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• What’s next for the Cubs now that Roki Sasaki is going somewhere else?

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images They do have some choices. But they had better get going. As we learned late Monday, the Cubs will not be the MLB landing spot for NPB star Roki Sasaki. He has narrowed his choices to three teams: Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays. I think I’m not alone when I say I hope it’s either of the two teams besides the Dodgers. In fact, if he did choose the Jays, t...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if Robert Suarez is worth the price. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come in out of the cold. There’s no cover charge this evening. Let us check your coat. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverag...2025
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• Padres in final three for Roki Sasaki

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Not a shocker but it’s fun seeing San Diego being right there as we get closer to Sasaki signing The time we’ve all been waiting for is almost here. Roki Sasaki is nearing a decision on where he’s going to spend the first chapter of his big league career. Jeff Passan is reporting that the Padres are a finalist for the Japanese star. The finalists for Japan...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres agree to deals with Luis Arraez, Dylan Cease

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, January 13, 2025. San Diego Padres News Padres settle with Arraez ($14M) and Cease ($13.75M), per source (MLB.com) Pipeline Inbox: How Salas’ bat could get back on an elite track (MLB.com) Padres look to continue success in signing top int’l prospects (MLB.c...2025
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• MLB arbitration: Dylan Cease, Garrett Crochet, Tarik Skubal, Zac Gallen among those to earn big raises

Jarren Duran, Michael King, Lars Nootbaar, Brendan Donovan and others were unable to reach an agreement...2025
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• Padres, Dylan Cease Avoid Arbitration
The Padres and Dylan Cease have avoided arbitration, as reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The right-hander will earn $13.75MM in 2025. That’s just a hair over his $13.7MM salary projection, courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. Cease, 29, was everything the Padres could have hoped for in 2024 after they sent Drew…...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres agree to deals with Luis Arraez, Dylan Cease
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 19

Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Wilfred Veras tops our Round 18 ballot. So, who is the 19th-best prospect in the White Sox system? Longtime SSS favorite Wilfred Veras made relatively quick work of the poll, advancing in his third ballot, earning 36 of 213 votes (17%): Right field is definitely the position of outfield strength in the White Sox system, at least when i...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres could trade Luis Arraez to Yankees

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, January 7, 2025. San Diego Padres News Yankees discussing trade for 3-time batting champ Arraez (report) (MLB.com) What are Padres’ plans behind the plate? (MLB.com) Padres’ injuries and roster moves (MLB.com) Padres’ Top 30 Prospects list (MLB.com) Padres roster review...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 18

Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Wikelman Gonzalez tops our Round 17 ballot. So, who is the 18th-best prospect in the White Sox system? The Garrett Crochet trade to Boston is laid to rest this round, at least in the Prospect Vote sense, as Wikelman Gonzalez advances with 45 of 214 votes (21%): While Ryan Teel (voted No. 8) and Braden Montgomery (No. 9) were hurt by ...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 17

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Bryan Ramos tops our Round 16 ballot. So, who is the 17th-best prospect in the White Sox system? With surprisingly low overall positioning, Bryan Ramos had a very easy time of it, taking 45 of 211 votes (21%): And yep, suddenly it’s third base fever, as we went 14 rounds without adding anyone from the hot corner before going back-to-back with Alexan...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 15

Birmingham Barons Tyler Schweitzer tops our Round 14 ballot. So, who is the 15th-best prospect in the White Sox system? For the third time this election cycle, a surprise, first-ballot prospect has won the Vote, this time Tyler Schweitzer stepping into the fray with a win, taking 41 of 203 votes (20%): This is the third time Schweitzer has been in our Prospect Vote; in 2023 he...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Wednesday 4/10, 5:40 CT

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... RUN SCORING: The Cubs have scored 71 runs in their first 11 games. That ties for the fourth most they have tallied through 11 games at the start of a season in the Modern Era. Their record is 80, in 1954, but they went 5-6 in those games. The Cubs scored 77 in 1929 (7-4), 74 in 2019 (3-8) and 71 in 19...2024
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"The Padres and Dylan Cease have avoided arbitration, as reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune."

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"6:15pm: The Padres are finalizing a trade for White Sox’s staff ace Dylan Cease, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (on X)."

