“Oh No! We Suck Again!”
After their miserable season last year, and the trade that sent Crochet to Boston, it’s hard to see the White Sox as anything but a rock bottom franchise. So I’m setting out to see how difficult is is to revive the franchise over time. I’m not going to be using “Trading Hard Mode” but will have trade difficulty set to hard, with a preference for prospects over veterans. Ratings are set for 1-100, not showing ratings over 100, and I have scouting accuracy set to high, but will be using the full scouting and coaching system. All league evolution settings are “off” except for “more or less offense” and “more or less pitching.” I am starting this dynasty report using Beta v.34 (i.e. the first public beta), and as has always been my preference, I’ll be playing things out day by day and managing the games myself.
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March 14, 2025: White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf has named 43-year-old David Harrison as the team’s new GM and on-field manager effective immediately, shaking up the franchise’s front office leadership just two weeks ahead of the team’s home opener against Houston on the 27th. With Garret Crochet gone to Boston, there isn’t a great deal left on the shelf for fans to be particularly excited about ... 25-year-old Michael Vargas has a ton of raw potential but has yet to show it at the major league level, and Luis Robert Jr. has proven to be locally popular but so far has been primarily valuable for his defense over his scoring output which was minimal. The team’s pitching is an absolute dumpster fire, and nobody in their right mind expects the team to be anything close to replacement level for most of this season. So Harrison’s work is more than cut out for him, and one has to wonder what makes the job worth taking for him at all. We’ll see you on opening day, once you find the right size bag for your head.