Could Chicago Cubs Target Exciting Young Reliever in Trade?
The Chicago Cubs are looking to improve their bullpen by potentially trading for Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech, who transitioned from a starter to a reliever. [ more ]
Could Chicago Cubs Target Exciting Young Reliever in Trade?
The Chicago Cubs are looking to improve their bullpen by potentially trading for Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech, who transitioned from a starter to a reliever. [ more ]
Rumor: White Sox expected to trade several starters by MLB trade deadline
The White Sox are actively considering trading several key players, including Eloy Jiménez and Michael Kopech, with an eye on improving their team. [ more ]
Mount Pleasant's Kopech throws perfect inning in White Sox loss
Former Mount Pleasant Tiger Michael Kopech had a successful performance against Minnesota, retiring all three batters he faced in Chicago's loss. [ more ]
Rumor: White Sox expected to trade several starters by MLB trade deadline
The White Sox are actively considering trading several key players, including Eloy Jiménez and Michael Kopech, with an eye on improving their team. [ more ]
Mount Pleasant's Kopech throws perfect inning in White Sox loss
Former Mount Pleasant Tiger Michael Kopech had a successful performance against Minnesota, retiring all three batters he faced in Chicago's loss. [ more ]
Paul Sullivan: As the Chicago White Sox eye a new ballpark, some players still enjoy the one they call home
Cease and Kopech may not be part of the White Sox's future due to trade rumors and contract uncertainties.
Cease and Kopech have developed an affinity for Guaranteed Rate Field despite potential improvements and uncertainties about the team's future. [ more ]
Paul Sullivan: As the Chicago White Sox eye a new ballpark, some players still enjoy the one they call home
Cease and Kopech may not be part of the White Sox's future due to trade rumors and contract uncertainties.
Cease and Kopech have developed an affinity for Guaranteed Rate Field despite potential improvements and uncertainties about the team's future. [ more ]
Cubs 8, White Sox 5: Pitching falters to end Spring Training
Welcome to the final exhibition recap of 2023.In a high-scoring game, White Sox (12-14) jumped out to an early lead but failed to hold on against the Cubs (17-12) at Sloan Park.Romy González put the White Sox on the board very early, building on his big home run in yesterday's game.His sixth homer of Spring Training put the White Sox ahead by a score of 1-0 in the top of the first.
White Sox break productive camp; will it make a difference in 2023?
MESA, Ariz.- The White Sox boarded a plane for Houston Tuesday, the first spring training in manager Pedro Grifol's managerial career left behind in the distance, and the 2022 season left somewhere even further behind.As Grifol liked to say, a season can't be won in spring training, but it can be lost.
If you were worried about Dansby Swanson's early spring performance, it's certainly a good thing that he's ending the Spring Training schedule on a high note.Swanson homered for the second straight game.Unfortunately, a five-run White Sox ninth made the result a 6-6 tie between the Cubs and White Sox.
GOODYEAR, Ariz.- Size up a healthy White Sox lineup and it looks like one that will score enough runs.Assess a starting rotation with no weak link, and it should prevent runs.The bullpen?The closer and its leader is out, so a red flag is raised until further notice.But the other components in the pen are proven and, where not experienced in high leverage situations, possessing elite stuff.
Cubs 8, White Sox 5: Pitching falters to end Spring Training
Welcome to the final exhibition recap of 2023.In a high-scoring game, White Sox (12-14) jumped out to an early lead but failed to hold on against the Cubs (17-12) at Sloan Park.Romy González put the White Sox on the board very early, building on his big home run in yesterday's game.His sixth homer of Spring Training put the White Sox ahead by a score of 1-0 in the top of the first.
White Sox break productive camp; will it make a difference in 2023?
MESA, Ariz.- The White Sox boarded a plane for Houston Tuesday, the first spring training in manager Pedro Grifol's managerial career left behind in the distance, and the 2022 season left somewhere even further behind.As Grifol liked to say, a season can't be won in spring training, but it can be lost.
If you were worried about Dansby Swanson's early spring performance, it's certainly a good thing that he's ending the Spring Training schedule on a high note.Swanson homered for the second straight game.Unfortunately, a five-run White Sox ninth made the result a 6-6 tie between the Cubs and White Sox.
GOODYEAR, Ariz.- Size up a healthy White Sox lineup and it looks like one that will score enough runs.Assess a starting rotation with no weak link, and it should prevent runs.The bullpen?The closer and its leader is out, so a red flag is raised until further notice.But the other components in the pen are proven and, where not experienced in high leverage situations, possessing elite stuff.
