Brutal

The White Sox are a disaster right now.

They end the month of April in last place in the A.L. Central with five currently on the D.L. and one player (Jeff Keppinger) having missed the last four games due to back spasms.

The offense is ranked at the bottom of every major offensive category in the league. They are last in on base percentage, 29th in batting average and 28th in runs. The defense is terrible having already committed 16 errors and the bullpen arms have shown flashes of dominance but overall are giving up too many walks and have a knack for giving up leads late in games.

The lineup Robin trots out everyday does nothing to inspire. Adam Dunn, Jeff Keppinger, Hector Gimenez, Conor Gillespe, Trevor Greene, Dewayne Wise and newly acquired Casper Wells does little to excite. Why? Because they're bad. Really bad.

The frusterating part are the guys like Dunn, Keppinger and Tyler Flowers.

Adam Dunn is terrible. I gave him the benefit of a doubt in his first season in 2011. He rebounded somewhat last year to hit 41 home runs and driving in 96 runs. His batting average was low but you could live with it since he was producing. Now, he's back to being a black hole and that's unacceptable. Dunn is in the third year of his four year deal that is currently handcuffing the middle of the lineup.

Jeff Keppinger was hyped to be a guy that takes a lot of pitches, walks and rarely strikes out. The Sox must give something to their free agent signings because Keppinger is not the player the team and fans thought they were getting. His defense at third base was below average and he has not seen four balls out of the strike zone that has put him on base.

Tyler Flowers was supposed to finally take that step and make fans forget about A.J. Pierzynski. To be fair, his defense behind the plate is fine but he's pathetic at the plate with his .177 batting average and 25 strike outs in 62 at bats.

Failure has two faces

All of this contributes to a team that is 10-15 and shows no signs of improving.

Unfortunately this really doesn't matter as the Sox, for years, seem content with slow starts and finishes that don't result in postseason play. Just take the offseason actions. Kenny Williams was promoted to Executive Vice President while Rich Hahn took over Senior Vice President and General Manager duties.

These two have overseen a team that has only made the postseason once in the last seven seasons and have averaged 83 wins in that time frame. That's simply not good enough but somehow good enough for both of them to keep their jobs and even be promoted.

I've always thought the easiest thing for a sports writer/commentator/blogger/fan, etc, to say or write is "___" should be fired. But in this case, I think enough time and talent has come through this organization with no results to finally axe the men in charge over the last decade if things don't improve. 

May looks to be another rough month. 15 of the first 18 games in May are on the road. They are currently on road trip that takes them to Texas, Kansas City and New York to face the Mets. They are already 0-1 on this trip as a sloppy game resulted in a 10-6 loss to the Rangers.