Chicago White Sox - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)
 
   
 

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        2020 3 35 25   2023 4 61 101                         Decade  
        2021 1 93 69                                   Click  
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  Titles:  Top White Sox Players during the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC Lost to A's  
  2021 - ALDS Lost to Houston Pitchers:  
    Dylan Cease (11.93) -   31  
  BallPark: New Comiskey Park Lucas Giolito (8.36) -   23  
    Liam Hendriks (4.35) -  18  
  Team Name: White Sox Lance Lynn (5.06) -  13  
    Dallas Keuchel (1.04) -   11  
  Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf  Carlos Rodon (4.76) -  8  
    Mike Clevinger (3.3) -  6  
  General Managers: Michael Kopech (4.45) -  5  
  Ken Williams (2020-2023) President Johnny Cueto (3.46) -  5  
  Rick Hahn (2020-2023) GM Alex Colome (0.95) -   4  
  Chris Getz (2024) Kendall Graveman (1.87) -  3  
    Aaron Bummer (0.47) - 2  
  Managers:  
  Rick Renteria (2020) Catchers:  
  Tony LaRussa (2021-2022) Yasmani Grandal (2.46) -    16  
  Miguel Cairo (2022) Seby Zavala (0.31) -    3  
  Pedro Grifol (2023-2024)    
    First Basemen:  
  Hall of Famers: Jose Abreu (10.14) -    25  
  None Andrew Vaughn (0.96) -  18  
       
  No Hitters: Second Basemen:  
  2020 - Lucas Giolito Pittsburgh) Elvis Andrus (2.39) -  7  
  2021 - Carlos Rodon (Cleveland) Leury Garcia (1.74) -   5  
       
  Rookie of the Year: ShortStop:  
  None Tim Anderson (6.33) -   27  
       
  MVP:  Third Base:  
  2020 - Jose Abreu  Yoan Moncada (6.03) -   19  
    Jake Burger (1.77) - 4  
  Cy Young:  
  None Outfield:  
    Luis Robert (12.53) -   35  
  Notable Events: Eloy Jimenez (4.04) -   14  
    Adam Engel (2.14) -   6  
  2020 -  After a very poor seven year run to close out the previous decade in which Gavin Sheets (-1.66) -  5  
  the Pale Hose averaged a 71-91 record, Chicago turned it around in '20 AJ Pollock (1.5) -  4  
  with a second place finish and a 35-25 mark. They lost in the Wild Card round Andrew Benintendi (0.2) -   3  
  to the A's. Massive improvements were made both on offense and pitching.  
  The Sox had been gathering high draft picks due to their poor performance Notable Events:  
    also picked up some top youngsters thru trading their top assets like ace  
  LHP Chris Sale and OF Adam Eaton. They also picked up some prospect depth 2024 - The question is - what to do with this team? A complete rebuild looks  
  dealing the likes of RHP Jose Quintana, Closer David Robertson and OF pretty much inevitable. But new management might want to keep some guys  
  Melky Cabrera. Trading these players just made things worse during the around. This was a bad team last year, 61-101 and they don't look any  
  bad times, but that was OK, as Chicago got better draft positions.  better for '24. Not really much positive to write about other than Luis Robert.  
  Sensing that they were on the cusp of their youngsters turning things around, No one else on the team is performing anywhere near above replacement level.  
  the White Sox spent on free agents in '20 picking up ace righthander Dallas     
  Keuchel and excellent catcher Yasmani Grandal. They also invested in a couple The once promising offense:  
  of big names that didn't pan out in Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Encarnacion.  Out of all the highly valued prospects, the only one that didn't turn into a suspect  
    was CF Luis Robert. Even tho' he's only twenty six, by the time the Sox turn  
  □  Jerry Reinsdorf has owned the White Sox for forty years. The Sox performance this thing around, his time frame won't be matching the rest of the club.  
  has been middle of the road over that period with six division titles and thirteen Therefore, if the right deal comes along, he probably should be moved.  
  second place finishes. Jerry has been one of the league's more reactionary  The suspects are: 1B Andrew Vaughn, 26; 3B Yoan Moncada, 29;  
  owners during his tenure. He played a major role in the near disastrous player OF Andrew Benintendi, 29; 1B Gavin Sheets, 28; OF Eloy Jimenez, 27.  
  lockout in '94. He's also blown hot and cold with his spending over the years. It wasn't just White Sox management, everybody thought these guys would be  
  All that being said, Reinsdorf opens the decade with a team with loads of talent. good and they aren't. There were several more, but these are the ones that  
    are still left in the organization.  
  □ Rick Hahn took over the GM spot in 2013 when Kenny Williams was kicked up   
  to team president. Good timing for Williams as he left the cupboard bare for Hahn.  The once promising pitching staff is mostly gone.  
  Hahn has spent the last seven years trying to build something and his hard work Guys like Carlos Rodon, Lucas Giolito, Aaron Bummer and Dylan Cease.  
   finally started paying off in '20.  Only Michael Kopech remains of the suspects.   
    Twenty five year old lefty Garret Crochet remains the only prospect.  
  □ Tony La Russa, 76, that's right - seventy six, has been hired to manage the     
  White Sox for 2021. I suppose if Joe Biden, 78, and Donald Trump, 74, can    
  try to run a country, La Russa can manage a team. Rick Renteria was fired to    
  make way for La Russa despite finishing 35-25. The reasoning for this move    
  is that Chicago wants an experienced manager that can guide the club to the    
  next level now that the talent is there. They may have over shot the mark on     
  the experience thing on this one, however.    
       
