father needs to pee often. I am asking that as a person testing out Chris’ favorite theory of this White Sox off-season, that Rick Hahn only had the amount to spend for 2021 that heContinue reading “Addition Only By Subtraction and Reopening New Wounds”

Rick, I Think I Hate This. The Sox re-signed Carlos Rodón to a one year deal worth $3 million. He represents another candidate for the backend of the rotation, and hear tell that he might be a swing guy even though his wife adamantly disagrees with Carlos as a pensman. I’ve run the gamut ofContinue reading “Rodón Returns: A Completely Unnecessary Sequel”

Hurry Rick! Limited Quantities? I woke up the morning of the latest Sox in the Basement Episode, fresh off of David Kaplan coming on the show and suggesting that Jerry isn’t done spending because he wants to win it, and I see that free agents are indeed falling off the market like a bowl ofContinue reading “THE CHIPS ARE FALLING”

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”