ThereThere are probably 29 major league teams who wouldn’t send a rookie to the minors with only three weeks of totally meaningless games left in the season, but Oscar Colás plays for the Chicago White Sox, so he got a chance to pick up frequent flier miles en route to Charlotte. While the timing is certainly questionable, it’s not arguable that Pedro Grifol, while hardly ever right about anything, was correct in saying the rookie really, really needs to work on his fundamentals.
It’s not surprising that any White Sox rookie would be lacking in fundamental baseball skills and knowledge, because almost the whole team shares that problem, which must somehow explain why the person who was a total failure in developing a system that teaches those fundamentals got promoted.