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"Zack Greinke will face off against Dylan Cease in the opener."

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"Justin Verlander wins AL Cy Young Award, beating Dylan Cease and Alek Manoah"

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"White Sox starter Dylan Cease was struck by a comebacker in Friday night's game against the Indians and left with a bruised right triceps."

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"Fantasy pickups: Why now is the time to add Dylan Cease"

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"The move was one of nine spring cuts by the ChiSox, who also optioned out top pitching prospect Dylan Cease, catcher Seby Zavala and outfielder Micker Adolfo."

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"As White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito discussed his first spring start Wednesday afternoon, he kept taking peeks at the clubhouse television to see how teammate Dylan Cease was doing in the team's 5-4 win over the Rangers."

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"The Cubs had to deal highly touted prospects Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease for the left-hander."

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"No draft pick is a sure thing, but when the Cubs selected Dylan Cease in the sixth round of the 2014 Draft they were taking a bigger gamble than most."

• What’s next for the Cubs now that Roki Sasaki is going somewhere else?
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres agree to deals with Luis Arraez, Dylan Cease
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• Padres, Dylan Cease Avoid Arbitration
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• What Could The Padres Expect For Dylan Cease?

The Padres have yet to make a significant move this offseason. San Diego hasn't made a single major league free agent or trade acquisition. It's clear they're hamstrung financially. The complaint filed by Peter Seidler's widow against the late owner's brothers only adds to the overall organizational uncertainty. If San Diego is going to make…...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 19
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres could trade Luis Arraez to Yankees
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 18
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• A Game of Groans
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• In Appreciation of the Littell Guy

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images My confession: I love watching a strike throwing contact generating pitcher old school style pitcher work We here at DRaysBay love a good analytical breakdown. We can’t get enough of comparing expected stats to actual results, for instance. And a seam shifted wake discussion? Oh boy, get the fainting couch because I’m getting the vapors. However, this ...2024
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• BREAKING: Dylan Cease finally on the move, traded to Padres

A new era: The White Sox completed a blockbuster trade involving ace Dylan Cease. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images The South Siders received three of San Diego’s Top 10 prospects in the deal The Dylan Cease trade, which has been anticipated for months, has finally happened. The Padres are the winners of the Cease Sweepstakes, as the ace of the White Sox will be heading to San Diego. Cease, 2...2024
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• White Sox looking good for 2024!

Where there’s a yin there’s a yang That is, as long as you look from a very particular angle Now, we all know there’s a generally negative attitude among White Sox fans as to how things are apt to proceed this year. And, yes, fans are backed by experts such as Caesar’s sports book (the only one I could find which would provide the info without having to sign up for their sucker list), whi...2024
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• Orioles 9, White Sox 3: Bullpen struggles mightily

Diamond in the rough: Lenyn Sosa homered during the 9-3 loss. | Reggie Hildred-USA TODAY Sports The South Siders suffered another one-sided loss in Baltimore The White Sox (52-81) kept it close against the Orioles (83-49) for most of the game, but the Orioles dominated down the stretch for another convincing victory. Starting pitchers Jesse Scholtens and Dean Kremer got off to fantastic st...2023
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• White Sox 10, Rockies 5: Seven run surge leads to win

Lenyn Sosa rounding the bases after his three-run home run in the eighth inning to extend the lead to 10-5 | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports The South Siders come from behind and score seven runs in the eighth inning, more than in the first two games of the series combined The Chicago White Sox won the finale of the three-game set against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. In the bat...2023
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• BCB After Dark: Would Robert Suarez be a good fit?
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 19
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 18
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• White Sox looking good for 2024!
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• Braves sort out their left field situation with Kelenic trade but they aren’t done yet

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Jared Kelenic should be getting the majority of starts in left field for the Braves in 2024. That’s one position they won’t have to worry about but there’s still work for Alex Anthopoulos to do elsewhere. MLB’s Winter Meetings have kicked off with a bang and the good news is that the big acquisition to start things off involved our A...2023
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• Bird App Recap: Brewers 7, White Sox 3

