The Unexpected Failure of the 2022 White Sox 

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Tony La Russa is the biggest "addition by subtraction" move of this offseason. They'll be okay as long as they get a manager that isn't trapped in 2007

A lot of people were expecting an MVP-type leap from Robert last season and it didn't come. Maybe this year can be his true breakout

it really is funny to see how the numbers really do back up what I was seeing, at multiple points in the season it felt like we had half the team playing against us

2022: What a horrible year. Glad that's over. 2023: Hold my beer.

As a Sox fan I am so happy you made this video it’s so good and i appreciate it so much. Do you think that at the start of the season in 2023 you can make another video expressing thoughts if they will be good after the off-season. Thanks

Getting rid of LaRussa improves them 10 games, but the offense has got to step up

As a Sox fan, this hurt. But honestly the video was one of the best consolidated analyses of last year that I’ve seen so far. I just hope we have an effective offseason. Last year was really tough for fan morale-and the rhetoric surrounding payroll expectations has been frustrating.

As a White Sox fan, this is going to hurt, but if you can make a whole video about your favorite team's tumultuous 2021 season, I can watch a less than flattering one of mine. I haven't yet viewed it, but nevertheless, thanks in advance for putting this together. I know it will be of quality like the rest of your channel's sterling offerings. Here we go.

This team broke my heart.

Immediately thought of Berto’s rant 😂

Jose Abreu walking away just twists the knife

I was at the May 9th game although the Sox lost, it was a fun game to watch as it was my senior ditch day for school and we sat three to five rows behind the Guardians bullpen

Great video and recap!

Their hitting and base running was so atrocious in ‘22 anyone could argue they were throwing the season. And no matter who is managing there’s no way a bunch of players who spend their off-season in the Caribbean are not going to sustain injuries playing April baseball in Chicago, Cleveland or Detroit. Between Grandal, Jimenez, Moncada and Anderson these guys averaged 85 missed games due to injury. The only big gun who didn’t was Abreau and He Gone. Winners win, losers lose. But when winners lose there’s a much bigger problem. My loyalty to this organization has been completely rocked. I went to one game last year and I couldn’t find parking. When I finally did I got a ticket afterwards by the city. These ass clowns can’t get anything right.

You should do a video like this for every team. Great analysis

We need a Marlins video similar to this because they are fixable too

If it weren't for the Tim Anderson drama with Josh Donaldson I'd totally forget the White Sox ever existed.

Menechino would praise singles as opposed to us hitting anything else which was a huge red flag. La Russa being gone should very beneficial to these guys.

Thanks SportStorm! Can you do one on my Orioles? Their future is so bright!

Great video ☺️ Any Bauer updates?

These last two seasons for the White Sox shows just how important a manager is to a team's success. It's weird to say but they were better off keeping Rick Renteria rather than drag the corpse of TLR out of retirement. I get that it isn't solely on Tony as to why they underachieved, but you cant deny he was a net negative for the team. From the Yermin Mercedes drama, to his refusal to shift and baffling lineup decisions and intentional walk decisions.

I'm so happy this video exists

The 2022 White Sox were disappointing, the 2023 White Sox are horrifying.

Moncada's walk rate dropped a ton this year, that has to be pretty concerning to Sox fans. Great video as always, the use of pop culture references and even memes sometimes is A-level.

White sox fans before the 2021 season started and Eloy Jimenez got hurt: “guys we’re the 2016 Cubs! We’re gonna make the World Series and he’s gonna come back just like Schwarber and we’re gonna win it all” White Sox after a disappointing end to 2021: “we’re the 2015 Cubs, we were better a year earlier than expected and next year is our year” White sox fans after 2022: “yea we fucking suck”

White sox players have bones made of glass and paper skin, they get injured so easily and so often. It hurts so much because we’re always talking about how big baby is gonna have his breakthrough season after he recovers from his injury and then he gets injured again right after

2022 was an awful year for the CSox, although it wasn't supposed to turn that way. It came to no surprise that the team had such a mediocre year and it will not surprise me if they trip again in 2023 (I have been their fan for over 50 years.) Plus, I always wonder why the Sox carry so many low- producing and injured players who are filling a spot on the roster and will not be able to help them win their division.

Aaaaand here we are again in 2023. "Celebrating" our biggest win of they year. Number 8 in MAY

This is by far my favorite Baseball RU-vid channel. Better than Jolly Olive, Foolish Bailey, Baseball Historian and others. Keep up the good work SportStorm.

