Repeat Season

With their 6-1 loss to the Guardians yesterday, the White Sox lost their eighth straight game to fall to 2-10 on the year, which comes out to a .167 winning percentage. That compares to .253 last year. As if that weren’t depressing enough, manager Will Venable continues to channel ex-manager Mickey Mouse, who never had enough good things to say about the opposition. For Venable yesterday, it concerned Cleveland starter Gavin Williams, from the sound of it, the second coming of Bob Feller. Williams, now 7-15 on his career with a 4.00 ERA, “has really good stuff,” at least against a lineup with five of the “hitters” batting under .186, and that didn’t include Luis Robert Jr. (.154 BA) who had the day off. Oh, Venable’s team “had some opportunities, [and] he [Williams] made some really good pitches, and we weren’t able to string some things together. Credit to him.” No, skip, shame on you. The Sox rank dead last in baseball for runs scored and second-from-last for batting average. Why does hitting coach Marcus Thames still have a job? The team ERA is 3.96, or seventeenth out of thirty. And I’d say that stat is misleading because during those eight straight losses, the staff has given up six or more runs five times. How exactly is pitching coach Ethan Katz helping his young starters? Let’s not forget the front office in all this. The team has been hit with a rash of injuries, including catcher, the one position where they have some promising talent in the minors. So, who do they bring up to replace Korey Lee, on the 10-day IL with a sprained ankle? Why, 33-year old Omar Narvaez, of course. GM Chris Getz did see fit to bring up someone younger in the person of 24-year old Chase Meidroth, one of the prospects acquired in the Garrett Crochet deal. Meidroth could start as early as tonight, most likely at second or short. It doesn’t matter which. They suck at either position.