A.J. Pierzynski lets loose a rant on 'awful' White Sox: 'I no longer work for the White Sox because of this exact conversation'

(670 The Score) The White Sox were expected to struggle this season at the beginning of their latest rebuilding process, but that only begins to describe their woes. They've been historically bad.

The White Sox are off to the worst start in franchise history at 2-14 following a 2-0 loss to the Royals on Monday at Guaranteed Rate Field. It marked the sixth time the White Sox have been shut out in 16 games. They joined the 1907 Brooklyn Superbas as the only teams to be shut out six times in their first 16 games.

With that as context, former White Sox catcher and 2005 World Series champion A.J. Pierzynski went on a rant about the team’s woes on his Foul Territory show , pointing to the continued excuses and lack of player development over the years.

“No minor league coordinator picks the players and every other team has developed guys," Pierzynski said. "So, that excuse might fly for White Sox fans, but they haven’t developed anybody. I mean, Colson Montgomery is supposed to be coming, right? He finally hit a Triple-A home run the other night and it was like the Red Sea parted again, right? Because he has struggled in Triple-A so far. Noah Schultz is supposed to be coming, right? I mean, I haven’t heard much about him. They got (Nick Nastrini) pitching tonight. He’s supposed to be their other big prospect guy. I like Andrew Vaughn, but he hasn’t happened to a point where you’re like, 'Oh, wow, he’s the third overall pick.' He’s been OK, but this year has been a struggle, which I get it’s early. But you look at the team and you’re like, man.

“And I no longer work for the White Sox because of this exact conversation we’re having. But the facts are the facts. Like, my whole point has been – listen, I like Chris Getz, I played with Chris Getz, whatever. But every other team finds a 20th-round pick. It’s like, we developed this guy. You can blame coaches, you can blame drafts. But once you get past about the 10th round, everybody is like, ‘We’ll take him.’ It’s not like you’re like, 13th round, you’re going to steal a first-rounder. So, I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t know. I’m kind of fed up with the Rick (Hahn) and Kenny (Williams) excuse, I’m kind of fed up with the, ‘Oh, we didn’t draft right excuse,’ because they switched scouting directors in the middle of that. Let’s not forget, it’s not the same guy doing all the drafting. They’ve switched everything, and the results are only work.

“Listen, they should have just come out and say, ‘We’re going to suck this year,’ and everyone would’ve been like, ‘OK.’ But they’re like, ‘No, we’re going to try to compete instead, and we’re going to be good.’ You’re awful.”

Pierzynski had previously been a White Sox team ambassador. The White Sox host the Royals on Tuesday evening in the second game of their series at Guaranteed Rate Field.