Is He Anything?

The White Sox snapped their eight-game losing streak last night, thumping the visiting Red Sox, 11-1, with rookie Chase Meidroth making an immediate contribution. The 23-year old played a nice second base and went 1-for-1 with three walks and two runs scored. Does it mean anything? As you might expect, the team website today said Meidroth “made great impression vs. former club in MLB debut.” OK, but Zach Remillard had an even better first game back on June 17th, 2023, when he went 3-for-3, driving in the tying run against the Mariners in the top of the ninth and the eventual winning run in the eleventh. From what I can tell, Remillard is now retired. Along with Danny Mendick, another compact infielder who came up with the White Sox. In fact, Meidroth looks to me to be Mendick with better plate discipline. We’ll see. Ditto for tomorrow, when Garrett Crochet gets the start. Talk about brutal. Crochet made some remarks to reporters before the game yesterday that, under ordinary circumstances, would get posted in the clubhouse for motivation. Only they work even better as a warning to Meidroth and his new teammates. Crochet said going to spring training this year “felt like the big leagues, you know?” As for his White Sox experience, “it was not very hard to move on, honestly.” And does he care if the trade works out for his old team? “Not really, no.” [quotes from column and story in today’s Sun-Times] Yikes. Add that to Gavin Sheets saying the other day how Dylan Cease told him he’d love playing in San Diego, and you can’t help but think there’s something rotten in Denmark, I mean, the South Side.