Can’t wait for part two of this after this year smh

Yeah we are completely stuck bargain bin shopping, the Bulls were fixable too but nothing has changed since their first round exit either. It’s almost completely on the owner…

KC: We're easily one of the worst franchises in the sport over the past 5 years with absolutely nothing to indicate we are well coached or talented. White Sox: This Grifol guy is PERFECT for the manager vacancy!

Gonna be an interesting year in the central, and the results of this year will likely dictate future seasons. Guardians were on top but likely won’t do too many big things this off-season, White Sox have a lot of good players who had bad years and could piece something together, and the Twins looked solid outside of the final month of the year, and while they have the most roster construction to handle they do have around $60 million left to spend this off-season. Who will come out on top in 2023?

This aged beautifully

The White Sox are a good team with an out of date manager. LaRussa may be one of the all time great managers, but the game has passed him by. Hence why the White Sox struggled. He wasn't willing to adapt to today's game and his team suffered for it. Now that LaRussa is gone, the Sox need a manager that knows how to get the best out of this team.

May 20 2023 The White Sox are in 4th win the AL Central , 11 games under .500. They would be dead last but KC has that nailed down cold

*DONT FORGET DALLAS K-Whatever his name is* _eff’d up too_

Can you please make a awesome video like this about the blue jays?

We did suck this year but we didn’t have the right manager and luckily we got a new hitting coach that seems to be really good so hopefully he can fix the disappointments from last year

Yall should do a redux of the 2023 White Sox

A pair of fresh eyes… lol this is going to be a meme

Letting Abreu walk was epically dumb. He didn't have the power this year, but hit .300+

Season went downhill soon as they lost the opening game to us (Detroit Tigers) that Javy Baez walkoff was what ended their season before it started

The White Sox haven’t won the World Series since I was 2. It would’ve been nice to see them contend for the World Series

Please do a video on the 2022 SF Giants

A new manager and coaching staff might be a step up in 2023

Can you do the braves next?

Whoever said that the sox where geared up to run the AL is just a sox fan clear as day, I have always been a big critic of the sox since iam a cubs fan but the fact a team like the white sox with the kind of talent they have on that roster and finishing the way they did is mind blowing espcially since they are in the easiest division in baseball and had weak teams to prey on and now finally when the other teams become solid they start losing ground and their real flaws start to show like when they got destroyed by houston the last time they where in the playoffs and tbh it could be rebuild time soon if Tim Anderson leaves in next FA

I don’t think that Yoan Moncada is the great baseball player that many think he is. The two full seasons that he’s had an ops+ above 100 he’s also had an insanely high BABIP

I just LOVE how this video completely ignores the 21-3 Astros Shellacking that occurred August 21st.

How many shoes you sold Brodie I’m curious 🧐

SportStorm! Can you do the Astros!, They are really turning into a dynasty!

This is gonna be a tough watch, I just want to forget

I just hope the Sox are never relocated.... Always at the back of my mind...

Thoughts on signing Gallo with the shift banned

It sure was entertaining watching the Chi Sox implode during the season. I look forward to another season of disappointment on the South side. :)

This whole season never in a million years I thought the Sox will be this disappointing

The Sox just aren't geared up for success. The roster is terribly lopsided: If any player is good offensively (Eloy, Anderson..etc) They are a liability on defense. If they are great defensively (Moncada, Engel), they can't hit worth a damn. The rotation is good but the Bullpen is all over the place. They gave a record contract to Liam Hendricks, who isn't even the best closer in the AL Central let alone the league. Both he and Aaron Bummer messed up. Reynaldo Lopez probably gonna take over the Closer role this season.

Everything about this team frustrates the shit out of me. The one thing that was not mentioned in this video was the attitude of the players on this team and was recently talked about in the last few weeks and that was the toxic environment within the clubhouse. It says ALOT when your star player turns down a contract offer and goes to a team that in his words is a family and knows how to win which is what he was promised here in Chicago for years. AJ turning down $14mil was another clue that there is an internal problem and although the team said they wont trade him, TA came out and said he knows his days are numbered because this team refuses to pay and he wants out as well. This will be the first failed rebuild and the entire front office needs to go as well as everyone in the minor league system that are supposed to be developing players. I've been a fan of this team for over 30 years and have stuck with this team through many ups and downs but this one is embarrassing and don't know how much faith I have left with this current front office/ owner they have. They have used the same excuses for years now on why they wont spend money but they don't put the correct people in charge to help them win if they are financially strapped. They need to learn how to develop and control like Tampa Bay and the A's as the best example but Jerry won't do that because he is sadly to loyal to the wrong people and this will be the downfall of this organization if things don't change VERY soon.