Would you believe me if I told you the White Sox struggled mightily against a rookie pitcher who entered the game with a 10.80 ERA?Given the team's penchant for withering at any up-and-coming pitcher, you likely believe me.In fact, Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo struck out nine in just more than five innings, leaving the South Siders flustered as they feebly chased sliders off the plate away time and time again.
Welcome one and all to another edition of Late Night White Sox Baseball, this time in Seattle against the Mariners!(Don't we all just loooove West Coast trips?)It's Pride Night at T-Mobile Park, and whether or not we're proud of the White Sox performance by night's end has yet to be seen.However, given the last two games against the Dodgers, the Good Guys are most likely going to find a way to disappoint us.
On this Bloomsday, it's time to marinate in Mariners hate, as the Sox slump into Seattle licking their wounds like Bloom on the beach.There is nothing Joycean about this season, no epic of the single day, even though each game seems to spread out into a stream-of-consciousness flow of frustration, lingering and unspooling unto loss after loss after loss.
Marlins 5, White Sox 1: Pitching and defense win ballgames
The old adage of pitching and defense wins ballgames rang forever true in today's game.It was a pitchers' duel for the first eight innings, and then it all went awry when both the pitching and defense imploded in the top of the ninth.Michael Kopech, who earned a no-decision, battled today and blanked the Miami Marlins with good, not great, stuff.
Joe Kelly's struggles, Tim Anderson's gaffe doom White Sox in loss to Marlins
The White Sox' pitching staff bent and bent and bent through eight innings of Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Marlins.Eventually, three outs away from the club's seventh win in eight games, it broke.Michael Kopech, Gregory Santos and Reynaldo Lopez combined to hold the Marlins scoreless for 24 outs but lived on the precipice of peril in the process.
Nothing like a game without a single RBI, or even a hit with anyone on base.Guess with the Tigers and the White Sox facing off, you should expect something like that.But somebody had to win it, so it might as well have been the White Sox.That win came in the 10th, when Manfred Man Yoán Moncada, having switched to his yellow shoes for speed, got advanced to third on a nice Romy González bunt.
Would you believe me if I told you the White Sox struggled mightily against a rookie pitcher who entered the game with a 10.80 ERA?Given the team's penchant for withering at any up-and-coming pitcher, you likely believe me.In fact, Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo struck out nine in just more than five innings, leaving the South Siders flustered as they feebly chased sliders off the plate away time and time again.
Welcome one and all to another edition of Late Night White Sox Baseball, this time in Seattle against the Mariners!(Don't we all just loooove West Coast trips?)It's Pride Night at T-Mobile Park, and whether or not we're proud of the White Sox performance by night's end has yet to be seen.However, given the last two games against the Dodgers, the Good Guys are most likely going to find a way to disappoint us.
On this Bloomsday, it's time to marinate in Mariners hate, as the Sox slump into Seattle licking their wounds like Bloom on the beach.There is nothing Joycean about this season, no epic of the single day, even though each game seems to spread out into a stream-of-consciousness flow of frustration, lingering and unspooling unto loss after loss after loss.
Marlins 5, White Sox 1: Pitching and defense win ballgames
The old adage of pitching and defense wins ballgames rang forever true in today's game.It was a pitchers' duel for the first eight innings, and then it all went awry when both the pitching and defense imploded in the top of the ninth.Michael Kopech, who earned a no-decision, battled today and blanked the Miami Marlins with good, not great, stuff.
Joe Kelly's struggles, Tim Anderson's gaffe doom White Sox in loss to Marlins
The White Sox' pitching staff bent and bent and bent through eight innings of Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Marlins.Eventually, three outs away from the club's seventh win in eight games, it broke.Michael Kopech, Gregory Santos and Reynaldo Lopez combined to hold the Marlins scoreless for 24 outs but lived on the precipice of peril in the process.
Nothing like a game without a single RBI, or even a hit with anyone on base.Guess with the Tigers and the White Sox facing off, you should expect something like that.But somebody had to win it, so it might as well have been the White Sox.That win came in the 10th, when Manfred Man Yoán Moncada, having switched to his yellow shoes for speed, got advanced to third on a nice Romy González bunt.
