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The institutional idiocy of dropping José Rodríguez

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There are a lot of other things I need to be doing for South Side Sox late tonight (early a.m., actually), but Thursday’s move requires some follow-up.

Oh, you think I’m gonna go off on bringing that guy back? Nah — although, I suppose this is related.

In order to clear space on the 40-man, the White Sox designated José Rodríguez for assignment.