South Side Hit Men

Third Angels Home Run in the First Inning this series. Ball if flying, Sox need to score a bunch against the left handed pitcher.

Thank you for your service @JoeC! You will win the day today! The White Sox have a decent chance today facing a LH Starter. Chicago White Sox SP RHP Lucas Giolito 3-4, 3.98 ERA, 11 GS, 63 1/3 IP, 64 K, 1.26 WHIP Platoon Splits vs. LHP 2023 OPS & Career SS Anderson R .846 .867 DH Burger R 1.018 .940 CF Robert Jr. R 1.103 1.013 RF Jimenez R .769 .771 3B Moncada S .588 .710 1B Vaughn R .655 .813 LF Benintendi L .810 .713 2B Gonzalez R .560 .763 C Zavala R .588 .614 Los Angeles Angels SP Tyler Anderson 2-0, 4.81 ERA, 9 GS, 48 2/3 IP, 30 K, 1.56 WHIP Platoon Splits vs. RHP 2023 OPS & Career LF Ward R .624 .746 CF Trout R .912 1.018 DH Ohtani L .862 .913 RF Renfroe R .741 .744 2B Drury R .813 .728 1B Walsh L .403 .825 3B Urshela R .661 .736 C Wallach R .507 .501 SS Neto R .680 .680

I'm surprised there is not an Adam /Drake LaRoche statue on the concourse after Adam voluntarily gave Jerry $12M to leave the toxicity. If Adam paid Jerry another $1M + to make it happen plus the cost of designing, creating, delivering and installing the statue, Jerry would certainly sign off on it.

If jerry says cuts, Hahn cuts. Dodgers would take Benintendi and DFA him if necessary, if there were enough other players included to also satisfy their needs. Sox are currently at $150M-$160M next year between guarantees, buy outs and dead money. They can get down to $40-$50M if they work on it the next six months. They are not going to lose much more of the fanbase at this point, many have already reduced or eliminated trips to the ballpark. Jerry Reinsdorf 2024 Dream Team: $45.3M Position Players ($23.6M): Robert Jr. $12.5M, Vaughn $1.5M*, $0.8M Each ($9.6M Total) Burger, Gonzalez, Haseley, Perez, Rodriguez, Sheets, Sosa, Zavala + 3 AAA/Rule 5/FAs. Pitchers ($21.7M): Cease $8.0M*, Kopech $4.0M*, Crochet $1.5M*, Lambert $1.0M*, $0.8M Each ($7.2M Total) Banks, Padilla, Peralta, Santos, Scholtens, Streiver + 3 AAA/Rule 5/FAs. Note* - Arbitration Estimates White Sox Baseball, Home of the Cuban Connection USA 136 Cuba 57

A little more than eight years later, one of the myriad days in White Sox infamy. Carlton Fisk, Cleveland - June 28, 1993 After 12 1/2 years of distinguished service. Fisk was forced to shout goodbyes to his teammates from the stands, because Reinsdorf and or Schueler ordered Fisk be banned from entering the clubhouse both on this day to say his goodbyes, and once again before the start of the 1993 playoffs when he wanted to wish them well. Carlton Fisk was contacted on this day by the club in his hotel room the morning of the tame, ordered to fly back to Chicago immediately, by himself, and to turn in his equipment to the traveling secretary before heading back. Carlton Fisk entered the Baseball Hall of Fame on his second ballot despite being 3rd all time in Catcher JAWS, because a significant number of baseball writers are spiteful, petty and jealous. Wouldn't surprise me if Jerry called in favors to depress his vote total, just as Jerry actively campaigned and spoke out against Dick Allen's candidacy. Carlton's plaque sports a Red Sox Hall of Fame hat, despite playing the majority of his career with the White Sox (56.9%, 1,421 Games vs. 43.1% 1,078 Games for Boston), due in part to Jerry Reinsdorf's disgraceful actions over the years. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-01-15-0001150065-story.html

Congratulations! Marco is the primary person in the White Sox organization who should be promoted and retained with new ownership.

Unless the Sox are trading Cease, Robert Jr. or Kopech, they will not receive key prospects. Trades will be for salary relief and marginal prospects. Giolito, Anderson, Vaughn, Crochet or Burger may net them some decent, or more likely be added to a veteran contract with negative value (Benintendi, Grandal, Jimenez, Moncada, Graveman). Sox are on target for a $160M 2024 payroll without adding anything decent this offseason. The trade deadline gives them a chance to lower their future commitments for Benintendi, Moncada, Liam and Eloy.

