The harder the White Sox try climbing out of the pit they’re in, the more dirt they seem to get on their cheeks.
And the closer the calendar creeps to an Aug. 1 trade deadline that might mean players heading out of town to better teams, the more likely it is that general manager Rick Hahn will take phone calls about starters such as Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn and relievers such as Kendall Graveman and Joe Kelly, veterans with salaries to shed who can help contenders.
