CLEVELAND, OHIO – AUGUST 19: Aid pitcher Jake Diekman #55 of the Chicago White Sox pitches through the seventh inning towards the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Area on August 19, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Picture by Jason Miller/Getty Photographs)
The Chicago White Sox had plenty of points that spelled their doom in 2022.
The Chicago White Sox received the AL Central in 2021 by going 93-69 and profitable the division by 13 video games. Nonetheless, that was not and has not been the case in 2022 as they might not even end over .500.
They’ve had plenty of points come up this season together with plenty of accidents. That has been an enormous issue for them as catcher Yasmani Grandal, shortstop Tim Anderson, outfielder Luis Robert, outfielder Eloy Jimenez, and third baseman Yoan Moncada have all missed 60 or extra video games this yr.
Accidents are one thing that’s, largely, unpreventable however the White Sox additionally made a slew of errors that might have helped them a minimum of get a Wild Card spot if not win the AL Central.
Listed below are 5 largest errors that doomed the White Sox this season.
5. Not addressing their bullpen in a much bigger means on the commerce deadline
The Chicago White Sox did little or no on the commerce deadline after they have been within the thick of the playoff hunt. Coming into play on August 2, the White Sox have been in third place within the AL Central however they have been solely three video games out of first place.
What did they do on August 2? Completely nothing. On August 1, they made a commerce with the Crimson Sox to amass left-handed reliever Jake Diekman in change for catcher Reese McGuire. McGuire has been nice with the Crimson Sox (146 OPS+ in 35 video games). Diekman has not been good with the White Sox (7.27 ERA in 24 video games). That was the lone commerce that the White Sox made.
Even with Crimson Sox, Diekman had a 4.23 ERA in 44 video games. Not precisely a fantastic season.
Coming into August 2, the White Sox had a bullpen ERA of 4.01, which was nineteenth in baseball. Since then, their bullpen ERA is 4.09, which can be nineteenth. It’s actually worse as a result of they traded for Diekman. If they might have made a couple of extra trades for relievers and higher high quality relievers, they may have had a a lot better bullpen down the stretch.
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