Last season the White Sox were supposed to be great. I was positive that they would run away with the division. Adam Dunn had just been brought in to bolster the offense and the team had a rock solid starting rotation. Setup man extraordinaire Matt Thornton looked poised to make a seamless transition to the closer’s role. But as we now know, everything that could go wrong did for the South Siders. Jake Peavy had a 4.92 ERA in just 18 starts. Brent Morel and Gordon Beckham turned in disappointing years. Thornton blew saves left and right during April. Alex Rios probably would have qualified for the worst player in the league with a triple slash of .227/.265/.348 if not for the historically awful season of one of his teammates. To say that Dunn had a bad first year in Chicago would be an understatement. He hit .159/.292./.277 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI while striking out 117 times in 492 plate appearances. All that led to the White Sox finishing 2011 with a losing record and a truck...
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PLAYERS:
Adam Dunn,
Matt Thornton,
Jake Peavy,
Brent Morel,
Gordon Beckham,
Alex Rios,
Ozzie Guillen,
Robin Ventura,
Mark Buehrle,
Sergio Santos,
Nestor Molina,
Jason Frasor,
Carlos Quentin,
Dayan Viciedo,
John Danks,
Hector Santiago,
Paul Konerko,
Jesse Crain,
Addison Reed,
Chris Sale,
Alexei Ramirez,
Phil Humber,
Alejandro De Aza
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers
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