[Mitch Ransdell is off this week ... literally, off the grid. The carrier pigeon sent north to summon him with pencil and sketch pad and simply the name, “Benintendi” either did not reach him, or veered off-course, incredulous. Sox Sketcher will be back sketching and writing next week.]
It is NOT Andrew Benintendi’s fault that he signed the highest free-agent contract the White Sox have ever handed out, in the near-50 years of baseball free agency. He probably didn’t even realize it, he was like, OK, Chicago, won a World Series, competitive most every year pre-Hahn, buncha stars on the team right now, even, $75 mil is probably like No.