I don’t know if this will work, but it has to be better than the last decade.
The White Sox can’t guarantee it’ll work either, but they also determined, finally, that it has to be better than the last decade of patching and buying and patching and buying and hoping and hoping and going for it every season only to ultimately fail to put together a team that could sustain success.
That’s why they traded left-handed ace Chris Sale to the Red Sox on Tuesday for a package of four prospects.