@maddie_spagnola South Siders get swept and the tank season is back ON The White Sox are looking to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers, after losing back-to-back heartbreaking games, in true South Side fashion. They lost in extras on Friday, and blew the lead late in the game Saturday, which absolutely checks out. And once again, there’s no Luis Robert Jr. in the lineup ...2023
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (June 15-22): Zach Remillard
Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox Rookie Remi grabbed base after base in his memorable debut last week, giving his fellow Sox an 11th-hour win It was all smiles last week for White Sox rookie Zach Remillard, who drove in two runs to hoist the Sox over the Seattle Mariners in a 4-3 victory. Remillard, who was born and raised about 80 miles from Cooperstown, waded through the minors for nearly...2023
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• Dylan Cease and Justin Verlander deserve a lot of praise
Dylan Cease’s Chicago White Sox and Justin Verlander’s Houston Astros have had some wild moments together over the last two decades. For one, the White Sox defeated the Astros in the 2005 World Series for their first championship in almost a century. It was the greatest season in the history of the Chicago White Sox […] Dylan Cease and Justin Verlander deserve a lot of praise - S...2022
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• Justin Verlander wins AL Cy Young Award, beating Dylan Cease and Alek Manoah

Verlander edged out Manoah and Cease to win his third career Cy Young Award...2022
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• Padres To Acquire Dylan Cease
6:26pm: Cease has indeed been traded to San Diego, tweets Jon Heyman of the New York Post. 6:15pm: The Padres are finalizing a trade for White Sox’s staff ace Dylan Cease, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN (on X). The return isn’t clear. MLB.com’s Jon Morosi reported this morning that San Diego and Chicago had recently…...2024
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• Padres Have Considered Luis Arráez Trade
The Padres seem to have a budget crunch and are considering all kinds of options for how to stop feeling the squeeze. It was reported this week that they have been exploring the possibility of trading right-hander Dylan Cease and now Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that they have discussed trading infielder…...2024
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• Yoan Moncada came up clutch in the Chicago White Sox victory
The Chicago White Sox played a very interesting game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. It was the big Dylan Cease vs Justin Verlander game and both of them pitched pretty well. However, neither of them was able to keep the game from having an incredible finish. For the second night in a row, […] Yoan Moncada came up clutch in the Chicago White Sox victory - Southside Showdown - So...2022
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• Royals escape MLB oubliette, defeat Athletics 5-1
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The recent promotions are looking good Coming into today Athletics’ starter Mason Miller had never allowed a major league home run. He also throws 100 MPH. Neither thing helped him as he faced Salvador Perez in the first inning. Salvy’s 462-foot home run is the longest home run of his career. pic.twitter.com/6NI8Tx8NSK— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) May 7,...2023
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• Cubs trade target: Juan Soto

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images What would it take to acquire the Padres slugger? I’m going to preface this by saying simply: I do not want to make this trade, nope, no matter which players are involved. Let’s stipulate: Juan Soto is a great hitter. No question about it. One of the top five hitters in baseball. He’s only 25, and just turned that age about a month ago. Any team should wa...2023
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• The Daily Belli watch: 32 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images And yet, many top free agents remain unsigned. This helpful list was posted last Thursday, January 18. I share it with you now because it’s still (mostly) up to date: MLBTR Top 50 FA unsigned on 1/18/23:ProfarChafinWachaon 1/18/24:BellingerSnellMontgomeryM. ChapmanHaderSolerJ.D. MartinezHoskinsStephensonClevingerA. ChapmanLorenzenUrshelaRosarioMerrifiel...2024
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• White Sox 10, Rockies 5: Seven run surge leads to win
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• A Game of Groans
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• Dylan Cease, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Not sure if I've said this recently. Oh, I've said this before, absolutely. But recently? Maybe, maybe not. What is...recently? The last ten minutes, ten months, ten years? What is *pauses for dramatic effect* time? What I've definitely said before, but maybe not recently is there's many different types of fantasy baseball sleepers. There's guys who are sleepers in 12-team leagues; 15-team leagues...2021
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• Dylan Ceases To Amaze
With a two singles and a double, the White Sox big hitting star yesterday was Dylan Cease. Saying after the game, "With Lou Bob going down like a deflated beanbag -- No offense, Mitch Haniger -- it's important we all step up like an 80's aerobics teacher," then he began to count off exercise moves, "5, 6, 7, 8, schlemiel, schlimazel, let's see you burn, boys!" Then he did some step aerobics out of...2021
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• What’s next for the Cubs now that Roki Sasaki is going somewhere else?
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• 2025 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 19
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• What’s the plan, White Sox?

