Yasmani Grandal signed with the Red Sox in large part because he might have a chance to work with his all-time favorite player, Jason Varitek. But as Alex Cora noted Sunday, a promotion from Triple-A is no guarantee.

The White Sox put the hurt on the Red Sox on Friday night, winning 11-1. Most of the damage, however, was self-inflicted. Visiting a team that entered the series 2-10, on an eight-game losing

With this loss, the Red Sox fell back below .500 as their roller-coaster ride to start the season has continued. While they have had big series wins against the Baltimore Orioles, they dropped three of four games against both the Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, and now, they got mopped by one of the worst teams in the league in Chicago.