Bullshit is what Hahn says you are. WAR is your actual record. Benchmark for Position Players and Starting Pitchers: Levels beyond all White Sox Players (6+ MVP, 5-6 Superstar, 4-5 All Star) 3-4 Good Player 2-3 Solid Player 1-2 Role Player 0-1 Scrub Chicago White Sox bWAR Per Season (2014-2023) (2023 (0.34) and 2020 (0.37) bWAR prorated for all unless noted) Position Players Good Players 3.80 Jose Abreu - 1,270 Games over 8.37 seasons 3.54 Luis Robert Junior - 275 Games over 2.71 seasons Solid Player 2.81 Tim Anderson - 809 Games over 6.71 seasons (2016 callup 0.67 season) 2.77 Yoan Moncada - 661 Games over 5.05 seasons (2017 callup 0.34 season) Role Players 1.56 Eloy Jimenez - 343 Games over 3.71 seasons 1.11 Yasmani Grandal - 283 Games over 2.71 seasons 1.11 Jake Burger -- 104 Games over 0.9 seasons (Prorated 2021 = 0.1, 2022 = 0.5, 2023 0.3) Scrub 0.88 Andrew Benintendi - 52 Games over 0.34 Seasons 0.12 Gavin Sheets - 219 Games over 1.68 seasons (2021 prorated 0.34) 0.09 Andrew Vaughn - 315 Games over 2.34 seasons Starting Pitchers Solid Pitcher 2.90 Dylan Cease - 102 Starts over 3.21 seasons (2019 prorated 0.50) 2.53 Lucas Giolito - 156 Starts over 4.91 seasons (2017 prorated 0.20) 2.44 Lance Lynn - 60 Starts over 2.34 seasons Role Pitcher 1.82 Michael Kopech - 44 Starts. 40 Relief Appearances over 2.47 seasons (2018 prorated 0.12, 0.0 seasons counted for 2019 & 2020) Scrub 0.42 Dallas Keuchel - 49 Starts over 2.37 seasons.

If they would have signed their core and solid young FAs (27-29), then it would have worked, but Hahn spent the money on a bunch of s%*# they end up DFAing or wishing they never signed if they were ever honest. Hahn also pissed away young cost controlled players for old s%*#, made the team worse with each and every deal. $75M Andrew Benintendi 0.3 bWAR Can he hit a home run over 5 years? Perhaps. $73M Yasmani Grandal 3.0 bWAR DH masquerading as a catcher. $56M Dallas Keuchel 1.0 bWAR Garbage playoffs, clubhouse cancer, DFA'd. $40M Lance Lynn 5.8 bWAR Pissed away a valuable cost controlled pitcher. He likes steak, playoff trash. $24M Kendall Graveman 1.5 bWAR More money to the bullpen sinkhole while RF and 2B rot in hell. $18M Joe Kelly -0.6 bWAR Even more money sunk into the bullpen. He had 2 good weeks. $17M A. J. Pollock 0.4 bWAR Hahn flipped s%*# for more expensive s%*#. Took buyout to escape toxicity, $17M Leury Garcia -1.0 bWAR Vast overpay for an overplayed backup. DFA'd 1/3 into the contract. $12M Edwin Encarnacion -0.3 bWAR Pissed away $12M on a team full of DHs. Absolute garbage. $12M Mike Clevinger 0.7 bWAR Child Abuse, Domestic Violence. Team had best stretch with him on IL. $9M Jake Diekman -1.3 bWAR Complete and utter garbage. DFA'd. $8M Adam Eaton 0.0 bWAR Toxic garbage, wouldn't rehab, DFA'd. $6M Craig Kimbrel 0.0 bWAR Hahn and Kenny's best idea. Picked up option turned this to more s%*#. Totals: $367M for 9.5 bWAR + 2/3 of seasons left for Clevinger, Grandal, Lynn, Kelly. 1 2/3 Seasons left for Graveman. 4 2/3 Seasons left for Benintendi.

It's a holiday weekend, the kick off of Summer crime / homicide season, worker resources thin (police, security, vendors, ushers) with both the Cubs (Day Game) and White Sox (Night Game) home on a holiday. Chicago Police had to work through the weekend without allowed time off. They both play the next two at the same time (night tomorrow, day Wednesday), but the crowds will be more manageable and people aren't getting double/triple time pay like they did today. The Angels are in Houston for a night game Thursday, but the Sox should have tried for Wednesday to be a night game as well. The attendance differential will be greatest on a weekday workday. Even a 6PM start compromise would have been preferrable to an early game and 12K in attendance.

Kenny Williams spent his entire life in baseball, worked with the minor league organization, understood the game and was a good judge of baseball talent. Hahn has no baseball background, primarily spent time performing Kenny's paperwork and haggling over contracts. Kenny Williams had one season under 79 wins. Rick Hahn has had two seasons, 1 winning, above 79 wins. Record / MLB OD Payroll Rank Kenny Williams 2001 83-79 14 2002 81-81 18 2003 86-76 22 2004 83-79 14 2005 99-63 13 2006 90-72 5 2007 72-90 5 2008 89-74 5 2009 79-83 11 2010 88-74 9 2011 79-83 7 2012 85-77 12 Rick Hahn 2013 63-99 11 2014 73-89 23 2015 76-86 15 2016 78-84 16 2017 67-95 23 2018 62-100 29 2019 72-89 26 2020 35-25 17 2021 93-69 15 2022 81-81 7 2023 22-34 13

Unreal, anyone else beats that out. Even Vaughn. So heartbreaking. Will still remember Liam coming back full circle, one of the few feel good moments of the 2023 season, at least the first two months.

Good pitch to swing at, unfortunate pop up. Let's go Grandal, make Comiskey go Crazy!!!

Good patience. Burger Time. Let's Do This!!!

Tying run at the plate with Sheets, Burger to pinch hit next.

Tru, but most teams have more than 20 games with 5+ runs.

This, White Sox 5+ Runs: 14-6 White Sox 0-4 Runs: 8-27

The weather started getting rough. The tiny ship was lost.

Wish I could transfer 3 of these Las Vegas Golden Knight goals over to the White Sox.

So quiet heard Liam yell f*** on the radio broadcast.

Andrew delivers again! Let's keep the line moving.

Sox have come in and executed against Trout and Ohtani tonight. Solid inning by Middleton against the heart of the order.