Chris Getz asking himself, “A plan? I’m supposed to have a plan? What’s a plan?” | Ron Vesely/Getty Images As if you could ever actually have one In theory, in any business transaction, each participant should have a plan of how to benefit. That is, unless the White Sox are involved. Of course, what “benefit” means can be in the eye of the beholder. For us fans, the idea would be to form...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Padres series preview

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images The Cubs begin their first West Coast swing of 2024. The Padres spent a ton of money before the 2023 season and fell flat for most of the year, missing the postseason. They didn’t make a lot of major changes, so they’re hoping good health and a new manager could help them make a fresh start this year. For more on the Padres, here’s Ben Fadden of our SB ...2024
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• White Sox Showing Interest In Michael Lorenzen
The White Sox have interest in free agent starter Michael Lorenzen, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic. The right-hander is arguably the third-best pitcher still on the open market behind Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery. Chicago’s link to Lorenzen comes at a time when trade speculation around staff ace Dylan Cease has been rekindled. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported…...2024
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• Rangers Evaluating Dylan Cease Market
Significant trades halfway through Spring Training are rare, yet speculation about White Sox’s staff ace Dylan Cease hasn’t gone away. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reported this morning that the Yankees put a new trade proposal on the table for Chicago’s expected Opening Day starter. Meanwhile, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News writes that the Rangers…...2024
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• Marcell Ozuna ranks 83rd on MLB Network’s Top 100 players

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Marcell Ozuna enjoyed a bounce back 2023 campaign. Over the next few weeks, MLB Network will be rolling out their list of the Top 100 players right now. The first installment was revealed Tuesday night and Atlanta Braves DH Marcell Ozuna checked in at No. 83. It has been a wild ride of late for Ozuna, who signed a four-year, $65 mil...2024
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 23

Chris Getz is all smiles, while the rest of us are steeped in anger. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Off-the-field drama again grabs the headlines Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened,...2023
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• Bird App Recap: White Sox 5, Yankees 1

Nothing to see here I am happy to report that absolutely nothing of note happened between yesterday’s finale in Cleveland and tonight’s game back in Chicago. NOT. Jesse Rogers broke a story late last night, with telling quotes from Keynan Middleton. Filed to ESPN: Former White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton documents dysfunction as he saw it in Chicago. ‘No rules': Ex-White Sox pitcher rips club'...2023
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• Gamethread: Yankees at White Sox

Dylan Cease sitting out games in Canada in 2022 due to vaccination mistrust currently ranks No. 574 on the list of stupid things about the Chicago White Sox. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The nation’s laughingstock attempts to gain some respect back with a Cease start Happy Monday, White Sox fans, and happy Dylan Cease Day. With the landslide of humiliating White Sox news throttling our i...2023
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. White Sox series preview
Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first two games of this year’s Crosstown Classic are Tuesday and Wednesday. Hey, both these teams were supposed to contend this year, the White Sox more so than the Cubs, or so it was said when this season began. It hasn’t worked out that way for the Sox, no siree, not at all, and the Cubs lurk around the edges of contention. For mor...2023
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• Grading the White Sox: Jerry Reinsdorf
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images When team ownership is more job than dream At midseason, the SSS staff graded the 46-46 White Sox, from the head of the class Dylan Cease down to Dallas Keuchel. We invented a WARsss metric that could very well be just a cute way to trot out our special site grades — but really for all you know could be the product of years of research in a stats lab. Our expan...2022
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• Chicago White Sox: At least Dylan Cease showed up this season
The Chicago White Sox have had a terrible season. They were expected to go into the playoffs as the American League Central champions and then make a deep run. Instead, they will be missing the playoffs entirely. Most of the organization should be ashamed of themselves. The White Sox were just swept by the Detroit […] Chicago White Sox: At least Dylan Cease showed up this season - Southside ...2022
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