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The Chicago White Sox are at the bottom of MLB’s barrel, both in terms of on-field production and basic decency.<\/p>\n
During the team’s ugly 9-0 loss to the Braves dropped the White Sox to 0-4 on the young season, reports surfaced that the organization plans to bring back<\/a> pitcher Mike Clevinger, who was investigated in 2023 after the mother of one of his children, Olivia Finestead, alleged multiple instances where Clevinger physically abused her and her child.<\/p>\n Finestead went on the record in a January 2023 article from The Athletic<\/a> and described in horrific detail the alleged assault, which included Clevinger “throwing ‘chew spit on a screaming infant child’ and strangling her.”<\/p>\n Clevinger denied the allegations and was ultimately not suspended by MLB. During an April 14, 2023 start, he shamelessly used<\/a> Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” as his walk-out song and refused to answer questions<\/a> about his poor lack of judgment afterward.<\/p>\n If that doesn’t sound like the kind of guy a team should want in its clubhouse, congratulations: you’re more qualified for a job in the White Sox front office than the people currently in it.<\/p>\n Clevinger went 9-9 in 2023 and posted a 3.77 earned run average. But there’s a reason no other organization would touch Clevinger with a 10-foot pole this offseason. Some things are bigger than baseball.<\/p>\n As bad as the White Sox have been through their first four games, it’s only fitting they’d be the only team willing to take on Clevinger. After all, misery loves company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n