Big-little

The White Sox notched their nineteenth win last night beating the Diamondbacks 9-2 That represents 5.26 percent of their season’s total, so it’s both a very big and a very sad thing. The sad speaks for itself, which leaves the big, such as it is. The other day, I stated the opinion the Sox lineup included only two players of value, catcher Korey Lee and centerfielder Luis Robert Jr. I overlooked, sort of, first baseman Andrew Vaughn. You decide. Vaughn, who turned 26 in April, plays a nice first base. In his first three seasons, he increased his RBI total from 46 to 78 to 80, all of which suggested this would be his breakout year. Instead, he’s hitting .227 with nine homers and 28 RBIs, and those figures are all up because of a .340 BA in June. In each of his first three seasons, Vaughn has slumped noticeably the last six weeks of the season. More .340 and less slump will make him a keeper. Third baseman Lenyn Sosa? Let’s pretend I’m from Missouri; the 24-year old has got to show me. Sosa has upped his BA from .201 last year to .250 as of last night, when he collected three hits, including a double and three-run homer. More of the same, please. Speaking of which, rookie Drew Thorpe gets his second start today in Arizona. If he comes close to repeating what he did in Seattle, the Sox win total this Father’s Day won’t be quite so embarrassing.