Tag: Chicago White Sox

Houston – Dylan Cease was an above-average major league rookie for two seasons. The final year, his best to date, was missed on an 81-81 team that played out of the series all year. Opportunities to play in high-adrenaline environments were scarce in his promising career. He called it a “failure” when he couldn’t keep the pure first-half adrenaline going in his Game 3 in the ALDS. He was disappointed when his drive didn’t quite meet the moment in a tumultuous showdown between Cy Young Award contenders against Justin Verlander…

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HOUSTON — The White Sox’ new manager, Pedro Grifoll, made many fans feel understood when he described the White Sox 2022 during his inaugural press conference. From his vantage point in the opposition dugout, Grifoll saw a team that could play with energy and have a good chance of winning on any given night…or emerge easily without that spark and be vulnerable against a rebuilding Royals squad. While Grifol gradually won the White Sox front office through the interview process, he upended the notion that he was building a club…

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Phoenix – What do we think did that? Too many articles praising the White Sox’ healthy spring training up to this point? specific the athlete Beat writer who considers Eloy Jimenez the most admired player in the Sox camp? Does the universe sense that there is nothing else to write about in late March other than worrying about injuries? Whatever the case, the Sox suddenly had seemingly minor injury concerns to key players. Within 20 minutes of a dazzling effort in the game to turn a dribbling man into a…

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PHOENIX — White Sox manager Pedro Grifoll said Thursday he will give Eloy Jiménez a day or two off upon his return from the World Baseball Classic, unless Jiménez takes him out. By Friday morning, his presence at the cleanup spot in batting order was evidence that Jiménez had snapped him out of it. “I’m preparing for the season,” Jimenez explained on his first day at the club. “We are here, why not?” “He had a great experience there,” Grifoll said. “He wants to prepare for the season. I would…

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PHOENIX – Garrett Crochet has not and will not participate in a Cactus League game this spring. Some reports of his speed amid the intensity of the match may not catch on until his rehabilitation tour in late April. But around the Camelback ranch, it can be seen a lot. “He’s bigger than I thought he was, he’s a beast,” said White Sox manager Pedro Grifoll. “If you go out there and see a barn, you never know he’s not going to be ready. I asked him days ago, ‘Are…

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At the end of July, White Sox prospect Sean Burke didn’t seem like the next in the major league rotation. Development doesn’t always translate into results, and there were plenty of reasons why that was the case for Burke at Double-A Birmingham in 2022. But for someone his manager described as a “fierce competitor,” Burke saw a 7.71 ERA across five starts that month, as he struggled Twice for violence by the Tennessee Smokies, they wanted to change things up. “July was probably one of the worst months I’ve ever…

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White Sox hitting coordinator Andy Parkett doesn’t have a very long history with freshman left fielder Andrew Benintendi. When Barkett was hired as Boston’s assistant coach in 2018, Benintende put together the most complete season of his career, leading the Red Sox in runs scored in 108 games and the World Series. “Penny is like The Natural,” Barkett said on the phone. “He can do a lot of things. He’s a really good outfielder. We might not have won the World Series in ’18 without Penny playing left field for…

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