In Retrospect

By the end of last season, this is how much the White Sox regretted their signing of catcher Yasmani Grandal back in 2019—with one month left on his contract, Grandal started seven games behind the place to eighteen for Korey Lee, who at no point hit higher than .094. Carlos Perez also started four games. Wait, there’s more. A few weeks ago, the Sox acquired Max Stassi from the Braves. Stassi was injured all of last year, but the new front office of Chris Getz and company would rather go with the rehabbing Stassi, a career .212 hitter, than bring back Grandal in any way, shape or form. Wait, there’s more. Last week, Getz went out and signed Martin Maldonado to a one-year deal. Maldonado is a career .207 hitter who put up a .191 BA last season with the Astros. Again, this is considered an upgrade over Grandal. Holy Rick Hahn. The Sox are in their current predicament because they worked so hard to get there. Nobody has bothered to pick up Grandal yet, and nobody appears interested in adding Hahn to their front office. Gosh, I wonder why.