SEATTLE - The White Sox hit a couple of more home runs Friday, and they'll take them.But like the four they had the night before, no one was on base.A night after hitting four homers in a 5-4 loss in 11 innings to the Dodgers, the Sox (30-41) got long balls from Gavin Sheets and Andrew Benintendi, but mustered only three other hits in a 3-2 loss to the Mariners and lost for the fifth time in six games.
Mariners Game #68 Preview: Chicago (AL) at Seattle
So the last game the M's played was a bit of a gut punch, with several hard hit balls dying at the track.None stung worse than Jesús Sánchez robbing Eugenio Suárez of a game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, which was pain distilled in its purest form.BUT!That was then.
Baseball by the Numbers: The war over pitching WAR
With a 3.54 ERA that easily leads White Sox starters, Lucas Giolito is by far the staff leader with 2.1 wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com.At Fangraphs.com,however, Giolito's WAR is only 1.3, with Dylan Cease and his 4.38 ERA right behind at 1.0 fWAR.On the North Side, Marcus Stroman has been magnificent with a 2.42 ERA that leads National League qualifiers.
SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, enjoy the week that was, relishing winning five out of six, including two out of three from the Yankees, while, being White Sox fans, wondering why the *%&#$ the Sox absolutely cannot hit pitchers just brought up from the minors, where they had ERAs around seven.
The Sox snapped a five-game win streak late in the Bronx last night, and traveled home to meet the Marlins of Miami, one of baseball's forgettable franchises.Harsh?Possibly.But in another life, the Sox could have been transported to somewhere in Florida, toiling away under a blistering sun next to a rising sea, and only us old-heads would think sadly of them.
South Side Sox Player of the Week (May 19-25): Michael Kopech
It's been a rough spring, but a pair of stellar starts from fireballer Michael Kopech prove that White Sox fans can still have nice things.The 27-year-old Texan is a long-promised star for fans of South Side baseball, and he was dangled in front of fans like a carrot leading up to his big-league debut in 2018.
Chicago White Sox's starting pitching depth could get its 1st test this year with Mike Clevinger on the IL
Mike Clevinger felt his wrist was "a little jammed up" during the fifth inning of Wednesday's start against the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field."Around the sixth inning I noticed a little drop-off in (velocity), just the off-speed.Fastball felt good," the Chicago White Sox pitcher said Monday.
Chicago White Sox's starting pitching depth could get its 1st test this year with Mike Clevinger on the IL
Mike Clevinger felt his wrist was "a little jammed up" during the fifth inning of Wednesday's start against the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field."Around the sixth inning I noticed a little drop-off in (velocity), just the off-speed.Fastball felt good," the Chicago White Sox pitcher said Monday.
Baseball by the Numbers: The war over pitching WAR
With a 3.54 ERA that easily leads White Sox starters, Lucas Giolito is by far the staff leader with 2.1 wins above replacement at Baseball-Reference.com.At Fangraphs.com,however, Giolito's WAR is only 1.3, with Dylan Cease and his 4.38 ERA right behind at 1.0 fWAR.On the North Side, Marcus Stroman has been magnificent with a 2.42 ERA that leads National League qualifiers.
SSS duty geezer Leigh Allan and his son and west coast correspondent, Will, enjoy the week that was, relishing winning five out of six, including two out of three from the Yankees, while, being White Sox fans, wondering why the *%&#$ the Sox absolutely cannot hit pitchers just brought up from the minors, where they had ERAs around seven.
The Sox snapped a five-game win streak late in the Bronx last night, and traveled home to meet the Marlins of Miami, one of baseball's forgettable franchises.Harsh?Possibly.But in another life, the Sox could have been transported to somewhere in Florida, toiling away under a blistering sun next to a rising sea, and only us old-heads would think sadly of them.
South Side Sox Player of the Week (May 19-25): Michael Kopech
It's been a rough spring, but a pair of stellar starts from fireballer Michael Kopech prove that White Sox fans can still have nice things.The 27-year-old Texan is a long-promised star for fans of South Side baseball, and he was dangled in front of fans like a carrot leading up to his big-league debut in 2018.
Chicago White Sox's starting pitching depth could get its 1st test this year with Mike Clevinger on the IL
Mike Clevinger felt his wrist was "a little jammed up" during the fifth inning of Wednesday's start against the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field."Around the sixth inning I noticed a little drop-off in (velocity), just the off-speed.Fastball felt good," the Chicago White Sox pitcher said Monday.
