According to FanGraphs, Andrew Vaughn is the least valuable regular in Major League Baseball through 50 games, just like he was through 20 games, 30 games and 40 games. Baseball-Reference.com doesn't have the capacity to search its WAR leaderboard by date ranges, but considering he also ranks dead last (-1.6 bWAR, compared to -1.3 fWAR), the story wouldn't be much different … [Read more...] about Andrew Vaughn is playing more than ever, but also less
Mariners 6, White Sox 5: Sixth homer settles it
After successfully guiding a one-run lead over the finish line on Tuesday, the White Sox bullpen couldn't convert on two chances to do it again. Shane Smith endured the rockiest possible start to throw five innings that, as the saying goes, kept his team in the ballgame. His team paid notice to it, turning a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead when Tim Elko homered in the third, and … [Read more...] about Mariners 6, White Sox 5: Sixth homer settles it
White Sox 1, Mariners 0: Adrian’s house
Adrian Houser didn't look like a guy making his White Sox debut on the day he was officially signed. Mere hours after his one-year, $1.35 million deal was announced, Houser delivered six shutout innings, and the White Sox bullpen avoided a late-inning cave-in this time around to snap a five-game skid with the scantest of support. The post White Sox 1, Mariners 0: Adrian’s … [Read more...] about White Sox 1, Mariners 0: Adrian’s house
Mariners 5, White Sox 1: Homestand opens with a dud
Appearances can be deceiving. With the way he breezed through his first eight outs on Monday night, Davis Martin looked poised to top his best outing of the season with an even more thunderous triumph. The post Mariners 5, White Sox 1: Homestand opens with a dud appeared first on Sox Machine. … [Read more...] about Mariners 5, White Sox 1: Homestand opens with a dud
Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Flustered and frustrated
When the White Sox try to apply pressure, it often looks a lot like the first inning Sunday, when Chase Meidroth was thrown out by 20 feet while trying to turn Joshua Palacios' soft, shallow lineout into a sacrifice fly. When the White Sox have pressure applied to them, it often looks like the sixth inning, in which a couple of defensive gaffes turned a manageable problem into … [Read more...] about Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Flustered and frustrated