P.O.'d

Because the White Sox lack pitching depth and they refuse to commit to free agents current or future, e.g., Lucas Gilito, they go the bargain-basement route, e.g., Mike Clevinger. When Clevinger makes one of his visits to the IL, two so far this season and counting, everyone gets reminded about that lack of pitching depth. Tanner Banks opened rather than started, and the Sox lost rather than won, 5-2 to the visiting Rangers. Consider that Sox hitters have the lowest on-base percentage and walk the fewest times in all of baseball. Sox pitchers, on the other hand, have the eighth-worst staff ERA and the second-most walks in all of baseball. Really, a tip of the cap to manager Pedro Grifol and his staff. Some ordering of the above left GM Rick Hahn so worked up yesterday that he actually spoke in the active voice. When he heard that a national reporter had doubts about Grifol’s continued employment, Hahn told reporters, “It pissed me off.” Now he knows how most Sox fans feel.