Steps Forward and Back

I don’t get it. The White Sox bring up a bona fide prospect like reliever Grant Taylor only to play some of the people they did last night in a 10-2 loss to the Astros. Start with shortstop Vinny Capra. OK, he went 1-for-3 with a run scored, which means for the season the 28-year old is batting.096 (.158 with the Sox). In case you were wondering, Brooks Baldwin went 2-for-4 last night, raising his BA to .382. If the Sox are ever to see .500 in Pope Leo’s lifetime, I doubt outfielder Joshua Palacios will be playing on the South Side. Bring up Colson Montgomery to play short and put Baldwin in the outfield. Oh, and please, stop using retreads out of the bullpen. Last night, it was Owen White, who gave up three runs on seven hits over 4.1 innings in his Sox debut. White had two cups of coffee for the Rangers before the Sox picked him up on waivers from the Yankees, who picked him up from the Reds, who picked him up from the Rangers. White went 0-5 with a 5.24 ERA as a starter for Charlotte. He has a career 4.48 ERA across four-plus seasons in the minors. Wikelman Gonzalez, another player who came over from Boston in the Garrett Crochet deal, is 5-0 with a 3.06 ERA coming out of the pen for Charlotte. Why didn’t he get called up instead?