That jersey is yet to be worn by the player whose name is on it.
White Sox GM Kenny Williams has (somewhat) admitted to his bad gamble earlier in the season when he traded for the expensive failure known as Alex Rios and the always injured Jake Peavy. Williams’ admission wasn’t verbal, as he decided to speak through actions instead. That involved sending out a memo to all MLB teams telling them that certain high price veterans were available, including Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye, and Scott Linebrink. This led to the Dodgers acquiring Thome off of waivers. So how does this make the White Sox better? It doesn’t. It makes them younger and slightly cheaper. Williams gambled pretty badly the last time around, and now he needs to cut his losses and move on. Pretty smart given the circumstances, but that’s just because he made a mistake in the first place. Again, I love the brazenness that Williams shows, but taking on two expensive and ineffective players the last time around was dumb. Especially when one of them, Peavy, might not play for you at all this year. At least Williams is smart enough to know how to get out of his own mess.
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