Pretty spot on given they just signed Benintendi

it was literally injuries and horrible coaching as the keys. Defense was bad and lost some games, but clearly it’s not what made this team under play by like 15 wins. Lynn had no spring training and started terrible but he’s still Lynn he’s really good and Kopech was good, 3.54 in your first year as a starter isn’t “struggling” in my opinion. He just walks too many. Pitching is not too scary honestly, we have a great pitching coach and 3 certified starters and now Clev too. We need a 2B until Sosa comes up, a RF until Colas comes up, and maybe another lefty reliever and ANDRUS NEEDS TO COME BACK FOR DEPTH FOR CERTAIN WE BETTER HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH THE INJURIES

I think this was a really good analysis. They have talent, but were too overconfident with their ability

all that took for me to prove the white sox werent what they were hyped to be was the tony la russa two strike walk on trea turner....

The problem with batters today is that everyone wants to be the home run hitting superstar, no one is willing to be patient, and swing at what they can hit. I'd take who only hits 15 homers a year, but bats .300 over a guy who hits 35 dingers but rarely gets above .230 any day of the week

2021 was a great season making it to the ALCS even though we lost to the Astros

Now for the expected failure of the 2023 White Sox

Unexpected?💀🤣🤣 if you’re a Sox fan you know this isn’t unexpected considering the ownership and upper management we have.

11:09: But Robert and Jimenez CAN'T STAY HEALTHY.

The 1-2 intentional walk was when I knew the season was doomed. TLR will forever be a cursed name on the Southside

Our hitting approach all season was awful. So many games with 7-9 hits and only 1 or 2 runs. Vaughn led the team with 17 home runs all season, you just can’t win a lot of games with out hitting for power

First! By the way, love you, and your vids SportsStorm you helped inspire me to go to school for sports analytics, and broadcasting!

As a Guardians fan, I’m perfectly fine with them not being able to right the ship 😅

It’s a shame to see Liam not make the playoffs

As a white Sox fan, watching this team day in day out showed me that the effort was not there. There was just not enough effort being put out on the field to have a chance at the playoffs.

As An INDIANS fan I loved every min of it .

Sox should’ve kept Rodon. Probably could’ve gotten him for 20-25m last season on a longer term deal (maybe even less) and now he’s probably looking for 30m per season. They have nobody to trade for an exceptional offensive piece because they will keep their core and their farm system is shot. They need to spend this year or next in order to win

I’d say the white Sox were fixable if it weren’t for them losing their best player this off-season and having so many holes in the rotation and lineup

They won in 2005 using small ball in the beginning of the order and power hitters in the middle

In 2006 there were so many Cub fans rooting for the Sox that they fooled the baseball Gods and cursed us Now we can’t shake it

It was expected by Jerry Reinsdorf. His goal to have a team every year good enough to make the playoffs but not win any playoff games. Along with putting his check book before winning at all times.

Just realized unless I download videos all the time, RU-vid premium is 100% pointless if every creator is gonna include a 1 minute sponsor in their videos.

time for 2023.

The guardians game still makes me want to claw my eyes out

Crazy how you make all these videos about teams who were eliminated by the Astros, yet no Astros videos :,(

They don’t have Abreu anymore. I don’t know if they will be able to come back

Most disappointing season ever as a White Sox fan, legit worse than choking in 2006 and 2012.

shoutout LoHo

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As a Sox fan I just wanna say how much my stomach hurts when I think of the 2023 season. I have a feeling its going to be another 88 year drought.

3:56: First bad sign. For a so-called "contender", it is pretty weak when you have Vince Velasquez( 5.95 ERA in 2021 while being booted out of the rotation by a pitching poor Phillies team ) and Dallas Keuchel ( 5.28 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP in 2021 and they couldn't find anyone better to put in the rotation?) in your starting rotation.

2022 Giants were a mess next video please !!!!

The White Sox have like the most expensive bullpen lol. Hendriks, Graveman, Kelly, Bummer, Diekman all on guaranteed salaries

I am a White Sox fan, been so since I was a little kid....I fear the White Sox will be going a similiar route to the Athletics....Nobody shows up to the games..the city already has a more popular ball club...As much as I love going to see Sox games, the stadium is crappy(they have did a ton trying to remedy this). I see them relocating....I hope I am wrong

They got their much needed left fielder

The played with no energy and no effort they look lifeless at times they played like a bunch of zombies

Lol that Blue jays spot in the chance to win the world series list. You should make a video of them. They severely underperformed.

LaRussa leaving spurned the early September winning. The Sox were playing like absolute shit in late August right before he stepped away for “health reasons”

It would help if the manager could stay awake past his bedtime.

Honestly, the White Sox did better than I expected them to. I thought they were going to have a horrific season.