Do the Limbo

How low can the White Sox go? After last night’s 2-0 loss to the Royals, they’re 2-14, with six shutout losses. The 1907 Brooklyn Superbas are the only other team in MLB history to equal that level of shutout ineptitude. The good new is, Chris Getz has no choice but to embrace a shock rebuild. The roster he’s put together is so bad, looks so incapable of winning even 50 games, that he’s being forced to make changes. Last night, it was rookie Nick Nastrini getting his first-ever start. Tonight, that honor goes to Jonathan Canon. Wait, there’s more, or soon will be. Did I mention Martin Maldonado went 0-for-2, giving him two singles in 31 at-bats this season? He gone soon, and Max Stassi, another Getz offseason catching acquisition, won’t be replacing him, not after being placed on the 60-day IL. Hello, Carlos Perez and Edgar Quero. And, hello, Colson Montgomery. Paul DeJong was supposed to be holding down shortstop until you were ready, only DeJong is hitting barely a scooch better than Maldonado, at 6-for-34, or .176, if you prefer. Fifteen strikeouts in 34 at-bats is the kind of stat that’ll get Montgomery here all the faster. And, hello, somebody in right field. Maybe you, Tommy Pham, after you play a few games in Charlotte, maybe not. Pham is a ten-year veteran, hardnosed to the point of being abrasive. Putting him in the same dugout with Eloy Jimenez and Mickey Mouse is asking for trouble. Give that mix a couple of weeks before it explodes. Then who plays right? Zach DeLoach? Wilfred Veras? Whomever.