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Chicago White Sox Analysis
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Grading The Deal: Yasmani Grandal, White Sox Sign Four-Year, $73M Deal
The price is a completely sensible one for one of the best catchers in the game, even if Yasmani Grandal is on the wrong end of the aging curve. Read more »
Favorite Things: An American League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Yankees, Astros and Twins will enter the All-Star break as our top-3 in the American League. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: AL Central
While the White Sox pursued Manny Machado and Bryce Harper and the Indians were rumored to be shopping Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, the Twins signing Nelson Cruz was the biggest actual transaction of the winter. Read more »
2018 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Red Sox, Astros and Dodgers comprise this year's top-3 with the Yankees and Cubs right behind them. Read more »
Predictions For The 2018 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Predicting the regular season awards, division winners and what will happen in the always unpredictable October. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL Central
On how the Indians, White Sox, Twins, Tigers and Royals tackled their winter business. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
A Beautiful Mess: On The Crazy AL Wild Card Race
Only three teams are truly out of the Wild Card race, which will make the finals weeks of the season a glorious mess. Here's how we're sorting it out. Read more »
Grading The Deals: Eduardo Nunez, Anthony Swarzak, Pat Neshek
On Eduardo Nunez to the Red Sox, Anthony Swarzak to the Brewers and Pat Neshek to the Rockies. Read more »
Grading the Deal: Yankees Go For It Trading For Todd Frazier
While Todd Frazier might be the biggest name moving and he certainly patches a glaring hole, he's not the most important part of the deal as the Yankees also improved their bullpen. Read more »
Predictions For The 2017 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Here are some predictions for the 2017 season, organized by team. If we make enough; some safe, some crazy, surely, we'll get some right, right? Cue: the rumbling laughter of the baseball gods. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL Central
On how the Indians spent wisely after nearly winning the World Series, rough winters for Detroit, Kansas City and Minnesota, as well as a good start to the White Sox rebuild. Read more »
2016 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Cubs won the 2016 World Series but they rank behind the Dodgers and Red Sox in terms of the value of their collective assets. Read more »
Grading The Deal Roundup: Eaton Trade; Dodgers Sign Jansen, Turner
On the Nationals trading for Adam Eaton from the White Sox and the Dodgers signing Kenley Jensen and Justin Turner. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Red Sox (Un)Surprisingly Trade For Chris Sale
While it came as a surprise that the Red Sox won the Chris Sale sweepstakes, the architect of the trade has a long history of blockbuster trades. Read more »
Halfway To Home: Midseason Meanderings On AL Contenders
With a few more teams being little more than a sweep of a fellow Wild Card wannabe away from a playoff spot, there's more intrigue in the standings in the AL (eight teams fighting for two spots!!!), even if it means less excitement in the form of bodies on the block before the trade deadline. Read more »
Right On, Right On: Looking At Adam Eaton's Breakout
Adam Eaton's been very good at the plate, but he has been spectacular on defense since he moved to right field full-time, which has pushed him up into the top tier of valuable players. Read more »
Starting Strong On The South Side
The White Sox paint pretty much the same picture that we were expecting to see before the season started, with a great front of the rotation but some holes in the lineup. Latos and Rollins are probably going to regress, but there's plenty of room for optimism when it comes to Abreu and Rodon. Read more »