What the hell happened to our pitching/defense?

[Heads22]

How many runs has our pen given up in each of those games?

[Felix]

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           GS  IP    H   R   ER   HR   BB   SO  HBP  WP   ERA   ERA+  WHIP

PLAYER A   22  138  155  73  66   16   45   63   6    3   4.30   98   1.50
 

PLAYER B   22  141  151  75  73   19   40   133  6    1   4.66   95   1.36
 

PLAYER C   19 119.3 127  64  61   12   35   68   3    6   4.60   96   1.36

Garland, Vazquez, Contreras

[gosox41]

You pretty much summed up the crap that has been the White Sox of late. We're VERY fortunate to have even gone 8-9 since the 7th. If we don't pitch it and catch it, the Twins will win their fifth division title since 2001.

 

 

And to think people belive KW is one of the best GM's in basebal, but the Sox have had a history of finishing behind a team that spends $40-$50 less in payroll then the Sox.

 

 

[gosox41]

Something appears to have happened on our off day July 7th. I say this because we're a mediocre 8-9 since then, as our pitching staff that was 1st or 2nd in the AL behind Oakland for a long time just fell off the planet. Now to be fair, 11 of the 17 games have been on the road, but at the same time, we lost a home series to KANSAS CITY, and more disturbing is our pitching and defense. In those 17 games, the Sox made 20 errors, with no stretch of more than 2 errorless games (and there was only one of those). That doesn't even include plays like Paul Konerko's bad pickoff throw tonight, Paul Konerko's drop on a should be double play in Kansas City, another botched PK pickoff throw in Texas, and so on.

 

As for the pitching, in this span, the Sox have given up 7, 6, 4, 7, 7, 12, 5, 9, 8, 6, 2, 8, 5, 6, 6, 7, and 6 runs. That is just plain awful, and puts an incredible amount of pressure on our offense. Giving up 5+ runs in 15 of 17 games could realistically lead to a much worse stretch than 8-9, especially with as much as we've been on the road, so we should thank the offense. But in the meantime, the pitching (both starting and relief) and defense better get their heads out of their asses, or we're in deep s***. Injuries haven't helped us, but our sloppy play lately has been atrocious.

 

 

Either the Sox woke up to reality and are continuing their 2007 problems or it's a bad slump where in true White Sox fashion everyone sucks for an extended period of time.