A Waste

The White Sox lost to the Royals last night, 3-1, their twelfth straight loss at Kauffman Stadium. The visitors haven’t won there in close to two years. Here’s what I don’t get. Manager New-Mickey Venable used fourteen players on the night, yet only five of them could be considered part of the rebuild. That doesn’t include Luis Robert Jr., because the Sox have no idea what to do with him. Is Curtis Mead part of the rebuild? Mike Tauchman or Michael A. Taylor? Aaron Civale or Brandon Eisert or Steven Wilson? If not, then why did they play? Anybody with a heartbeat should be up from Charlotte. Beyond that, Double-A Birmingham is 68-44; the Barons’ pitching staff leads the Southern Association with a 2.78 ERA. Not Civale, Eisert and Wilson but Murphy (1.32 ERA); Palisch (1.68); McDougal (1.94); and Dalquist (2.09). Notice that I didn’t even mention Hagen Smith or Noah Schultz in this groups. But what do I know?