Chimpton

And there's the problem.

And it has been 20 years since the Sox last won a post season series, although admittedly that was the World Series!

Sadly it is also 20 years since they last won a post season series.

At the moment I can only give a D because any hope is on the young position players progressing again in 2026 and that is something that the White Sox haven't done well recently. There is certainly more room for optimism than at the end of 2024, but without strong free agent signings this off season then relying totally on all the young players to progress and none to plateau or have a worse season in 2026 is asking a lot.

Is he in charge now?

Well they tried that with Vaughan and Sheets so why not Sosa as well!

But equally after a pretty good offensive effort in games this season the bullpen has also lost games. Since the all star break the offense has been generally ok, and probably better than the pitching.

They still scored 5 or more in 3 of the losses, and managed 3 or more in all of them, these defeats have been mainly down to the pitching.

Improving by 19 wins is 'quite a bit' but only if that is repeated again next season when some of the young players will have to adjust to the league adjusting to them. Although 41 wins was an embarrasssingly low starting point, many on here were predicting another season as bad or marginally better. They were never going to go from a 41 win team to a .500 team in one season or even 2, to be honest they have improved more than I thought Getz was capable of achieving, although some of that will be just from not having Grifol as manager!

I thought he had/has a problem with back spasms. That would affect everything from his batting to his fielding, Hopefully the issue is resolved now, but back issues have a nasty habit of recurring.

Things are certainly more positive since the all star break than last year, but if they get a half decent offer for Tauchman they should take it as they are still in rebuild mode and he is probably at peak worth at the moment. Keeping Benintendi will be more a question of no one else wanting him. I agree about keeping Sosa at least until next year to see if he can improve some more, I know he has weaknesses but give him a chance to improve.

Teams would still look at his injury record and slump in 2024 and first half this season and probably offer less than Getz wants.

He did have good months at the Whote Sox as well, and his stats at the Brewers are a small sample. If he has turned it round full time then good for him and I hope he goes on to have a good career, it still doesn't change the fact that his time was up at the White Sox. As for why he was bad for the White Sox the whole atmosphere around the club has been poor, and he is not alone as a young player coming into the team who has underperformed and a lot of expectation was heaped on him, and his development was not ideal. Some players do play better without the weight of expectation on them, at the Brewers he can just be one of the players rather than a first round pick who was expected to form a cornerstone of a rebuild.

He had 'hot spells' when at the White Sox as well, but his overall stats were underwhelming. If he does succeed away from the White Sox, well done to him, but the bottom line is that Vaughan and the White Sox had run it's course.

That sort of negativity is hard to break and would certainly need an inspiring manager, something the White Sox haven't had recently.