![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What did I hear? “The Sox are going to run away with the division” (even though they had shown they could not hit any Cleveland pitching when they were healthy last season-Cleveland of the Sox) Then when they were playing godawful baseball at the beginning of the season I heard “Its just this or that injury, and once they are healthy they will will be in first place by the AS break.”. I, like others, got roasted at the beginning of the season after an awful off season where nothing was really done to improve this team’s gaping holes. Then it just leaves you with 2nd base (one again) to fill, and a corner OF spot, until Cespedes can show he can be an everyday OF as well. Make Martin the 5th starter and put Crochet back in the minors to stretch him out as a starter (or see if he can) Find a pitching coach that knows how to get his pitchers to adapt and pitch against playoff contender teams. Bring in a whole new health and conditioning staff. Bring up Colas for LF or RF: time to see this kid in the majors. ![]() Make Vaughn full time 1st baseman, Sheets can be a sometime 1st, sometimes DH, rarely OF, and bench player. Say bye to Abreu (I think his numbers are fools gold at this point in his career and for all the stuff I heard about him being a leader on this team I saw a lot of give up and loafing by players on this club all season. Make Eloy a full time DH whether he ‘likes’ it or not. Let him get tons of preventable injuries somewhere else.I was a fan of his, but got tired of the holely glove and constant injuries (never mind the inability to drive runs in) Sign Andrus until Montgomery is ready at SS. Deal with Moncada at third and hope you can get a manager in town that will squeeze whatever potential out of him, same with Luis Robert at this point. The problem with that logic is that Hahn is usually the only Sap in the room.įor the Sox to be competitive next season I see some of what is below has to occur. One only can hope that the Sox find a Sap GM that would take Moncada’s contract in hopes of making him a star. They’re certain to bring him back for $12.5MM next year in lieu of a $1MM buyout, and they hold a $14MM option on his services for 2024. The Sox can keep him around for another two seasons via eminently affordable club options, though. The 2022 campaign is the final guaranteed year on the contract extension Anderson inked back in 2017. 300 while rating as a solid defender and high-end baserunner. He’s remained at that level the past few years, consistently hitting above. After some offensive inconsistency early in his career, Anderson broke out as one of the game’s top shortstops with a. That’s still above-average production, but it was the two-time All-Star’s least valuable campaign since 2018. Andrus is headed for free agency at season’s end, and it seems likely he’ll depart in search of a clearer path to playing time elsewhere this winter.Īnderson finishes the season with a. Veteran Elvis Andrus, who signed for the stretch run a couple days after being released by the A’s in mid-August, will finish the year as the shortstop. The White Sox are still mathematically alive in the Wild Card race, but they could be officially eliminated as soon as tomorrow.Īs they’re now playing out the string, there’s little incentive for the White Sox to push Anderson back onto the field. A sweep at the hands of the Guardians last week sewed up the division for Cleveland. The Sox were within a game and a half in the AL Central race as recently as September 10, but they’ve gone 4-10 since that point to end any hope they had of a playoff berth. Anderson hasn’t played since August 9, when he suffered a tendon injury in his left middle finger that required surgical repair.Ĭhicago had held out hope for the former batting champion to make it back as recently as last week, but the team’s ongoing free fall changed the equation. The White Sox are shutting down star shortstop Tim Anderson for the season, acting manager Miguel Cairo informed reporters (including Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times). ![]()
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