We made it, fam.
We made it through the offseason.
Last year the White Sox completely fucking STUNK.
There were a small handful of players that showed up and performed well last year.
The good thing about Sox Park though is you don’t have to worry about that.
with and they’ll welcome you with open arms and you’ll make some good friends.
Still shocked they DFA’d Leury.
Giving him that 3 year deal was the most mind boggling move a professional sports team ever made.
The moment they made it they lit $16.5MM on fire.
Did Leury deserve the hate?
To me it’s both yes and no.
My hatred for him as a player stemmed from his inability to do the little things correctly.
He sucked on the bases and he sucked defensively.
He constantly fucked up on the bases and in the OF by missing cuts, misreading flyballs, whatever.
The mental mistakes drove my utter disdain for him as a player.
That said, he was put in a bad position.
Some people feel bad for him for this reason, but I don’t.
I’ll now shift my angst fully to Moncada.
I want him to play hard and with a fire under his ass.
If he does, he will succeed.
If he doesn’t, he won’t.
To me it’s that simple.
Cut the theatrics, cut the melancholy attitude and play balls to the wall.
Give me the Moncada that steals bases and busts ass down the line.
I know I’m a loser.
I know the White Sox don’t really do anything right.
I know my life sucks and that I root for mediocrity.
That’s why I can sniff out other loser organizations as well or better than anybody.
Now, the Mets may buy themselves a World Series via Uncle Stevie.
They may finally shift from being a loser organization to a great one.
Until that happens though, they’re still the Mets.
Sorry if that offends.
There is just not one thing that makes me worry, think, or care about the Rangers.
Groundbreaking analysis right there, huh???
Now Colas is basically handed the keys to the RF job.
Like everyone, I hope he clicks.
In the instance he doesn’t, no idea what they do.
Colas needs to at worst play good RF defense and provide league average offense.
If he does that, sweet.
If he doesn’t, RF is the same hole it’s been since Jermaine fucking Dye.
Just typing that out makes me want to puke.
I think this is actually a great point.
The White Sox were PATHETIC from a fundamental standpoint last year.
A lot of that was due to multiple players playing completely out of position.
Benintendi isn’t some freak stud, but he plays winning baseball.
Elvis Andrus does the same, as did Danny Mendick.
Even if they don’t light up stat sheets, they do all the little things correctly.
That’s something that the Sox lost over the last year and a half.
Colas and AB replacing Sheets and Vaughn in the OF is a huge defensive improvement.
Massive, in fact.
I’m talking about playing fundamental baseball a la the Cleveland Guardians.
Go back to the Grinder Rules: Win or Die Trying.
Do that and the talent will push them above the rest of the division.
Not immediately after the season I don’t, because 1. he hasn’t had that 3 month injury.
It’s a HUGE year for Moncada though.
Hopefully he picks up where he left off in the WBC.
How sweet would it be to have a beautiful new stadium there?
That’ll never happen though.
So just keep giving me awesome food, I like Sox Park just fine.
The stadium is the least of my worries.
On that exact note, my full focus is on the 40 man roster for the 2023 season.
Whether or not they realize that ceiling is another thing.
The org understands the fanbases angst.
Now it’s time for them to shut us up.
If they don’t, it’s on club and nobody else.
It’s put up or shut up time.
We got three really good interviews coming up with Joe Kelly, Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn.
They’re ready to go and ready to wipe the sour taste of 2022 out of their mouths.
