Josh and Jim recap the final weekend of the 2020 regular season. Unfortunately, the White Sox poor play continued as they lost eight of their last ten games. Still, there were some positive outcomes such as Luis Robert beginning to string hits together.
With the regular season over, it’s time to focus on the upcoming postseason, and the White Sox journey begins in Oakland. Can the Sox overtake the Athletics? How far will they go this postseason? They answer those questions and provide their gut predictions on the 2020 MLB Postseason.
Finally, they answer as many P.O. Sox questions as they can in an expanded edition.
The Sox ended the losing streak. They broke the twelve-year playoff drought. The rest of the season should be playing with house money, right? So why does the end of the year feel so unsatisfying?
Derek King
Hopefully, when you answer this, the Sox will have looked better in the final two games against the Cubs. Still, it’s been a tough end to the season. Based on what you’ve seen over the last 10 days or so, how worried should we be about the playoffs? How much is fan overreaction? What really has you concerned?
Does anyone have inside info on how Crochet was being developed in summer camp? Were the Sox working on him as an ASAP reliever, or was he still working on being a starter when he got called up and therefore might be stretched out enough to go 4+ innings every 5th day in October?
Even though the season hasn’t ended well as of right now, I’m very excited that you guys finally got to cover a postseason team. Thanks for getting me through some rough seasons. What would you do with Crochet? Should he skip the minors all together or should he be a starter in the minors and work his way through?
What’s the most crucial factor to the Sox’ potential success 2021-2025: Improvement in major league acquisitions, continued development of the existing roster, or regression of Cleveland and Minnesota?
Patreon Bonus P.O. Sox Questions:
Since it seems that the white Sox DH spot is indeed cursed....is it the curse of Thome or Thomas? Also, do we take any comfort in the fact that JD Martinez who seemed a favored target was bad this year.? Or just shake our head in sorrow at what appears to be a sad sad lineup spot for the rest of our days.
Of all the rule changes that came about in 2020 - universal DH, runner on 2nd in the 10th, 7 inning doubleheaders, (further) expanded rosters, expanded playoffs, and even things like managers not being allowed to argue, and a more regional schedule, which are most likely to stay for 2021 and beyond?
Can Jarrod Dyson resurrect happy memories of Geoff Blum in October?
