Carlos Rodon was a member of the White Sox three years ago, when they won the AL Central and made the postseason for a second straight year. He left as a free agent for San Francisco and has watched from afar as the White Sox slipped quickly to a .500 team and then one that lost 101 games a year ago. But even that was nothing compared to what has happened on the South Side this season, . White Sox interim manager Grady Sizemore reacts during the teams game against the Cubs on Aug. 10, 2024. AP The Yankees will get a first-hand look at the haple s Sox when they open a series in Chicago Monday. When I left, it looked like a team that definitely had a chance to win another division, Rodon said Sunday. I dont know what happened. Like others, though, the left-hander has some theories about how it got so bad, so quickly. Explore More I think theyre still finding an identity, Rodon said. Do we want to spend money or develop [players]? Right now, it seems like they want to develop, but you have to learn how to do that, and it takes time. Hes seen the organization transform before, from the down years of 2017 and 18 to the gradual improvement in 19 and 20. You see what the Royals have been able to do in that division with putting a team together, Rodon said. The White Sox are four years behind that. I was there for a rebuild, and then we Tyrese Haliburton Jersey got to the postseason, and here we are with them being in a rebuild again. Carlos Rodon reached the postseason when he played for the White Sox three years ago. USA TODAY Sports And for a Yankees team battling the Orioles for AL East supremacy, they cant afford to slip against the White Sox, and replaced him on an interim basis with Grady Sizemore. Not a lot has gone right there, DJ LeMahieu said. They just made changes to their coaching staff, and I feel like they have better players than their results. Left-hander Tim Hill spent the first three months of the season with the White Sox . It was kind of a perfect storm of injuries and things not working out the way they wanted to, Hill said of the teams struggles. No one, though, saw this coming. Its crazy how it all unfolded, said Anthony Rizzo, who played for the Cubs on the other side of Chicago for nearly a decade before his 2021 trade to the Yankees. Just a few years ago, it seemed like they could have sustained succe s, Rizzo said. The people of Chicago, definitely the South Side fans, they deserve better. Its tough. Its a sports city. Anthony Rizzo was inner-city rivals with the White Sox when he was with the Cubs. Getty Images Rizzo, still rehabbing from a fractured arm, wont be in Chicago for the series, but hes aware of how rough its been. As a profe sional, to see a team lose like that, its tough for those guys there, and its very challenging as a team [and] individually, Rizzo said. I feel for them, but we try to win every game. And while the White Sox are likely on the bottom of the list when it comes to the pro teams in the city, Rizzo said they are very pa sionate. I love them, Rizzo said of White Sox fans. That rivalry was great. I hope they get out of it soon. Buddy Hield Jersey