Snopek

But that IS the problem. He was a golden spikes winner and considered a very polished hitter who can quickly advance to the big leagues. He was a high pick for a reason, and with that comes lofty expectations that he’s yet to meet.

I could see Dbacks-Dodgers being uneventful (sorry Dbacks), but pretty stoked for the other series.

This is the paint by numbers White Sox offseason.

What do you mean by this?

The biggest story around the Sox is how they suck and how it sucks being a fan of them. How are you surprised that that's being talked about so much? It's virtually impossible to "talk about baseball" without it being centered around how much they suck.

I’ll be so annoyed if they don’t reach 100 losses. They don’t deserve to dodge that mark of futility.

I'm on team Stay in Chicago, but...there are also kids in Tinley...? Maybe I'm missing your point.

In a disastrous season where he was the only bright spot, he earned the right to go for some personal milestones. Obviously sucks that he got hurt, but hindsight aside, you gotta let the kid play out the season.

Touché. I simply ask that we keep it to one at a time please.

How many Pedro Grifols does one city deserve?

Maybe there's a Weird Al version of the song we don't know about that's all about how the Sox are trying to be the Royals.

I love how they’re saying these two things at the same time: 1) We can compete next year 2) We need a bunch of very different players Seems fine!

Right, they are high in the food power rankings and the talking about culture power rankings.

So by default, what they do best is baserunning lololol

Nah, that would be fun and the Sox don’t do fun. Instead they’ll get 3-hit like 9 times.

And 100000% on brand with the shortsighted approach of the org.

Ha. I was thinking the same recently. The harmony has been surprisingly cathartic.

If he's as lazy and unmotivated as many seem to think, why start trying now when he could've just waited until next season starts?

I guess I don't even get the point of watching or following the team with that mindset. For me, it's more passive. Chicago sports is about not expecting success rather than actively expecting disappointment.

You mean to tell me there's an overall effort problem and it's not just the rookies? Huh

For a guy that was touted as a great communicator, my god is Pedro awful at communicating with the press and general public. And like it or not, that's part of his job.

The only time you can get a quote from Grifol that has any substance whatsoever is when he’s calling out a rookie.

Problem is they seem to only hold rookies or younger guys accountable.

Cowards

I wasn't doubting that they mishandled him, I was just looking for more tangible reasons like Balta laid out rather than just that their expectations of him were too high. But yeah, colossal disappointment any way you look at it.