Chicago White Sox's starting pitching depth could get its 1st test this year with Mike Clevinger on the IL
Mike Clevinger felt his wrist was "a little jammed up" during the fifth inning of Wednesday's start against the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field."Around the sixth inning I noticed a little drop-off in (velocity), just the off-speed.Fastball felt good," the Chicago White Sox pitcher said Monday.
The Sox seem to be playing with some urgency, starting strong in June with a 6-1 record.That's a welcome start, considering they went 8-19 in April and 15-14 in May.They now have acres of ground to make up just to pull even at .500.With wins from Minnesota and Cleveland last night, the Good Guys are still only 3 1â2 games back of the first-place Twinkies.
There's a certain level of patience required to be a major-league starting pitcher.Great stretches happen.Bad ones, too.Even for the best or most talented.So Michael Kopech is never going to sweat a string of underwhelming results or puff his chest out after a few solid outings.For him, it's all about the process.
Chrystal O'Keefe, Brian O'Neill, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes, Dante Jones and Brett Ballantini reviewed an excellent weekend of White Sox baseball, and took out the pocket schedule to study some stern stretches ahead:
After the sweep of Detroit, the White Sox project as a 93-loss club and at 26-35 are just 6 1â2 games out of first place Yes, it's just the Tigers - but Ws are Ws Individual thoughts on the weekend triumphs of Liam Hendriks, Michael Kopech and Jake Burger Re: Burger, Melissa points out that only one player (Aaron Judge) has a better average exit velocity - so PLAY HIM MORE, Pedro!
Liam Hendriks earns win for White Sox on National Cancer Survivors Day: 'It's one of those scripts'
Jake Burger's walk-off grand slam on Sunday gave the White Sox their third consecutive win, and it also produced one of the most heartwarming stories MLB has seen this season.Burger's blast made Chicago reliever Liam Hendriks the pitcher of record, giving him his first win of the season in only his third appearance since returning from a cancer battle.
The Athletic grades the White Sox and Cubs starts to the season
Recently, The Athletic summoned their respective beat writers to culminate season grades for each MLB team to start the season.As Memorial Day lives around the corner, it serves as a fair benchmark to assess each team's respective starts to the season.Let's break down the Chicago teams' grades.The Athletic's White Sox grade: D- "Chances are this team is closer to OK than awful," James Fegan wrote.
Why is Memorial Day an important benchmark for White Sox, Cubs?
When discussing MLB's calendar, Memorial Day serves as a valuable benchmark to check in with your team.Why?Well, for starters, it marks nearly 1/3 of the season completed.It's sort of the big test before the midterm, before the final exam.There's a long way to go, but early signals can define how each team needs to improve through the rest of the season.
There's a certain level of patience required to be a major-league starting pitcher.Great stretches happen.Bad ones, too.Even for the best or most talented.So Michael Kopech is never going to sweat a string of underwhelming results or puff his chest out after a few solid outings.For him, it's all about the process.
Chrystal O'Keefe, Brian O'Neill, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes, Dante Jones and Brett Ballantini reviewed an excellent weekend of White Sox baseball, and took out the pocket schedule to study some stern stretches ahead:
After the sweep of Detroit, the White Sox project as a 93-loss club and at 26-35 are just 6 1â2 games out of first place Yes, it's just the Tigers - but Ws are Ws Individual thoughts on the weekend triumphs of Liam Hendriks, Michael Kopech and Jake Burger Re: Burger, Melissa points out that only one player (Aaron Judge) has a better average exit velocity - so PLAY HIM MORE, Pedro!
Liam Hendriks earns win for White Sox on National Cancer Survivors Day: 'It's one of those scripts'
Jake Burger's walk-off grand slam on Sunday gave the White Sox their third consecutive win, and it also produced one of the most heartwarming stories MLB has seen this season.Burger's blast made Chicago reliever Liam Hendriks the pitcher of record, giving him his first win of the season in only his third appearance since returning from a cancer battle.
The Athletic grades the White Sox and Cubs starts to the season
Recently, The Athletic summoned their respective beat writers to culminate season grades for each MLB team to start the season.As Memorial Day lives around the corner, it serves as a fair benchmark to assess each team's respective starts to the season.Let's break down the Chicago teams' grades.The Athletic's White Sox grade: D- "Chances are this team is closer to OK than awful," James Fegan wrote.
Why is Memorial Day an important benchmark for White Sox, Cubs?
