PT TOMORROW: AL Central—2017 outlook: Pitchers

Last week, BaseballHQ.com reviewed position players for 2017. This week, we look at the pitchers.

 

Chicago White Sox

The 2017 season could see a major shakeup to the rotation. Chris Sale (LHP, CHW) and José Quintana (LHP, CHW) may still be on the trading block, and the White Sox need to figure out what to do with James Shields (RHP, CHW).

After experiencing a brutal 2015 second half at BAL (6.06 ERA) and 2016 spring training (21 ER in 19.1 IP), Miguel González (RHP, CHW; pictured above) has found new life with Chicago. Parts of his skill set have slightly changed (6.8 Dom, 3.2 Ctl in 2015 vs. 6.7 Dom, 2.7 Ctl in 2016), but he's nearly halved his hr/9 to 0.8 in 2016 by avoiding the multiple-HR outings (seven of 25 in 2015, none of 19...

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