South Side Hit Men

Nice night and hustle by Tim, broke up the out / double play. Reached all four times. Looks motivated.

Not tonight. Giolito 3 2/3 IP 8 ER Banks 1/3 IP 2 ER Shaw 2 IP 1 ER (scored off of Banks).

Brian Shaw gets at least one more week plus per diem in The Show after that performance. I can see him sticking the rest of the season after the trade deadline deals.

We had whiffle ball seasons in my backyard as a kid longer than the faux 102 game owner lockout scam.

Tim reached all three times tonight, 6 for 14 to start the second half. Nice to see.

Brian Shaw LMAO.

Making a bloated by greed 12 team playoffs (4 of every 10 teams) is a garbage metric, especially when they have advanced three times in six generations, only one of which anyone on Earth can remember (1906, 1917 and 2005). Americans 6 1/2 years old or older (all women) to possibly remember the 1917 World Series. Edie Ceccarelli (Born February 5, 1908) Elizabeth Francis (Born July 25, 1909) Pearl Berg (Born October 1, 1909) Naomi Whitehead (Born September 26, 1910) Louise Levy (Born November 1, 1910) Clarabell Demers (Born November 3, 1910) Herida Senhouse (Born February 28, 1911) Lillian Moran (Born May 1, 1911)

Sox need to comeback to avoid losing ground to both Cleveland (up 8-0) and Detroit (2-0 at KC), with the Twins in Seattle.

They are the oldest team across The MLB (Age 31.2 entering 2023), and it shows. Can't build a winning team that way, need a mix of veterans and solid young players.

So they wanted to open the "must win" Twins series with Steak Dinner? Seriously? Just like Hahn and Tony's plan to open the 2021 playoffs.

Since his acquisition, Touki Toussaint has been the White Sox best starter. 6/21 - 7/18 (Doesn't include tonight) Toussaint 20 1/3 IP, 7 ER (3.10 ERA) Giolito 26 IP, 9 ER (3.11 ERA) Cease 22 1/3 IP, 10 ER (4.02 ERA) Lynn 24 IP, 12 ER (4,50 ERA) Kopech 8 2/3 IP, 9 ER (9.34 ERA)

Beneficiary of a pitcher who is now out the season after a major injury (60 day IL). Seems like most MLB teams work with their pitchers to be ready with their command after the All Star Break. The White Sox (Lucas, Kopech) not so much (plus Lynn sucking as he typically does unless someone bunts on him and makes him angry).

Yea, not so good tonight. I guess playing catch in Central Park didn't work out for him.

Last extra base hit: 7/16 Jake Burger HR 7/16 Luis Robert Jr. HR 7/16 Elvis Andrus 2B 7/15 Oscar Colas 2B 7/15 Andrew Benintendi 2B 7/7 Zach Remillard 2B 7/7 Andrew Vaughn 2B 7/6 Eloy Jimenez HR 7/6 Seby Zavala 2B 7/4 Tim Anderson 3B 7/1 Carlos Perez 2B 6/24 Yasmani Grandal HR 6/21 Clint Frazier 2B 6/17 Gavin Sheets 2B 6/11 Romy Gonzalez 2B 6/10 Yoan Moncada 2B 5/9 Lenyn Sosa 2B 5/6 Adam Haseley 2B

Hopefully Lucas will have his command after the long break. Hope Kopech can regain command on Thursday.

Hahn acquired a decade of players via the draft, and none since 2015 became an adequate starter for the White Sox. Marco Paddy signed two great players, but was thwarted by Jerry Reinsdorf to do his job and bring in more. Hahn acquired several highly rated prospects by handing out World Series rings to other organizations. They have all regressed in the White Sox system and have drastically underperformed their projections and Hahn's contract extension payments. Hahn tanked for three seasons, had top of round draft selections, and produced marginal at best players for his "multi-championship competitive window". That is the state of the White Sox player acquisition and development organization over the past decade under Rick Hahn. I and most Sox fans don't give a rats ass how many gold stars Baseball America, MLB.com or anyone else has given the White Sox. Most Sox fans care about what players can actually produce for the White Sox,. Sadly, they have been few and far between for a very long time which has led to one 82+ win season over the past decade, with no future 82 win season in sight.

