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Grifol came in here talking about preparation, but this team still looks like they've never seen any of these players before. Grifol coached the Royals and they still have no clue what they're doing. Unreal. I don't think he's a good manager, but it's clear this organization does not know how to scout and prepare their team.

At least Sosa hit the ball hard two at-bats in a row, I guess. Man this team is boring. Pitching blew games 1 and 3, offense blows this game. Just can't put anything together.

Royals playing excellent defense this inning. Looks like the Sox woke them up

Sox still can't beat the Royals

Keep swinging at the first pitch, idiots.

Long at bat, just wait for Clevinger to make a mistake. Team doesn't look like they can score two more.

Because they're awful. They figured he'd just figure it out himself, like he did in the minors. Baseball is littered with talented players who never made that final step, so it's beyond me why you'd ever make that assumption.

Sosa's swing is SO LONG

Can't throw low and in to lefties.

Singer throwing everything way down, and the Sox still swing then take pitches in the zone.

Maybe try paying a little more attention to Witt

Hey a double play! Don't see those too often from the Sox!

Not sure I have too many expectations for Crochet and Hendriks coming back, but even if they're mediocre they're better than 2/3rds of this bullpen. Won't matter much if the starting pitching keeps giving up 7 runs 3 or 4 times out of 5, though. With Moncada and Burger back you should be more consistent on offense, as long as they're all used properly. Haseley should be the RF most of the time, with Burger in the mix at 1B/3B and DH.

It would've been a good rotation, if they actually signed Wheeler and kept Rodon. Assuming Dunning was not traded you'd have: Giolito Rodon Wheeler Cease Kopech With Dunning as the long man/6th starter. Rodon leaves for a big deal after 2022 and Dunning slides in. Too bad the White Sox are allergic to execution.

The answer is "no, they do not".

I think they have to. He's done. Grab someone else off waivers and see if they can strike lightning in a bottle.

How many double plays are they gonna hit into tonight? Sheesh

Diekman is one guy I'm not concerned about turning around. He's just not good.

I don't expect them to have a team ERA near 6. That's disaster territory.

Most of these guys have a decent track record and you wouldn't expect them to fall apart so badly.

Also the bullpen falling apart continually like this is unreal. I’ve suspected Katz was bad at bullpen management for a while but this is beyond bad.

You expect better out of your ace going against one of the worst teams in baseball. Cease gave them basically no chance today and the bullpen sealed it.

Cease given 4 runs again. Once again it’s not enough.

Cease is missing so bad on his pitches

This ump has an ENORMOUS zone