Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Erick Fedde is no longer a major-league pitcher, and signing him to a bargain-basement contract, like White Sox GM Chris Getz did this spring, more or less confirms that. So did Fedde’s performance yesterday against the Giants. San Francisco 10 Chicago 3. First, the 33-year old righthander put his team in a 3-0 hole. Then, after the Sox tied the game in the fifth inning, Fedde gave up a two-run homerun in the bottom of the frame. Wait, there’s more, namely two dropped popups by Miguel Vargas that translated into another four runs. The line for Fedde was 3.1 innings, eight runs on ten hits and two walks, but I’ll give him a pass on three of those runs. Still, does five runs in 3.1 innings sound that much better? Two points worth noting, starting with Vargas. He addressed the popups in postgame comments to the media. That could not have been easy, so a tip of the cap there. Oh, and Lucas Giolito won his second straight start for the Padres. That’s two starts and two wins for the ex-Sox, vs. an 0-5 record for Fedde (who technically didn‘t start yesterday, but came into the game in the second inning after “opener” Bryan Hudson). Just saying.