Look Out Below

The White Sox under Jerry Reinsdorf treat pitching as a necessary evil. Good pitching, bad pitching, it’s all the same to Reinsdorf and Co. Look no further than the fates of Jack McDowell and Mark Buehrle. This might be tolerable if the organization developed a steady supply of young talent, only it doesn’t. Michael Kopech is McDowell-light, at best, and Mike Clevinger is a patch on a patch. Now, they’re both on the IL, which forces GM Rick Hahn’s hand, so to speak. Think Tanner Banks, Jessie Scholtens, and yesterday’s losing pitcher, Touki Toussaint in a 3-0 Cardinals’ win. After the game, Mickey Mouse addressed the media, saying Toussaint “looks the part” and has the ”potential” to be “one of the five guys” who make up a staff. [story today on team website] Whether or not Mickey meant the second coming of the ’62 Mets’ rotation was unclear. Mouse also noted Sox hitters “missed a few pitches that we probably should have hit. We chased a little bit. We've got to get back to the drawing board and continue to work.” Note to Mouse: Today is the last game before the All-Star date. At ninety one games and a 38-53 record, the Sox are more than halfway through a miserable season. They don’t need a drawing board as much as they do a bunch of pink slips.