Twenty Questions, Give or Take

Drink the White Sox Rebuild Kool-Aid, and all is well.  Take a pass, and you may want to ask some questions, like these:

Lucas Giolito gave up four homeruns, including three to Nelson Cruz, in last night’s 10-3 loss to the Twins.  Did James McCann call the pitches, or did Giolito shake him off until he got the sign he wanted?

After the first homer, why didn’t Cruz get brushed off the plate or, better yet, introduced to the ground?  After the second homer?  The third?

What did pitching coach Don Cooper have to say about Giolito’s performance?  The team ERA is currently 5.06, the 23^rd “best” in baseball.  How much pride does Cooper take in that number?

Sox manager Rick Renteria says, “Good pitching has a way of slowing things down on the offensive side.”  The team batting average is .253, tied for 13^th out of 30 MLB teams, and 6^th in the AL.  Does that mean the AL is a pitchers’ league?

Is new Sox dh AJ Reed related to anyone in the Sox front office?  If not, does he have incriminating photos of just about everyone in the organization, including owner Jerry Reinsdorf?  Is there any baseball reason for Reed to be with a big-league club?  Are the Sox a big-league club?

   The team fielding percentage is tied for 29^th place.  Does Renteria or general manager Rick Hahn consider the Sox to be a good fielding club?

Right now, the Sox are ten games under .500; a 78-84 record would look to be a major accomplishment.  That was the Twins’ record last year, when they fired manager Paul Molitor and replaced him with Rocco Baldelli, who has Minnesota leading Cleveland in the Central Division by 2-1/2 games.

Would the Sox consider making a similar change come October?