Just Wondering

Since taking over for Oscar Colas in right field, Gavin Sheets has eight RBIs in six games, including three last night on a homerun in the White Sox 7-6 over the Twins. It got me to wondering. What if the Sox had moved on from Colas sooner than September? Sheets looked very good his rookie year in 2021, hitting eleven homers with thirty-four RBIs in just160 at-bats. Last year, those numbers increased to fifteen and fifty-three in 377 at-bats. Now, he’s at ten and forty in 272. Funny how the Sox run away from players who can help them. Consider Sheets and his ex-teammate Jake Burger, who last night hit his thirty-second homer in the Marlins’ 11-5 win over the Braves. It was a two-out, two-run shot in the eighth that broke a 5-5 tie. But the Sox didn’t want Burger. I’m sure Gavin Sheets knows the feeling.