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They were never going to go with an experienced outside hire, especially if it made TLR look bad. Grifol was a legit managerial candidate, but was likely chosen because he wouldn’t rock the boat too much.

It’s a 2 year guaranteed deal, but I believe he’d still be under team control with only 2 years of service time.

I assume he’d need a 40 man spot since it’s an MLB deal.

To echo/piggyback off your point, most of the regulars that came through the system are guys they acquired in the pre-rebuild fire sale. For all of the high draft picks spent during the rebuild, what do they have to show for it? The rebuild really was one single wave of players coming up around the same time. There was no pipeline of talent established through the tanking years, so they are basically where they were pre-rebuild- a patchwork of talent with no depth behind them and little margin for error if and when things go wrong. Maxed out, no depth, and simply not good enough to compete.

26 walks in the series? While that is really bad, I’m not going to place that entirely on Katz, though he does share in the blame. I’m going to credit Baltimore for having disciplined approaches with a plan at the plate. They were happy to take a walk when there wasn’t a good pitch to hit. Unlike the home team flailing at breaking balls low and away, chasing time and again.

At this rate 70 wins seems like a stretch

Rick Hahn…

The first eligible team would claim him in an instant and laugh at the Sox every day while Eloy mashed for them.

Burn this fucking team to the ground. Launch JR, KW, & RH into the sun…

My 78 win prediction is looking quite generous right now.

When they can’t even compete with the Giants and O’s of the league…

I had blocked those teams out. Ooof.

Goddamn this team sucks.

Dear White Sox hitting coaches…

Be afraid. Be very afraid…

It’s sad when we know these guys have no plan at the plate and are completely unprepared.

Ooof Eloy

Would you trust this defense behind you? I know I wouldn’t.

And a perfect example

And Jake Burger, no matter how well he hits or how easy it is to root for the guy, isn’t a MLB 3B.