Wait and See

Adrian Houser was supposed to start for the White Sox yesterday but was held out pending a possible trade. Centerfielder Luis Robert Jr., who’s expected to be traded, started anyway. Houser got to watch his likely soon-to-be ex-teammates beat the Phillies 9-3, with likely soon-to-be ex-Sox Robert contributing three hits and two nice catches. But the really good news for the longsuffering faithful, of which I am but one of many, concerns four Sox players not likely to be traded anytime soon—Colson Montgomery; Edgar Quero; Kyle Teel; and Miguel Vargas all homered, solo shots for Montgomery and Teel, three-run jobs for Quero and Vargas. Oh, and that Broadway tune who goes by the name of Lenyn Sosa came off the bench to go 2-for-2 with a run and an RBI. One other person I’d put on that “do not trade” list is reliever Mike Vasil, who threw four scoreless innings for the win. The 25-year old, Rule-Five pick sports a 1.55 ERA over 58 relief innings. With only three strikeouts over four innings, Vasil gets it done the old-fashioned way, through weak contact. Take that, saber-heads. One more win, and the Sox equal their total from last season. With two months to go in the season, the mind boggles over the possibilities.