The White Sox have acquired pitcher Edwin Jackson from Arizona for Daniel Hudson and minor league lefty David Holmberg.
Somewhere, out there, Carlos is beating the shit out of a beverage container.
]]>]]>Edwin Jackson became a member of the White Sox on Friday, traded to Chicago from Arizona in exchange for right-handed pitcher Daniel Hudson and Minor League hurler David Holmberg.
With the Nationals interested in the right-hander and the White Sox interested in first baseman Adam Dunn, who would serve primarily as a designated hitter for the South Siders, general manager Ken Williams could flip Jackson to Washington in exchange for the left-handed slugger. In a text to MLB.com Friday afternoon, Dunn said he was still a member of the Nationals and had not heard anything to the contrary.
Lucas Harrell has been called up from Triple-A Charlotte to make the spot start.
]]>Chinese military commander Sun Tzu believed in deception, writing, ‘’All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable ... when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make them believe we are near ...’’
General manager Ken Williams read Tzu’s Art of War.
Let’s start the paper trail with that fact.
Where the trail ends? That will show itself when the trade deadline comes to an end just over 24 hours from now. Then all the speculation, the sources, the back-channel talk will mean very little, evaporating into the air and going away like a morning fog.
Okay, whatever it takes works for me.
]]>]]>“Maybe we cheat,” said Guillen, drawing laughter from the media. “You never know. I don’t know, man. This is a very, very good ballpark to hit, and a very comfortable park to pitch.”