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I saw that too pretty much right after his teammate got nailed with Colson still on 3rd waiting to score on the Gonzo hit. That's not good for Colson's back, that quick little lean forward after getting poked. Luckily he isn't as old as me.

Common sense update: That still doesn’t mean he doesn’t make stupid managerial decisions. Perhaps their record is even better if he doesn’t.

Is this happening? Has it been reported?

Whenever this happens, we all agree that we need to give full credit to Vasil’s magic wand for trolling purposes, right?

Interesting wrinkle in the Sonny Gray sweepstakes. He has a full No Trade clause but has expressed an openness to potentially forgoe it. Location is key to him apparently and that could give certain clubs an advantage. He’s based in Nashville, which is a very short flight from Chicago. Outside of the Braves, we may have a geographic edge over most other competitors. And when you combine his NTC and his financial obligations, his market & cost might be much smaller than one thinks. He’s also ineligible for a qualifying offer, so the Red Sox will be motivated to move him. He may not be the sexiest option, but if the price is right, he could be the ideal bridge to a more impactful free agent SP next offseason. Getz needs to make this happen!

Update: Teel & Hicks have moved off of the IL. Pereira has been added to the 7 day IL with a concussion. It’s now been 10 days since Everson first went on the IL, so you’d think he’d be back fairly soon, but haven’t seen any official updates on him just yet. Schultz should be back with the major league club next week. Murakami progressing well and getting closer to game action. The big question there is will he go on a rehab assignment or not and if so for how long. On the AAA front, Gonzalez now has two appearances in High A with 4 K’s, 0 BB’s, & 0 R’s over 2.1 innings. He should be in AAA soon and could be a bullpen option for the White Sox sometime after the All-Star break. Adams has now made three starts for AAA and has been excellent posting a 1.93 ERA over 14 IP with 16K’s, 3 BB’s, 10 H’s, and a sub 1 WHIP. He’s a legit threat for Fedde’s rotation spot although would require us opening up a 40 man spot. McDougal & Shane Smith are throwing & appear to be close to beginning rehab assignments IL - Rehab Assignment: Schultz, LHP - Patellar (5/24) 7/10/15 Day IL: Pereira, OF - Concussion (6/17) Murakami, 1B - Hamstring (5/29) Gilbert, LHP - Shoulder (6/9) AAA IL: H. Smith, LHP - Shoulder (6/16) S. Smith, RHP - Rotator Cuff (5/3) McDougal, RHP - Flexor (4/29) Gonzalez, RHP - Lat (4/30) Adams, RHP - Elbow (2025) 60 Day IL: Hays, OF - Calf (5/1) Bush, LHP - Shoulder (Apr/May) Thorpe, RHP - Appendix (Apr/May) Berroa, RHP - Elbow (Apr/May) Leasure, RHP - Forearm (5/27) Out for Season: Baldwin, UT - Elbow (4/1) Murray, IF - Shoulder (4/26) Vasil, RHP - TJS (Mar)

If the Sox have Roch scheduled to throw out the first pitch against the A's Saturday afternoon, I will assume it's a done deal.

The celebration seemed a little more subdued. I think they are getting used to winning, even in walk off fashion.

Wrong head

Will Venable update: Sox are in first place, 43-38, all is good.

I wonder what his stats are against everyone else….

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/28/2026 https://www.mlb.com/milb/scores/all/all/whitesox?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb

Rumors out there that the Bulls are interested in John Collins. That'd be fun. I'm reading that Caleb definitely has the athleticism to guards 3s, and we've see Matas guard 2s, so a jumbo lineup that can jump out of the gym would be fascinating to watch..... PG- Josh Giddey 6'7" SG- Matas 6'8" SF- Caleb Wilson 6'10" PF- John Collins 6'9" C- Nic Claxton 6'11" ....probably not the route id go but id love to see it play out in a year you don't expect to win.

Yeah, no problem with the bunt call in that particular situation.

I’ve generally been a Venable defender outside of the bunting, but that pinch hit decision was perplexing. We just needed to put the ball in play and decided to pinch hit with a guy who was striking out 35% of the time in AAA. And there was no doubt the Royals would bring in a RHP to face him. I would have just left Peters in there.

That's why its not smart to get excited about DSL guys. Sure its nice to see the video game numbers, but been around here long enough to see it means nothing till they get to the states. Lots of those guys flame out after low A ball.

Tell us.

Venable is still learning on the job and hopefully he learns from his mistakes, that being said, the bunt was the right call in that situation.

Had no idea.

I can see average being something where you could say, “guys with this hit tool have a median average of (blah).” So that I get. I’m more saying you can’t reliably say just because a player has X average they have X hit tool.

I suggest that the next time Ron does this, he gets a temp ban for a week. Booooo Ron… boooooo.

There, you got pinned for 5 seconds. That's it, and soon, it gets deleted.

Agreed. Most of us hate bunting but that’s cuz it’s a low percentage play. Braden laid down that bunt to perfection. I have no problem with good bunters bunting. I just hope Venable doesn’t force weak bunters to bunt depending on the situation.

Fully agree.