More of the Same, and Not

Another game, another one-run loss courtesy of the bullpen. Yet more proof that, outside of Korey Lee and Luis Robert Jr., The White Sox have no position players of consequence or trade value. Take Paul DeJong, please. Pitching, though, is a different story, one any fan from the 1960s is familiar with. Last night, rookie Jonathan Cannon made his fourth, and best, start of the season, throwing seven innings of one-run ball. Without Robert clubbing a pinch-hit homerun in the ninth, Cannon would’ve lost, 1-0, but the hitting heroics got the 23-year old righty off the hook while delaying the inevitable by an inning. Mariners 2-1 in ten. Cannon, Garrett Crochet and Drew Thorpe could be the foundation of a top-notch rotation. Throw in number-two prospect 20-year old lefty Noah Schultz, all 6’9” of him, and there might be cause for hope, in an Eddie Stanky sort of way. Right now, that sounds awful good to me.