Compare and Contrast

Dylan Cease is the best pitcher on the White Sox. Tuesday night, he struck out three Cleveland Guardians in an eventual extra-inning loss for the Sox. Triston McKenzie is not the best pitcher on the Guardians, not yet at least. Last night, he struck out thirteen Sox “hitters”—down from fourteen the last time he faced them—in an 8-2 Cleveland beatdown at Guaranteed Rate Whatever. Last night, Lance Lynn didn’t have it. Of course, if he did pitch well, he still could’ve lost, given that he was pitching to Yasmani Grandal with Yoan Moncada playing third base. Watching those two was like watching a goalie camp for the Blackhawks. That, or they were swatting at flies all night. Bad Doug is back in that part of me wants to see this team lose all its remaining thirteen games, just to see how owner Jerry Reinsdorf would respond. Oh, he could extend Tony La Russa, all right. Reinsdorf is nothing if not spiteful. But just how dumb is he? We’ll soon find out.