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I think it's both, remember in Ventura's first year when he was having mandatory pre game practices on fundamentals they seemed to be much better at those areas, which is partially how they stayed in the race until collapsing the last two weeks. And the 2005 Sox could beat you via a blast, a bloop, a bunt or a stolen base.

While it wouldn't shock me that JR would do something like this, it does smell fishy and I don't know how reliable Barstool is as a media source.

Sox must have really worked on "fundamentals" in the spring didn't they? 3-10 RISP, three errors. It is what it is -- Kenny Williams

Progress baby! 🤡

From the Sun-Times. Getz's comments make it sound like he's not joining the team anytime soon: First-base issues Each time first baseman Andrew Vaughn is penciled into the lineup, Sox fans want to know why Tim Elko isn’t there instead. It might be a fair question. Entering play Tuesday, Elko was hitting .354/.432/.732 at Triple-A Charlotte. Conversely, Vaughn was struggling, batting .157/.202/.275 for the Sox. General manager Chris Getz, however, doesn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry to call up Elko. He lauded Elko’s hard-hit rate and leadership qualities and said the organization is ‘‘happy with [his] development . . . and know at some point he could join us here in Chicago.’’ ‘‘Primarily, we’re focused on players in our system that we feel are going to be part of our future, and their development is the priority,’’ Getz said. ‘‘If that means we bring them up, then so be it.’’ Getz said the Sox are more focused on supporting Vaughn. ‘‘I know he wants greater results for the White Sox and for himself,’’ Getz said. ‘‘And we expect more out of him. Our job is to get the most out of each player, and we know that there’s more in the tank for Andrew.’’

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/29/white-sox-send-top-prospect-colson-montgomery-to-arizona-to-take-a-step-back At 23 and with a history of back issues, Montgomery is running out of time to prove he’s a major-league player. Getz said earlier in the scrum that he didn’t want to rush players to the majors. But taking your top prospect and changing his environment isn’t exactly a vote of confidence.

The Sox began the homestand as one of five big-league teams without 100 runs scored yet, as one of three without 100 hits, third from the bottom in home runs and on-base percentage, and at the very bottom in batting average (.211), slugging (.326) and OPS (.612). https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/29/white-sox-brewers-andrew-benintendi-luis-robert-chris-getz-will-venable

I wonder if such records are even kept but if so I'd love to know what they are for the following: Most games three runs or less in a season Fewest hits in a season Worst average with runners in scoring position in a season At the rate they are going this club should be close to if not ready to break the old marks.

Things must really be falling off the cliff for that kid. Another first round bust?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/04/28/white-sox-unveil-2025-city-connect-uniforms

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-media/2025/04/28/the-score-executive-producer-shane-riordan-no-longer-at-the-station

Hideous

Sox machine podcast this week is calling for the same thing that it is time to option him.

Shortstop Colson Montgomery struck out twice and walked once for Triple-A Charlotte in their 13-12, 12-inning victory Sunday. Montgomery is batting .149/.223/.255 with a .478 OPS. Despite his struggles, Montgomery still is in the team’s long-term plans. “He’s a player that if you continue to challenge him, you get the best version of Colson. He’s only getting better on the defensive side,” general manager Chris Getz said. “Everyone points to the size, the 6-foot-4 shortstops. But it’s been proven it can be done, and right now, it looks like Colson can play shortstop at the major-league level.”

JR says , "He's got 4.5 million reasons...I'm not paying him not to work."

Sox have now scored three runs or less in 21 of the 28 games played. That's 75%! What really is frustrating to me is there seems to be no consequences for guys not being able to execute basic fundamental baseball plays with men in scoring position and less than two out. No one is benched, sent back down to the minor leagues, DFA's for cast off's and has been's...nothing is done. I don't even know if they work on situational hitting in pregame drills. If they do, I haven't read or seen anything about it.

2nd game this season the Sox had a lead in the 7th inning or later and lost. It is what it is. Situational hitting and an inability to get runners home with less than two out has been killing this team for years.

The Cubs were the ones who initiated and left NBC Sports Chicago not the other way around NBCSC wasn't trying to kick them out they were dead set on forming their own network.

With this dysfunctional organization why ask why.

Who even knows when Rojas will be back. I remember when he got hurt some were saying it would only be a few days or a week. It's been at least a month now. That must have been a bad fractured toe.

But they simply refuse to pay for superstar, game changing talent. But as you said they will waste millions on stiffs, has been's, retreads and cast offs.

His family won't...but as long as JR is around he simply won't pay the going rate for very good players.

Just FYI, I posted this two weeks ago. 😉

If JR still has the club and the kid does well he'll be traded since JR won't meet his salary demands. Have to continue to be "fiscally responsible" you understand.

They are last in baseball is just about every major offensive category. Runs per game: 3.12 Average: .203 Slugging: .310 Hits: 163 🙄