Sorry, but a team on the upswing
doesn’t follow two walk-off wins with two drubbings. Friday’s 6-1 loss by the White Sox to Boston and
a previously winless Chris Sale was bad enough, bad not nearly as bad as
yesterday’s 15-2 humiliation.
How bad? Consider this: White Sox starter Manny
Banuelos gave up nine runs on ten hits in the third, all after two outs and
nobody on. Nothing I read or heard from
manager Rick Renteria explained why he subjected Banuelos, his teammates or
White Sox fans to this pummeling.
Renteria used infielder Jose Rondon to pitch an inning the night before
with the Sox only five runs down. Why
not pick another position player to do it once your team is five, six, seven,
eight…?
As for the rebuild, it sure looks
shaky. Tim Anderson, the self-proclaimed
Jackie Robinson of fun, is hitting .115 over his last seven games and .233 over
his last fifteen. Yoan Moncada, who
carries the burden of being one of the centerpieces in the Sale trade, is at
.192 over his last seven and .254 over his last fifteen. Carson Fulmer, a former first-round draft
pick who was shifted from starting to relieving, has just walked himself back
to the minors. I see next to no
leadership on the field or in the dugout.
All White Sox fans get is GM Rick
Hahn telling them when they can and can’t expect the next wave of “talent” to
arrive from the minors. And how will
they be coached once they get here, Rick?
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