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Check out this fancy graph that tells us that, in fact, Gavin's been struggling with his control for a while.

John Danks isn't the first to struggle to come back from surgery for a torn shoulder capsule. While it's still early for him, others diagnosed are still battling to return to form.

A fine mahoke to you all. Pardon the excessive absence--or don't--but I thought it might be of some interest to go over exactly why Rick Hahn might be interested in sending away Gavin Floyd...

Welcome! Another installment of The Chris Sale Project is at hand, ready to demystify the various aspects of the performance and, if you will, existence of Chris Sale. We CSPers took to the...

If Chris Sale is pitching and you own a tv, turn it on and sit down. There aren't better things to do.

Chris Sale is back, praise be, and he was dang good against the Royals. But how'd he do it? And what should we expect as the White Sox come down the home stretch?

The White Sox acquired Francisco Liriano for bits of string and a few bottle caps, but he's going to be worth more than that to an ailing staff.

An assortment of White Sox pitchers goes under the amateur scouting microscope for revealing or not assessments of their past performance and future projections. Huzzah!

Chris Sale has been an ace so far. But how are we supposed to project him going forward given how little we know about him?

Against Minnesota yesterday, Chris Sale really didn't have his best anything. He wasn't laboring, but there did seem to be a hangover effect from going toe to toe with Zack Greinke. In any case,...

Chris Sale will be fine after his hiccup last week.

Well that was better, no? It's not as if Chris Sale threw all that much harder against the Angels than in previous starts. But it did seem to be something of a difference maker nonetheless. And,...

Well that was a bit of a whirlwind adventure in media mismanagement wasn't it? When last I wrote, I expected not to be writing this column for a while. That was my expectation because the White...

What exactly does Chris Sale's demotion mean for the White Sox? A lot more than you might think.

Discussing White Sox Chris Sale's progress as a starting pitcher.

Discussing how well Chris Sale is transitioning to a starting pitcher.

Hello all and welcome to an exciting new feature this season on SSS we're inventively calling "The Chris Sale Project". As the title would suggest if I were more creative, I'll be following the...

And we're back for day two of the ever-important community projections. Today we peer collectively into one giant crystal ball and divine the future of White Sox hitters in 2012. Just like last...

Hi everybody! It's that time of year, apparently. I would have completely forgot had KenWo not reminded me. But don't take that to mean the community projections don't mean anything to me. It's...

Free whitesox.com webcast today.Lineup per Sox' Twitter is: 2B Bridge C AJ RF Rios 1B Konerko SS Ramirez CF Danks 3B Morel LF Mitchell DH Kuhn SP Peavy

Table data taken from Texas Leaguers for the 2011 season. Four-seamer and two-seamer got combined since I don't actually think he has a two-seamer. Slider got renamed for better illustration...

So now we know about fastballs for the most part, right? No? You've forgotten already? Howsabout another Dave Allen graph: So right, more run values. Negative is good for the pitcher, positive...

These posts would be almost totally lacking in actual data and evidence without Dave Allen, Bojan Koprivica and Trip Somers. There are more I've read since Pitch F/x was born and I could start a...

The White Sox officially announced the terms of John Danks' five-year, $65 million contract on Thursday.

As I argued last week, it really doesn't seem like the Sox are in position to do much other than rebuild. But who should they swap? And who can they expect to get in return? Neither question...

The White Sox have no choice but to rebuild in 2012.

Projecting Chris Sale's 2012 performance.

Kenny Williams really should not have given Jason Frasor more money.

TP invited me to take the reins for a bit.  The flat screen is his.  The old name brand recliner mottled with beer and pizza stains from way back when, his.  The glass topped coffee table, the...