I mean seriously. He won with 2 HOF players in Miami. He also won with Kyrie and Kevin Love (who was a top 10 NBA player until he got with LeBron) in Cleveland.
You are kidding right? greg runs marathons by practicing the 100 meter run. Why suffer that much when Concentration and Determination will carry him to the finish line?
I can think of one other team that has injuries on the scale the Sox have had, and they have gone from being expected to be one of the best teams in baseball to under .500.
Take a 65/70 win team and remove their #1 and #5 starter, a key middle reliever, 2 starting OFs, a starting catcher, plus other key players at other times and do you expect to see?
Daz Cameron was also signed that way, as well as they had signings in place the year they drafted Aiken to do the same, but when the Aiken signing collapsed, the related ones did too.
Alex Thomas is the one that makes the most sense, but some work would have to happen as it doesn't sound like he will fall that far. Maybe if he makes noise about wanting more money or only being drafted by the White Sox?