Chimpton

This time last season if you had said this you would have been called mad, Colson had been sent from AAA for special training! It just shows that sometimes patience is needed with young players. Similarly Vargas has finally begun to look an MLB player, when after arriving at the Sox he looked awful. Hopefully Quero is beginning to sort it out again after a slow start to the season.

Agreed, if they try to rush him back it could lead to a worse hamstring injury or another injury.

Buyers to achieve what? To just qualify for the post season and then lose in the first series like the last time? Because this team isn't going to go all the way to the World Series as much as we would all love that. If this rebuild is genuine they shouldn't try to run this season just because the AL Central is so weak and potentially harm the longer term development of the team.

McGuire being awful was to be expected but Quero has taken a massive step back so far this season. With Quero there is at least hope he can return to at least last seasons's level but McGuire is just filling a space until Teel return, hopefully not rushed causing recurrent injuries, as this season is a bust no matter when Teel returns.

But change doesn't always imply progress!

When will this process evolve into a winning team?

Is that 75 each?

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.