ESPN's Doug Padilla breaks down the White Sox's interest in landing Japanese slugger Nobuhiro Matsuda and moving Trayce Thompson to center field.
NASHVILLE -- For the second time in a week, Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper put the poor season from starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija all on his shoulders.
Samardzija, who was believed to be a key addition at last year’s winter meetings, had a miserable 2015 season, especially in the second half when he went 1-8 with a 9.24 ERA during one eight-start stretch.
“Man, I failed; it didn’t work out the way any of us would have wanted,” Cooper said, while visiting the White Sox’s traveling contingent at the winter meetings.