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Scott Merkin not on board White Sox: Last year’s disappointment has carried over The team changed managers, with Pedro Grifol taking over for bench coach Miguel Cairo, who replaced Tony La Russa at the end of the 2022 season due to illness for the Hall of Famer. But the White Sox's results actually have grown worse. The '22 squad never fell more than five games below .500, nor rose more than five games above .500, while this current version has lost 10 of 11 and is 8-21 so far this season. They have dealt with injuries to key players such as shortstop Tim Anderson and third baseman Yoán Moncada, while closer Liam Hendriks is working his way back after treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But in this supposed window of contention following the rebuild, the White Sox have just two overall playoff victories and already have dug a deep hole in '23. -- Scott Merkin

He's closer to another Benintendi. Career fWAR of 0.6 in 137 games, 705 ops and 88 for wRC+. Not quite a center fielder and not enough power for an outfield corner spot. Certainly adequate as a 4th/5th guy.

Not The Architect in Andrew Friedman...

All those shortstops were in the $150-200 million range and up. If we weren't willing to do it for Tim Anderson, they're certainly not paying that money to someone coming over from another organization. Aaron Judge was never realistic, either, just like Ohtani this upcoming offseason.

Phillies... former Top Ten pick.

Everyone should get ten free tickets staying to the bitter end of this one. Crazy ending. Last place no more.

Hahn is going to be spending a week crowing about Haseley signing lol.

What in the world IS this game lol?

Then Giolito will start voicing his request for a trade...along with TA7 when he returns. Must feel even worse for Hendriks going from WS favorite to one of the worst teams in history while he was regrettably sidelined through no fault of his own.

Snowballing downwards in the exact way everything is going perfectly for Tampa.

Pollock thankfully... except that departure led to $75 million wasted on Benintendi.

Middleton warming... don't make ME go in, Pedro!

Wayne Hagin and Rooney together on the radio were a great pairing.

Bummer's violent motion was never going to lend itself to consistent results. Ability/potential but always disappointing results ultimately.

Colas is so shaky right now...

Hard to really blame Grifol for inheriting this mess from TLR and Hahn...but he certainly hasn't righted the ship. Robert scapegoating situation threatens to fester all season long.

Margot intentional HBP out of frustration one of the two deciding runs now.

Having those four high draft picks all pan out starting with McDowell along with the potential of Sosa and Alvarez... exciting times.

Darrin Jackson is the only guy associated with Sox broadcasting that deserves our respect.

Yep...from original Jeff Passan story when he signed with Boston.

Scapegoating the most valuable position player on the roster doesn't seem like a brilliant idea.

They don't have near the pitching depth like the Rays to pull that off..

Timothy Leary's LSD the only escape from this dystopian nightmare.

Bullpen ERA has to be threatening all time levels of bad in the modern era. Just forget about Hendriks and Crochet helping out this year. Pointless. Umpire just wants to get out of town.

Andy Gonzalez and Esteban Beltre HoFers comparatively. Mendick has to be be laughing his ass off somewhere. Same with Engel and Leury.