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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews – Dylan Cease

Andy Jonathan March 30, 2020 0

Though he is technically listed here the Sox #4 starter in their 2020 rotation, the reality is the front office (and us as blog writers and fans) see Dylan Cease as at least the #3 starter of this team going forward. If that’s going to happen, however, there are a few things that need to

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews – Gio Gonzalez

Andy Jonathan March 26, 2020 0

Now we come to (at least statistically speaking) the #3 spot in the Sox rotation and the 4th most exciting off-season signing: Gio Gonzalez. Part of me wonders whether he will ever actually take the mound for the Sox, considering this is technically his 3rd go around with the team and he’s yet to throw […]

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Yes Movement – 2020 Chicago Cubs Player Previews: Jon Lester

Adam Hess March 23, 2020 0

We come now to the savvy veteran of the Cubs rotation, as we visit with the surprisingly-gracefully-aging Jon Lester. While Lester is certainly far from the pitcher he was during his first two years with the Cubs, he has done a good job avoiding completely falling off a cliff over the past few years, and […]

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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 – Dallas Keuchel

Andy Jonathan March 17, 2020 0

Now to the consensus #2 starter in the rotation and the Sox second biggest free agent signing of the winter, Dallas Keuchel. 2019 was not the highpoint of Keuchel’s career, nor was it the lowest. He spent the first 3rd of the season on the sidelines, waiting for a suitor for his services after not […]

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Yes Movement – 2020 Chicago Cubs Player Previews: The Cerebral Assassin

Sam Fels March 16, 2020 0

It feels like there’s some volatility in all of these, until you get to Kyle Hendricks. Since coming up full-time in 2015, Hendricks has put up 3.2 and 4.2 fWAR every season except ’17 when he was hurt for a month, and he would have then as well. His K/9 has been between 7.2 and […]

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Yes Movement – 2020 Chicago Cubs Player Previews: We Comin’ Out The Yu

Sam Fels March 12, 2020 0

Funny that this one comes a day after Steven Souza Jr. As at this time last year, Yu Darvish was viewed kind of in the same light, except with a much heavier contract and much more pressure. He was injured, and we didn’t know if he would even be upright much less effective. First he […]

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Previews: Lucas Giolito

Andy Jonathan March 12, 2020 0

With the position players all wrapped up, we come to the spot on the diamond that will matter the most to the playoff hopes of the White Sox, the pitcher’s mound. From where things stand offensively for the Sox with additions made in the off-season, run production is not going to be an issue for […]

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Yes Movement – 2020 Chicago Cubs Player Previews: Steven Souza Jr.

Sam Fels March 11, 2020 0

There’s probably more attention on Steven Souza than he would have ever guessed, or anyone who knows him would have guessed, simply because he was the only signing the Cubs made this year for the lineup (Jason Kipnis very well might not count). He’s also more of a symbol, which isn’t really fair to him […]

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Yes Movement – 2020 Chicago Cubs Player Previews: J-Hey What Can I Do

Sam Fels March 10, 2020 0

It says something, though I’m not sure what, that in a winter when the Cubs main objective was to lower their payroll there was barely a whisper about moving Jason Heyward. After all, there can’t be a player who’s had more of a disconnect between his production and his paycheck. But some of that view […]