The reason for the higher rankings were primarily based on prospects acquired after Hahn pawned what he inherited from Kenny plus Eaton, Hahn's one shining moment. Even though Shirley seems to be more competent than his predecessors, it seems most players fall further behind in development each season than their peers. It's been nine years since the Sox drafted someone who has had even one season as an adequate MLB starter (2.0 + bWAR threshold). Players with 2 + bWAR (Average + MLB starter) White Sox seasons initially signed by the White Sox (Rostered under Hahn) Draft (2006) Hector Santiago (2013) (2007) Nate Jones (2012. 2016) (2010) Chris Sale (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) (2010) Jake Petricka (2014) (2014) Tim Anderson (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) (2014) Carlos Rodon (2018, 2021) (2014) Aaron Bummer (2019) International Signings (1/18/08) Alexei Ramirez (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) (5/6/09) Yolmer Sanchez (2017, 2018) (10/29/13) Jose Abreu (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) (5/27/17) Luis Robert Junior (2021, 2022, 2023 YTD)

Grandal has three hits this month (2 on July 1), last extra base hit was June 24. Dropped 52 points on his OPS over the past month (.732 6/18, .680 today). Sheets has similar stats (2 hits in July, dropped from .736 6/18 to .688 today). What's more egregious is they have no legitimate 4th outfielder in New York. Fear Robert fatigue will lead to an injury, with him getting less than a game a month off this season, and while others rested last week he had to schlep twice across country to Seattle and then Atlanta for the HR bullshit. Glad he sat out the exhibition game. All for a Jerry revenue sharing check.

Any updates on Eloy's Monday evaluation? If they don't bring an OFer (Haseley, Hamilton) up today, their active position players will consist of: 3 Catchers (1 adequate + defensively) 4 Infielders + 1 Reserve (Andrus) 3 Outfielders + Gavin Sheets who can't hit against LHP or play OF. This could be the worst position player roster since the beginning of 2021 April 13, 2021 - Cleveland 2 Chicago A. L. 0 https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA202104130.shtml A. Eaton RF (Released 7/13) L. Robert CF J. Abreu 1B Y. Moncada 3B N. Williams LF (Released 8/2) Y. Grandal C J. Lamb DH (Waived by White Sox 9/3) N. Madrigal 2B (Traded by White Sox 7/30) D. Mendick SS

1B/DHs held in 2017: Abreu, Burger, Davidson, Eloy, Mercedes, Sheets. Additional 1B/DHs acquired 2018-2022: Yonder Alonso, Grandal, Parrot, Vaughn.

If Rick Hahn watched Seinfeld, he and the White Sox would have the answers to become World Series Champions.

With the exception of the Great Depression era (multiple Sox owners, worst teams in franchise history, Cubs having solid teams) the White Sox outdrew the Cubs until the Sox were cursed with the AL rejection of Veeck's preferred new owner, Ed Debartolo, and approval of Jerry Reinsdorf, This despite the fact the Cubs had a 25 year head start here. Jerry Reinsdorf destroyed this with repulsive persona and policies starting with SportsVision. Once Jerry dies and a new owner is in place, Sox fandom can begin the slow march to parity starting by reversing policies which have alienated fans over the decades and also by running a quality baseball organization. See Chicago NHL team post Dollar Bill Wirtz' death. Attendance Parity 1901-1929 White Sox 16.4M vs. Cubs 16.4M (Sox attendance would have been much higher if the KKK's Landis didn't destroy the World Series core) 1940-1979 White Sox 40.2M vs. Cubs 40.1M Charles Comiskey Death and Jerry Reinsdorf Alive Curses 1930-1939 Cubs 8.8M vs. Sox 4.1M (Three World Series appearances for the Cubs vs. Worst non Reinsdorf period in White Sox history). 1980-2022 Cubs 105.0M vs. Sox 77.8M (Reinsdorf Penny Wise vs. Dollar Foolish, Greed, Avarice, Petulance, Death).