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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews – Bullpen in a short year a real crap shoot

Wes French April 6, 2020 0

We’re rounding out the White Sox 2020 previews with the bullpen…in the middle of a global pandemic! The Sox pen was a middle of the league unit in 2019, with some very solid returns on a few previously relative unknowns (Aaron Bummer(at least to the national stage), Evan Marshall),

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New World Order – 2020 White Sox Player Previews: Reynaldo López

Wes French March 20, 2020 0

Reynaldo Lopez doesn’t really know what he wants to be. His first full season with the White Sox in 2018 was very up and down, with flashes of greatness. His follow up in 2019 was very up and down, with flashes of greatness. I’m sure that Lopez would like to be more great than not, […]

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews – Mengel and the 26th Man

Wes French March 11, 2020 0

We’ve reached the end of the position player portion of these previews and let me thank you, dear reader, for coming this far. The following list will include a few guys that might never see an at bat with the big club, but dang it the MLB added an extra roster spot and I wanna […]

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Preview – Nomar Mazara, or the Appeal of Past Potential

Wes French March 10, 2020 0

Rick Hahn made it a point to call out Right Field as at or near the top of his shopping list for the 2019 off-season. It was well chronicled how historically awful the White Sox were in 2019 at the position, but if you’re unaware they were on pace for a worst-in-history 54 wRC+ before […]

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews – The Big Baby

Wes French March 6, 2020 0

We open the outfield previews with the young goofball set to hit all the dingers, Eloy Jimenez. Hi Mom! Eloy kicked off a trend of signing in the Spring so as to avoid being a victim of service time manipulation ensure a place in the starting lineup and Left Field to open the 2019 campaign. […]

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Previews – James McCann

Wes French February 25, 2020 0

James McCann finds himself in a new world of a different kind in 2020: Backup Catcher, staring at the high likelihood of not reaching 100 games played for the first time in his career since his short debut at the end of 2014. McCann’s 2019 was a pleasant surprise, a torrid start helping to see […]

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To the Mountain Top – Chicago Hires OC Bill Lazor, Red Rocket to Follow?

Wes French January 16, 2020 0

By now you probably know the Chicago Bears hired veteran NFL coach Bill Lazor as Offensive Coordinator. Wooohooo. We knew this hire wasn’t going to be real interesting, at least not in a style/scheme sense, when Head Coach Matt Nagy announced he would not be giving up play calling duties in 2020. This job also […]

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Long Journey to the Middle – Bears Positional Recap: Defensive Backs – Tough Act to Follow

Wes French January 15, 2020 0

The Chicago Bears Secondary was not a problem in 2019. There were concerns heading into the season; how would the team do replacing Adrian Amos with Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Bryce Callahan with Buster Skrine? How would Eddie Jackson do moving over to accommodate his new safety partner? Would Chuck Pagano taking over the unit […]

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Long Journey to the Middle – Bears Positional Report Cards: Defensive Line – All Sunshine and Rainbows Until Akiem Hicks is Missing

Wes French January 13, 2020 0

2019 is gone and we’re happy to send a lot of the Bears season with it. That isn’t entire the case when you get to the defensive line. The group started strong and battled through an in-season IR stint from team leader Akeim Hicks to produce one career year and plenty of positives to build […]

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Long Journey to the Middle – Bears Positional Report Cards: Pass Catchers – Now Hiring, TE(s), WR3

Wes French January 8, 2020 0

2019 is going to be the type of football year that you just want to throw in the trash, hoping that things get sorted out in a positive manner and you can mostly forget the things that transpired on the field. That’s essentially the case for the Bears pass catchers save for what passes as […]