  2021  -  All is going according to plan. Chicago wins the Division with a 93-69    
  mark and the arrow is pointing up everywhere. A young team loaded with talent.    
  The Core (Mostly young and not yet in their prime) :    
  Pitching:    
  □ RHP Dylan Cease, 25, obtained from the Cubs in '17 for Jose Quintana     
  □ RHP Lucas Giolito, 26, obtained from Washington in '17 trade for Adam Eaton    
  □  LHP Carlos Rodon, 28,  3rd overall pick in '14 draft    
  □ RHP Michael Kopech, 25, obtained from Boston in '17 trade for Chris Sale    
  □ RHP Codi Huer, 24, 6th round pick in '18 draft; '21 dealt to Cubs for Craig Kimbrel    
  □ LHP Garret Crochet, 21, 1st round pick in '20 draft    
  □ RHP Reynaldo Lopez, 26, obtained from Washington in '17 trade for Adam Eaton    
  □  Closer Liam Hendricks, 31, '22 FA signed from the A's    
  □ RHP Lance Lynn, 34,  obtained from Texas in '21 for two pitching prospects    
       
  Hitting:    
  □ C Yasmani Grandal, 31, '20 High priced FA from Milwaukee    
  □  1B Jose Abreu, 34, '14 IFA    
  □  2B Leury Garcia, 30, obtained from Texas in '13 for Alex Rios  
  □  2B Nick Madrigal, 24, '18 4th overall pick; dealt to Cubs in '21 for Craig Kimbrel  
  □  SS Tim Anderson, 28, 1st round pick in '13   
  □  3B Yoan Moncada, 26, obtained from the Red Sox for Chris Sale in '17  
  □  OF Andrew Vaughn, 23, 3rd overall pick in '19 draft  
  □  OF Eloy Jimenez, 24, obtained from Cubs in '17 for Jose Quintana  
  □  CF Luis Robert, 23,  '17 IFA  
  □  OF Gavin Sheets, 25, '17 2nd round pick  
  □  OF Adam Eaton, 32, FA signed from Nationals after '20 season  
     
  2022 - The Sox drop twelve games in the standings to a mediocre 81-81.  
  This was a major surprise to everyone.   
  Both the hitting and the pitching go backwards. The core of the team are all  
  in their early to mid twenties, they should be improving, not going backwards.  
  And, for the most part, they all did go backwards, hitting and pitching.  
  Before the '22 season, you would have bet on the Sox getting to around a  
  hundred wins just based on natural progression of their players' careers.  
  To drop down to 81 wins was bizarre.   
   
  The culprits on Offense:   
  □ C Yasmani Grandal, 33, catchers get old quick, fell off a cliff in '22   
  □  1B Jose Abreu, 35, home runs dropped from 30 to 15 in '22  
  □  SS Tim Anderson, 29,  OPS dropped from 806 to 734 in '22  
  □  3B Yoan Moncada, 26, OPS dropped from 787 ito 626 n '22  
  □  OF Andrew Vaughn, 24, the final straw - proved he's a horrific fielder  
  □  OF Eloy Jimenez, 25, 858 OPS good in '22; defense horrible  
  □  CF Luis Robert, 24,  OPS dropped from 946 to 746 in '22  
  □  OF Gavin Sheets, 26,  OPS dropped from 830 to 706 in '22  
  □  OF Leury Garcia, 31, OPS dropped from 711 to 500 in '22  
     
  The Culprits on the Mound:  
  □ RHP Carlos Rodon, 29, missed entire '22 season with injury  
  □ RHP Lucas Giolito, 27, ERA jumped from 3.53 to 4.90 in '22    
  □ RHP Lance Lynn, 35, ERA jumped from 2.69 to 3.99 in '22  
  □ LHP Garret Crochet, 23, missed entire '22 season with TJ surgery  
  □ Righty reliever Aaron Bummer, 28, arm problems limited him to 26 in's in '22    
  □ RHP Dylan Cease, 26, bucked the trend and was 14-8 2.20 in '22  
  □ RHP Michael Kopech, 26, bucked the trend and had a decent year in '22  
     
  2023 - The inexplicable collapse is complete. Because the team was so young,  
  the thought was that the Sox would bounce back after an off '22. Instead,  
  Chicago free-fell twenty more games to 61-101 and upper management     
  were all fired after lengthy tenures (president Ken Williams, 23 years, and    
  general manager Rick Hahn, 11 years).    
  In just two seasons, the Sox collapsed 158 runs from the league average    
  in runs scored and 200 runs from the league average in runs given up.    
  Remarkable.