Yeah, Right

When White Sox GM Chris Getz addressed the media Monday, he did a lot of smoke blowing in regards Luis Robert Jr., including the assertion the team could hold onto their non-hitting center fielder well past the July 31st trade deadline “That’s a real possibility,” Getz said with what I presume was a straight face. Robert would be gone if only he could hit in the same way Andrew Benintendi would be gone if only he could hit a little more and some contender had a gaping hole in the outfield. But Robert can’t hit, and Benintendi runs the other way every time his BA approaches .250. So, here we are. Last night, Robert hit a homerun for the Sox’s only tally in a 4-1 loss to the Diamondbacks. By going 1-for-4, Robert actually upped his average a point to .185. He also has 88 strikeouts in 249 at-bats for a strikeout rate of 35 percent. Yum. Meanwhile, Benintendi went 0-for-3, lowering his BA to .235. Like I said, yum. Manager New-Mickey Venable keeps using openers. Some days, it’s due to an injury to the scheduled starter, other days as a way to manage the workload of a young staff. I’m not sure the reason for opening with Jordan Leasure last night. Whatever, the idea still uses up pitchers, four last night. The team keeps losing while sending out the same lineup while people in charge keep singing the same happy tune. This is somewhere between insanity and hell.