Silver Linings

Well, here’s a real silver lining. After yesterday’s 7-3 loss to the Rockies, the White Sox close out spring training with a 9-20 record, but there’s somebody worse, by winning percentage at least. That honor belongs to the Twins, whose 8-18 record translates into a .308 percentage, as opposed to .310 for the Sox. And the Twins are the consensus pick to win the Central Division. Other glimmers of hope? Not really, although GM Chris Getz did give Jesse Chavez and Touki Toussaint their walking papers (while bringing back outfielder Kevin Pillar. Go figure.). Beyond that, the talent is so bare the Opening Day roster isn’t set three days before the first pitch of the season. And I guess this qualifies as good news of a sort. Catcher Max Stassi is suffering from general soreness from missing last season due to injury. That opens the door to Korey Lee. If you’re going to be bad, be bad with youth. Lee is 25 to Stassi’s 33. Nothing personal, Max.