Finally, the White Sox will get to play someone other than the Indians or the Dirty Beast! The boys will be home for a brief five-game homestand and will start it off welcoming the Kansas City Royals.

Here is what you might want to know about the upcoming three-game series:

2012 Record: White Sox 15-17, 3rd in AL Central. Royals 11-19, 4th in AL Central.

2011 Series Record: 7-11

All-Time Series Record: 343-302 (The Sox are 193-134 at home against the PITAs)

The following pitchers are expected to start the games:

Gavin Floyd: 2-3, 3.03 ERA, 37K v. Felipe Paulino: 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6K

Eric Stults: 0-0, 3.00 ERA, 4K v. Luke Hochevar: 2-3, 9.00 ERA, 18K

Philip Humber: 1-2, 6.83 ERA, 28K v. Danny Duffy: 2-2, 4.00 ERA, 27K

Friday’s game begins at 7:10 pm, Saturday’s game begins at 6:10 pm and Sunday’s finale starts at 1:10 pm. All times CDT.  » Continue reading “Welcoming Fail? Series Preview: White Sox v Royals”

Spring Training is over. Things will matter starting tomorrow. For the Sox, the things that will matter begin on Friday afternoon.

Before spring training really had begun, I made an early prognostication on how the AL Central would look come October. Now that spring is done and the season is about to begin, I thought I would revisit how the standings may look. I knew things could change, but how much still remains to be seen.

In addition to what I think, I also talked to fellow AL Central writers, Jen who writes about the Royals, Jessica who writes about the Tigers and Jen, a contributor here on South Side Hit Girl.

So far, everyone is in agreement that the Tigers are the team to beat. From there, opinions vary a great deal. I think the standings will end up with Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Cleveland and Minnesota. The White Sox the past few weeks had me thinking there might be something special happening. » Continue reading “Did Spring Make A Difference In Eventual AL Central Standings?”