Chicago White Sox

Losing out on Zack Wheeler and then pivoting to Dallas Keuchel to be our big pitching addition was a massive blow to the rebuild. Being afraid to sign impact talent and instead spreading the wealth across multiple B & C tier free agents (mainly relievers) was a waste of resources. Taking safe college corner bats and a 5’ 6” 2B at the top of the draft during the rebuild years resulted in a low ceiling farm. Failing to address 2B & RF year after year despite being obvious holes. Not being creative or aggressive enough and finding a way to add interesting depth to AAA, in particular, of the pitching kind.

Thankfully Rick has amassed substantial pitching depth in AAA.

For the record, I originally hated the hiring of Pedro Grifol as I thought a guy a bottom tier organization passed over for their own job told me all I needed to know. Then at his press conference he said all the right things and hired a semi interesting staff. I convinced myself that maybe he was going to be a good fit. It’s as clear as day now, though despite a horribly flawed roster, Grifol is not the man fit for the job. This team has quit and there doesn’t seem to be anything he can do to right the ship. I guess that’s what you get when go cheap and end up with an inexperienced guy despite being in the “middle” of your competitive window.

He’s basically the LF version of Nick Madrigal for 25x the annual cost

Update on Andrew Benintendi, the player Rick Hahn gave the largest contract to in franchise history to be the finishing touch on a “championship caliber” team: fWAR = -0.1 wRC+ = 69 OPS = .621 OBP = .309 ISO = .057 HRs = 0 xwOBA = 8th %tile OAA = 18th %tile I thoroughly look forward to the next 4 1/2 years of our slap hitting LF.

I really wonder how Rick Hahn sleeps at night. Like even the most incompetent assholes would step down if they were the architect of this failure. But Rick just keeps on chugging by blaming everyone else but himself. Dude must have a massive ego to be so blind to his own shortcomings. I can’t believe we’ve been stuck with this clown for 10 years.

If we finish bottom three after spending $180M in payroll, Reinsdorf may have no choice to fire Hahn. That takes a special type of bad and I don’t think even Jerry would tolerate despite his endless loyalty.

Bump

It’s very disappointing to me. He’s simply got to hit for more power. He’s sitting at 0 WAR right now as his 124 wRC+ is completely offset by the 1B positional adjustment and his below average defense.

Wow…the Rays just pulled a Sox

The Phillies

Still not sure which way I want this one to go…lol

I’m sure he’s googled the number 3rd, 4th, & 5th place finishes during his tenure and said “oh my”. Unfortunately, results don’t really matter in this org.

If our bullpen could just suffice a 9.00 ERA today we’d have just won the game.

Amazing each veteran reliever comes in and has to give up at least one run. Hahn really getting his money worth out of that $44M bullpen.

Eloy put up a 144 wRC+ / .365 xwOBA last year. He’s down to a 64 wRC+ / .281 xwOBA this season. No idea what this coaching staff is doing with him.

This is all before TV revenue became super important.

It’s wild people continue to float this idea. As soon as Jerry is gone, the Sox will finally awaken. No sane person is leaving the third largest market in hopes of some mid-sized market offering green pastures.

His parents?

I think you’re missing the point, which is that our CF doesn’t know the name of our bench coach. Nitpicking who’s at fault doesn’t really matter here. These guys should be interacting all the time. It’s beyond fucking nuts that this is even possible.

He’d 100% be a star anywhere else IMO. No doubt in my mind his lack of maturity and underachievement is a symptom of an organization that is rotten to the core.

You know things have gone off the rails and Merkin has completely run out of fluff by late April and report a fact this grim.

“We will communicate” - Update on this. Robert had some tight hammies today, but didn’t feel like communicating to the coaching or training staff and instead decided to just half ass it. Even more concerning, Charlie Montoya has apparently never communicated his name to Robert.

Where can I find this interview??

I think most of us felt that way the day it happened. Just another terribly desperate move from Hahn has repercussions into future years.