What's Pitching Got to Do With It?

Dylan Cease made his spring debut for the White Sox yesterday, pitching two scoreless innings. No doubt, Jerry Reinsdorf feels vindicated (and vindictive, too. That’s just part of his nature.). You see, the Sox acquired Cease, back in 2017 along with Eloy Jimenez, in a package involving pitcher Jose Quintana. And Quintana was the textbook free-agent signing for the Sox, a minor leaguer. You see, pitching for pitching, and at some point in the not-too-distant-future, pitching for rainbows and unicorns. Last year, the Sox acquired Gregory Santos from the Giants for pitcher Kade McClure (do you see a pattern here?), and Santos had himself a nice rookie year, with a 3.39 ERA and five saves in 60 appearances. So, they traded him last month to the Mariners for outfielder Zach DeLoach and reliever Prelander Berroa. Berroa is being touted as a possible closer sooner than later. Off of yesterday’s appearance against the Rangers, I’d say, No, unless six earned runs in .2 innings qualifies. Of course, there’s always Bryan Shaw. He went a whole inning and only gave up four runs. Yeah, the Sox have this pitching thing down cold.