It's not like the organization's talent-acquisition engine needed even more evidence against it
Saturday night would've been sad enough if James Shields were the only thing about it.
Shields melted for the third time in as many starts with the White Sox, and it's special in its brutality. Roll them with the disaster start that capped his Padres career, and that leaves him without a true historical precedent.
Here are Shields' game scores from his last four starts:
According to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index, there's only one other starter since 1913 -- as far back as Play Index tracks -- who has posted a game score of 20 or lower in four consecutive starts.