Chimpton

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.

Or bat either.

He had spells like this at the White Sox as well, but they never lasted much more than a month, let alone half a season or a season. If he does well at the Brewers fair play to him, but his time was up at the White Sox and he clearly needed a change os scenary as much as the Sox needed a change at 1B.

JR likes that attitude.

Also Sheets is still on an MLB roster and doing ok. But the feeling remains that if they were still at the White Sox nothing would have changed and they would still be below average. Sometimes a change of scenary is best for all concerned.

Although I wish him well as I would take no pleasure seeing him fail, he was partially at 'fault' for the fact that the Sox were a losing team by underperforming consistently. Yes the organisation around him stunk and his development wasn't helped by the way he was bounced around positions etc but the bottom line is his bat didn't produce.

Personally if I tried to jog a mile an injury is very likely!

I think the same could be said of any club/team that has had a success, or years of success, but then goes through the wilderness years after that. I am a Liverppol football (soccer) fan here in the Uk, and we went 30 years between winning the League and in those 30 years we always spoke of the past successes, and still do even though we are back winning things. Even when the club was nearly bankrupted by bad owners nostalgia helped fans survive the bad years and then made the currents successful time even sweater.

Kyle Teel is realing looking like the top prospect he is supposed to be, and Sosa is beginning to put it together more consistently.

Would it be a comedy or a horror book?

Have you seen the White Sox pen pitch?

Just a question from someone in the UK who loves baseball but doesn't have in depth knowledge, does bouncing a player between AAA and MLB actually hinder their development or help? It just seems that Baldwin and Elko have a short stint up in the MLB, admittedly not doing too well, and then get sent back to AAA for a few weeks before a repeat of the promotion and demotion. If they have nothing left to learn at AAA then wouldn't it be better to give them an extended stay in the MLB to give them time to adjust/or fail.