Do we know if these injuries are legit or are they guys who really do not want any blame for a team on the rocks so feign an injury? (really asking)
I dunno about the ranch but the rumors of them moving to Nashville are real.
They are also considering a new stadium in Chicago (they have not even paid off the current stadium):
That would actually be a few blocks away from me if it is built.
Literally every MLB team and for the most part players in every sport play under the same condition. This isn’t a collective bargaining issue. This is either bad luck or a systemic/cultural issue within the organization. Reinsdorf and Sox are historically one of the cheapest organizations in a league littered with a bunch of sponges, so it’d be no shock that the players aren’t getting tip-top training. They also probably smelled the stink on this team well before opening day, so that’s not great for motivating anyone.
And the team batting average drops further after a stirring 5-for-30 (.167) performance in the opener today. This team is epically, historically awful.
As a Royals fan, I will say that the strike 3 call to end the game was a terrible call by the home plate ump.
I got a Seat Geek email today for the Sox Rays series. I can get tickets for $4 for next Friday’s game. Seats in the outfield are $10-$15. There are some nicer seats for $20-$30. I checked Monday’s night game and there’s plenty of tickets for $1-$5. I might just go for the hell of it. Too bad concessions are insane these days. And parking in an official lot is still $30.
A player would take far more heat (and far more widespread) if he were faking an injury. There are plenty of shitty teams in the MLB.
This is true, but my issue isn’t the legitimacy of the injuries, it’s the reason why there are so many of these kinds of injuries. Home run hitters not only get the huge contracts, they also just trot around the bases. Many of them are not in any better shape than your office worker who plays in a weekend softball league. So, when they have to really turn it on trying to stretch a single into a double, go from first to third on a single to right, etc, “TWANG!”! There goes a muscle or a tendon or whatever. Last year and now this year, we’ve had an epidemic of these kinds of injuries.
Laughably false
Oh, bullshit.
ETA: Ninja’d by @Chingon
Really? I’ll judge by the evidence I see.
Oh I’m sure you will, but it’s still false.
Right now the MLB home run leaders are Mike Trout and Marcell Ozuna. You want to tell us that those two guys aren’t in great physical shape?
poor mike trout … his unwavering loyalty to one of the worst AL teams is both inspiring and dumb at the same time …
Now you wanna take your life into your hands … be a giants fans at dodger stadium …
It is no secret that the White Sox training department lags behind the rest of the league. That doesn’t mean the players are gorging on chicken wings, beer and cheesecake all day.
Your observation of this is highly questionable, to put it as diplomatically as I can. I understand a little hyperbole for effect, but your characterization is hilariously incorrect. At the end of the day, these are world class athletes who are in high demand across the league.
+1. I’ve been to a game this year to see them up and close and those guys look fucking built. Better than any softball beer league players I’ve ever seen.
Oh, Lord, my ribs are hurting! 
Baseball players have a very admirable and unique talent. Basically, to paraphrase a famous quote, they are trying to hit a round ball with a round bat squarely while the man throwing it at 90-100 MPH is doing everything he can to make it sail or dip or curve so you can’t do it.
I’m not an athlete ma’am, I’m a baseball player.
The prosecution rests.
John Kirk is hilarious. He’s also the exception to the rule, and that’s why the quote is funny. If you want to use that quote to suggest that Elly de la Cruz or Julio Rodriguez have the same physique as Gary down at the cages, I’ll take that bet any day of the week.
Here’s injured White Sox player Luis Robert Jr. I think he’s often mistaken for a CPA:
Noted doughboy Yoan Moncada, office manager:
The only possible explanation for your hilarious claim is that guys in your softball league are fucking jacked.
The Sox continue to be pathetic.
Last night, against the Phillies, they didn’t get a hit until the 7th inning, only got two hits overall, and lost 7-0.
They are 3-16, and out of their 19 games played, they’ve been shut out seven times. Their team batting average is now down to .190, worst in MLB. They’re also last in runs (by a wide margin), OBP, slugging, and home runs.
For the second straight day, the Sox were no-hit through seven innings. They erupted for five runs in the ninth, and got seven total hits, at least.