South Side Hit Men

WTF? Hahn spent $200 million this season on absolute horseshit. He extended Ricky and then fired him 60 games later. Just about the entire organization from top to bottom needs to be flushed down the toilet, but Hahn is most certainly the first or second crap you take in the process.

This is all on Hahn. He had $5.5M / year tied up in Mazara and Madrigal in 2020, and turned that into Harrison / Garcia / Sheets at $11.6M, and the 2022 options are worse.

Sad that this team regressed at 2B and RF after changing from Nomar Mazara and Nick Madrigal. MLB Fangraph Team WAR Ranks by Position Second Base: 9 2020; 23 2021; 25 2022 Right Field: 17 2020; 24 2022; 22 2022

Don't ruin my game thread White Sox, let's score three here!!!

Jason Benetti Trigger Warning: Nicky Lopez is due up second.

So one run, one hit for the Royals. No runs, six hits for the White Sox. Too many pitches (68) through four for Cease to finish an 8 inning 1 hitter.

I had extremely low expectations for the White Sox after October 29, 2020, a date which will live in infamy. Tony has been even worse than what I expected and feared, and the sad thing is, I expect him to be here long after this and even next season.

O'Biden can join them to even things out.

Not to mention his other daughter (Bianca) and current wife (Elaine) ditching his racist, ageist animal charity that's being sued for discrimination. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Why-Tony-La-Russa-is-staying-with-Animal-Rescue-16122035.php

Hell, Jerry Springer is better than Jerry Reinsdorf's show.

Never question Tony when he is defending his family.

Explains the 2020 Trade Deadline, when Dyson was the only acquisition on a team with two viable playoff starters over a 60 game "season".

I see Hahn / Tony wanting him for a 2-3 year deal to replace Cueto for questioning their team’s lack of fire.

Leury Garcia’s OPS.

But not before watching Caddyshack.

Pretty sure any of us can get hired as next Sox GM if we tell Jerry we field a $40M annual payroll, purchase and present a "piece of metal" to fans each year and pocket the difference. Can even engrave the infamous Einhorn E on the trophy, and capture the 1983 logo.

They are ranked #5 this preseason,

27 strikeouts would work well with this outfield.

Would speculate Tony not liking him played a big role as well. Ditto Madrigal, Mercedes and a few other rookies. If Tony likes you, you're in like Lynn (or Leury, Liam, Lamb, etc.).

Can't the Sox claim 1919 & 1994 like a CFB team claiming a dubious National Championship?

White Sox executing Jerry Reinsdorf's third place carrot position. PECOTA Projects on 8/11/22 AL CENTRAL Sim W Sim L Sim W % DC RS DC RA Div % WC % Playoff % PAdj % WS % D1 % D7 % Cleveland 84.2 77.8 .520 712 704 44.0 13.8 57.8 28.5 2.1 8.9 12.9 Minnesota 83.2 78.8 .514 729 711 31.1 14.1 45.2 24.1 2.6 -6.1 -12.6 Chicago 82.4 79.6 .509 708 723 24.9 11.5 36.4 19.7 2.0 -2.2 -5.2 Kansas City 69.4 92.6 .428 661 788 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 Detroit 66.9 95.1 .413 573 719 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Wagering Trends:

White Sox Career Statistics versus Zack Greinke (2022 Statistics 3-7 92 1/3 IP 4.58 ERA 52 K 20 BB) Grandal: 51 AB .275 BA 2 HR Pollock: 19 AB .211 BA 2 HR Abreu: 13 AB .308 BA 0 HR Harrison: 12 AB .083 BA 0 HR Garcia: 6 AB .500 BA 1 HR <= Shelley Duncan and Tony Considering Leury for Leadoff based on this White Sox Bullpen Usage The Past Five Days Diekman (18 Wed 11 Tue) - Likely unavailable Foster (12 Tue & Sun 20 Sat) Graveman (9 Tue) Hendriks (11 Tue) Kelly (10 Tue) Lambert (34 Wed 20 Sun) - Likely unavailable Lopez (15 Tue) Ruiz (2 Wed 17 Sun 32 Sat)

My last shot at salvaging the season. Time to start a four game winning streak before the Houston series. Baseball Prospectus Preview: CHW (RHP Dylan Cease) @ KC (RHP Zack Greinke), 2:10 pm ET Greinke isn’t who he used to be on the mound, but Cease has been phenomenal, and is basically why the White Sox still have as much of a chance for October baseball as they do: he’s 12-4 thanks to a 1.98 ERA and what you could safely call dominance, while the White Sox are 17-5 overall in his 22 starts. Considering they’re one game over .500 and 2 ½ back in the AL Central even with that Cease-centric contribution, well, you do the math there. 8/5 Dylan Cease Highlights Trigger Warning: Viewers have 18 seconds to place the video below on mute before Stone Benetti commentary begins. Viewer discretion is advised.