Who should Sox fear the most, CLE or Minny?

[Kyyle23 4,733]

41 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

When have you ever started a thread recently?

You seem to enjoy criticizing, but that’s fairly easy now, isn’t it?   Hopefully it provides you a modicum of enjoyment.

I dunno I don't keep track of those things.  Not important 

[reiks12 2,168]

Cleveland Guardians 2022 payroll:

35 million

first place in AL Central

 

Hahn's 2022 contracts that have been disasters:

Keuchel - 16 million

Leury - 5.5 million

Harrison - 5.5 million

Kelly - 7 million

Velasquez - 3 million

 

Total: 37 million

 

[ChiSox59 5,427]

Update fangraphs odds as of today:

White Sox to win division: 38%

White Sox to WC: 20%

White Sox to Playoffs: 58%

Guardians to win division: 51.8%

Guardians to WC: 18%

Guardians to Playoffs: 51.8%

Twins to win division: 28.1%

Twins to WC: 18.4%

Twins to Playoffs: 46.5%

[kgrittenburg 19]

themselves

[Tnetennba 3,963]

The better question is whether they can hold off KC and Detroit for 3rd place...  

[Balta1701 5,442]

14 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

The better question is whether they can hold off KC and Detroit for 3rd place...  

Yeah, those teams are genuinely worse. 

[Tnetennba 3,963]

9 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Yeah, those teams are genuinely worse. 

But have we even seen the bottom yet?  Sox feel closer to a team imploding than they do any sort of threat to make a run at the division. 

Edited June 26 by Tnetennba

[Balta1701 5,442]

13 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

But have we even seen the bottom yet?  Sox feel closer to a team imploding than they do any sort of threat to make a run at the division. 

We may not have seen the bottom yet and I know the Royals play us tough, but the Tigers do not.

[caulfield12 4,446]

SPORTS ALERT

Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson resigns abruptly to take college job at LSU In a stunning move, Johnson will leave the first-place Twins after the upcoming five-game series in Cleveland.   Get updates on this

[caulfield12 4,446]

SEC >>> AL Central

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34153969/minnesota-twins-pitching-coach-wes-johnson-exiting-reportedly-same-position-lsu-tigers

 

“Johnson has accepted the pitching coach position at LSU, according to a report by D1Baseball.com on Twitter. LSU spokesman Bill Franques said the Tigers plan to announce a new pitching coach Monday, though he did not identify the hire.

The Twins did not confirm Johnson's destination. Further announcements from the club surrounding the staff change will come this week. The Athletic reported Johnson will receive a significant raise.

The midseason move by a key assistant from a first-place team was startling, but Johnson's arrival in 2019 was also unusual. He was the first college pitching coach in four decades to jump directly to the major leagues when the Twins hired him from Arkansas, which was the national runner-up in the 2018 College World Series.

Johnson, 50, spent nine seasons as a college pitching coach before the Twins plucked him with a keen eye on his background in biomechanics. He has a master's degree in kinesiology.”

[South Side Hit Men 2,661]

23 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

SPORTS ALERT

Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson resigns abruptly to take college job at LSU In a stunning move, Johnson will leave the first-place Twins after the upcoming five-game series in Cleveland.   Get updates on this

The SEC is stronger than the AL Central.

[Kyyle23 4,733]

8 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said:

The SEC is stronger than the AL Central.

Increase font size of SEC to 75 and bold please

[caulfield12 4,446]

https://www.mlb.com/news/assessing-each-divisional-contender-s-biggest-strength?partnerId=zh-20220629-639353-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20220629-639353-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=YLap8QMAvbIo3b1camyesD%2BaZ8wWhtz355SN7hPKfVSTrSqyw5qSl3WVYLfDNTsm&bt_ts=1656507934940
 

How the Twins, Guardians and other division leaders are getting it done

[caulfield12 4,446]

Guardians have had an incredible FOUR ninth inning comebacks against the Twins in the span of one week.

If those games all went against them:

 

Minnesota +16

White Sox/Guardians -4

10 GB

 

Instead, it’s 2 GB and 6 GB for the White Sox and still not out of it yet.

[South Side Hit Men 2,661]

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Guardians have had an incredible FOUR ninth inning comebacks against the Twins in the span of one week.

If those games all went against them:

Minnesota +16

White Sox/Guardians -4

10 GB

Instead, it’s 2 GB and 6 GB for the White Sox and still not out of it yet.

Helps that the Division’s other “Italian Stallion” Rocco Baldelli, is as bad a manager as his counterpart.

Pagan is Rocco’s Leury.

 

[flavum 1,660]

Guardians walk off the Twins.

Sox could have a lot of say in reducing the win total it will take to get the 3-seed.

Get healthy. Stop sucking. Win games.

[ChiSox59 5,427]

2 minutes ago, flavum said:

Guardians walk off the Twins.

Sox could have a lot of say in reducing the win total it will take to get the 3-seed.

Get healthy. Stop sucking. Win games.

Twins are a clusterfuck.  Thing you love to see.  

[caulfield12 4,446]

Fifth win in one week in their final at-bat for Guardians.

Naylor pulled one barely foul that would have been one of the longest walk off homers in stadium history.

Six starters and F.Reyes the result of just three trades, Lindor/Clevinger/Houston for Straw.

That Rogers trade for Paddack/Pagan coming home to roost, although Rogers has had some implosions of his own. Also a bit crazy Archer is out-pitching Bieber ERA-wise this year, but so is Cueto.

 

Yankees series this weekend becomes biggest for CLE in five years at home, starting with Gerrit Cole. Twins get the pesky Orioles.

Edited June 30 by caulfield12

[Snopek 440]

My god this division is atrocious.

[caulfield12 4,446]

1 hour ago, Snopek said:

My god this division is atrocious.

There is one legit superstar in Ramirez, a constantly injured star in Correa who might only be around for one season, three could-be stars in Buxton, Robert and Witt, Jr. and then tons of question marks surrounding the Tigers.