Is It Enough?

If only despair were met this way more often. Just hours after I’d consigned Gavin Sheets to the ash heap of White Sox prospects, he hit a game-tying homerun against the A’s and a ninth-inning double that turned into the deciding run in a 3-2 Sox win, thank you, wild pitch. I come from the Ron Schueler school of general managing; never trade when you can develop. A Cub-fan of a friend of mine is literally salivating over the idea of trading Ian Happ to the Sox for Sheets. That alone makes me want to keep him. Last night, Sheets batted eighth, today he’s in the five-spot, right after Jose Abreu. Has he done enough to justify that promotion? Not really. Will he justify it? I certainly hope so.