started at South Side Sox in 2018 after 20 years of writing on basketball, baseball and hockey, including time on the Blackhawks and White Sox beats. Follow him on Twitter @BrettBallantini and email your site feedback to brettballantini@yahoo.com
As hard as it is to watch the White Sox in 2024, there’s been one bright spot, every five games.
The unexpected ascendance of Garrett Crochet — on NO PLANET did anyone think he’d be the best starter in baseball through two turns — has been the solitary triumph for a moribund White Sox team.
Crochet is tied for tops in the majors among starters (with Oakland A’s starter Paul Blackburn, take that all you clown teams actually trying to compete this season!