The White Sox held a team meeting before the game yesterday to address the ongoing issues within the organization. For those that haven’t been tuned into baseball this season: everything is a problem. They can’t pitch. They can’t hit. No one is at the ballpark.
Grifol’s words fell on deaf ears as they Sox were shut out for a record-tying sixth time in sixteen games. Eloy Jimenez, who returned from the IL last night, struck out to end the game in his only plate appearance.
They currently sit 29th out of 30 teams in Team Batting Avg., 30th in Home Runs, 30th in OPS, and 30th in total bases. Their pitching staff is 25th in ERA, 27th in home runs given up, and 25th in WHIP. No team meeting is going to fix these problems. Unfortunately, not even their farm system offers a glimmer of hope, as former White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski explained.
Former manager Ozzie Guillen lambasted the team in the post-game show and advocated for pitchers on opposing teams to do what they can to play against the Sox if given the opportunity.
This is all to say that the White Sox are historically bad and that the old Ozzie Guillen rings true: good teams win games, bad teams have meetings.