When discussing MLB's calendar, Memorial Day serves as a valuable benchmark to check in with your team.Why?Well, for starters, it marks nearly 1/3 of the season completed.It's sort of the big test before the midterm, before the final exam.There's a long way to go, but early signals can define how each team needs to improve through the rest of the season.
Every day, Pinstripe Alley offers updates on what the ' top American League opponents are up to through the Rivalry Roundup.The AL East is well-trodden ground there, but with the month of May coming to a close, we're going to take a peak around MLB as a whole and check in with each of the other five divisions.
What's clicking for the Chicago White Sox? 'Our starting pitching has been the key to this whole thing'
The Chicago White Sox pieced together a remarkable rally April 30 against the Tampa Bay Rays, scoring seven runs in the ninth for a memorable 12-9 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field.Andrew Vaughn capped the comeback with a game-ending, three-run homer.The win snapped a 10-game losing streak.And the Sox are 14-10 since, the most wins in that span in an American League Central in which almost every team is looking to find its footing.
What's clicking for the Chicago White Sox? 'Our starting pitching has been the key to this whole thing'
The Chicago White Sox pieced together a remarkable rally April 30 against the Tampa Bay Rays, scoring seven runs in the ninth for a memorable 12-9 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field.Andrew Vaughn capped the comeback with a game-ending, three-run homer.The win snapped a 10-game losing streak.And the Sox are 14-10 since, the most wins in that span in an American League Central in which almost every team is looking to find its footing.
Michael Kopech on recent great starts on White Sox Talk Podcast
To say Michael Kopech had a tough start to the season would be a massive understatement.But Kopech has been spectacular over his last two starts, and recently appeared on NBC Sports Chicago's White Sox Talk podcast to discuss his turnaround.In his first start this year, Kopech gave up five home runs and seven earned runs in just 4.2 innings.
Luis Robert Jr. is red-hot.Jake Burger is back and is raking.Yoán Moncada continued his hot start after a brief injury.If you had circled this AL Central showdown at the beginning of the season, well, this is what you would have hoped for.But then, that's from just those three guys.Not anything else.
Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Blue Jays smash Sox, Guardians' rook shoves
It was a big day for daytime baseball across MLB, as the Yankees finally righted the ship in their series finale with the Twins.While New York put up a dozen runs in their Wednesday matinee, two of their rivals were playing in parallel, and that's where we start our daily recap of the American League playoff favorites.
Michael Kopech on recent great starts on White Sox Talk Podcast
To say Michael Kopech had a tough start to the season would be a massive understatement.But Kopech has been spectacular over his last two starts, and recently appeared on NBC Sports Chicago's White Sox Talk podcast to discuss his turnaround.In his first start this year, Kopech gave up five home runs and seven earned runs in just 4.2 innings.
Luis Robert Jr. is red-hot.Jake Burger is back and is raking.Yoán Moncada continued his hot start after a brief injury.If you had circled this AL Central showdown at the beginning of the season, well, this is what you would have hoped for.But then, that's from just those three guys.Not anything else.
Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Blue Jays smash Sox, Guardians' rook shoves
It was a big day for daytime baseball across MLB, as the Yankees finally righted the ship in their series finale with the Twins.While New York put up a dozen runs in their Wednesday matinee, two of their rivals were playing in parallel, and that's where we start our daily recap of the American League playoff favorites.
Just in a nick of time, Michael Kopech took the extra rest afforded him and spun the masterpiece of his life, anesthetizing Kansas City for eight innings of one-hit, shutout, 10-K ball.Especially notable (and, frankly, extraordinary): No walks.The White Sox did just enough on offense against the veteran Zack Greinke to win - and with Kopech firing no-hit stuff, it didn't need to be much.
The Royals head to Chi-town tonight for a three-game set against the White Sox.It has been an awful year on the South Side, with the White Sox right behind the Royals with the third-worst record in baseball.Zack Greinke takes the ball for the Royals tonight.He got a no decision two weeks ago against Chicago, giving up four runs (three earned) in 5 2â 3 innings in what would become a 12-5 win for the Royals.
South Side Sox Player of the Week (March 17-22): Oscar Colas
With Cactus League ball nearly at an end, the Sox have made at least one great decision: Oscar Colás will see action on the South Side this year.The 24-year-old Cuban fielder has had himself a respectable spring, with three homers and a glimmer of future greatness.It was pretty evident that Colás would be playing right field at some point this season, especially after the Sox declined to sign a right fielder this previous offseason.