Morale could also be low within the Chicago White Sox clubhouse amid the staff’s disappointing season, however tensions are actually excessive.
USA At present’s Bob Nightengale revealed on Sunday that murmurs of “unrest, cliques and [a] lack of participant management” contained in the White Sox clubhouse have unfold like wildfire throughout the league. Nightingale doubled down on his assertion whereas showing on 670 The Rating’s “Parkins & Spiegel Present” Monday, claiming the rumors have come straight from White Sox gamers expressing their displeasure to different groups and coaches.
“The reply I get simply contained in the clubhouse, I imply, guys are complaining about Tony La Russa, guys complain in regards to the entrance workplace and issues like that,” Nightengale mentioned. “However when it comes all the way down to it, all people is saying there’s actually no management in that clubhouse.
Because the White Sox proceed to sink additional under .500 and flounder within the American League’s worst division – they fell to 41-44 following a loss to Cleveland on Monday evening – Nightingale claims no person is stepping as much as proper the ship.
“It looks like a relaxed environment, like, ‘It’s early, it’s early,’” Nightingale added. “There’s no person to actually soar on guys and say, ‘What are you guys doing right here? You’re embarrassing yourselves losing this type of expertise in a really mediocre division.’ So, gamers and groups have been speaking about this so much the previous couple of weeks.”
Chicago got here into the season with World Collection expectations, but thus far have solely been left with head scratching moments and inept performances. Their sloppy play on protection and the bottom paths – as exemplified by the atrocious triple play Minnesota pulled on them final week – has largely contributed to their report, which has them sitting 5.5 video games out of first within the AL Central.
La Russa moreover deserves a number of the blame for his poor managerial selections, which have included telling his gamers to not hustle to first on routine outs and deliberately strolling Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner on a 1-2 depend.
With the All-Star break shortly approaching, maybe the White Sox might use a while off to resolve their inner points and salvage their season.
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