Imagine That

Back in August when he fired GM Rick Hahn, White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said one of the reasons he acted then was to give Hahn a chance to hook up with another team in the offseason. Five months later, Hahn still looks to be unemployed. So do two of his former players. Nobody seems to want a slow-footed catcher prone to passed balls and stolen bases, none of which kept Hahn from signing Yasmani Grandal back in 2019. And shortstop Tim Anderson, once the face of the franchise, has yet to be picked up. This makes me wonder what other front offices knew that Sox beat reporters didn’t know or wouldn’t write about. The best that can be said of Hahn’s most recent work is that it’s produced two top-50 prospects according to MLB Pipeline: shortstop Colson Mongomery (#9) and starter Noah Schultz (#50). As for 51-100, not one Sox prospect is listed. Over on the North Side, the Cubs landed the most players on the list, with seven. Shorter rebuild, quicker turnaround. Something for new GM Chris Getz to shoot for.