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Yep, and here’s where you start to veer off course as usual because even you are realizing that your argument is weak.

Vargas was bad when he was first acquired, but he was at least still young with several years of control. I’m still not sure what this has to do with Castillo being Shields v2.0. Shields and Castillo were both old and bad when acquired. There’s a difference. The Vargas trade and the trades for Shields and Castillo are not in anyway similar. Regarding your last paragraph, your comments make the trade and Getz even worse if he acquired a starting pitcher that he didn’t think could help the team for the playoff stretch.

The Sox finish August 14-13. They've been a model of consistency going back to May. They've finished every month 1 game above .500 since. Unfortunately, it will be impossible for them to do that in September given that they play an even number of games (26). The Sox have been .500 outside the month of May, where they went 18-10. .500 the rest of the way gets them to 85 wins. Edit: I just realized that September 1st is Tuesday and the Sox play Monday. But I think the general point of this post still stands.

A couple of the local Chicago TV stations have showed how the citizens of Bridgeport and the Alderman are gathering to oppose the proposed Amtrak railyard in Bridgeport. If the railyard is not moved how would that affect the new baseball stadium in the South Loop? I can't believe the city would oppose the new railyard in Bridgeport. We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.

Do you need somebody to congratulate you on noticing that the Shields trade was a "bad" trade"? Attaboy!! I haven't seen somebody take a victory lap in a while over the Shields trade, but sometimes we all need a validating jog.

Have you gone back and edited the thousands of posts that screamed that Vargas sucked and Getz made a horrible trade to now include this newfound wisdom? Because you never mentioned this in your thousands of posts. I seem to remember your assertion being that Vargas was "bad", would never be "good", and that Getz made a horrible trade because Reinsdorf's cheap. Maybe you can get to this place a little faster for Castillo. They traded for a guy who as recently as last year had good success. They probably see a few changes that may take a series of starts to implement and get working consistently. The Sox pretty much have a playoff spot sewn up with other pitchers who have been as bad as Castillo's 4 of 5 starts. So he has about another 5 starts to right the ship. Frankly, I don't get the notion that a bunch of guys here saw a pitcher who sucked all year, and are now surprised that he's struggling to implement his changes.

Works for me.

Shields wasn’t acquired to have a mediocre season in the third year of the trade. But then again, you already knew this. It’s actually hard to tell that you aren’t @ron883-rolling me right now with this troll-job, because it is laughable at best.

Are you saying he didn't throw 204 innings in 2018? When you don't have an argument, you make up things to mock.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/08/30/colson-montgomery-munetaka-murakami-white-sox-offense

From the Sun-Times postgame story Sunday: No panic for Castillo"General manager Chris Getz hasn’t exactly gotten what he ordered with trade-deadline prize Luis Castillo, who has posted a 6.45 ERA in five starts for the Sox. After his latest clunker in Minneapolis on Friday, said his struggles have come when he’s “trying to be perfect with every pitch.” “Pitching for this team gives me a lot of confidence because I know that I’m on a good team,” Castillo said via interpreter Billy Russo. “Those guys have my back and every time I go there, they’re going to try to perform and do their best with every at-bat. “I’ve been feeling pretty comfortable here. We’ve created a good relationship with my teammates and the manager and of course the pitching coach. We’re in a good spot and we’re always in communication, trying to get better and improve.”

4 weeks left 3-4 4-2 4-3 with one win vs Cle 3-3 This should get us where we want to be.

You asked if they ever play on the road. I answered you.

So far. Division hasn't been won yet though and that doesn't change the fact that long term for the Sox, a franchise that has had a history of pitching going back to their roots can't find five serviceable starters to me is telling. And by long term I don't just mean the last month but also next year, assuming their is a season.

They may as have played the Bananas.

They just came off a road trip to Colorado and the Angels where they won every game last week.

Yet they keep winning series.

I guess it depends on your definition of 'serviceable' doesn't it? 🙂 Shields 5.31 ERA ranks second only to Jaime Navarro for highest in team history among pitchers allowed to throw at least 400 innings for the club."

Today is why starting pitching gets even more important down the stretch. That the Sox don't have five guys they can rely on to work in the last five weeks says a lot. As far as the hitting, especially since the break, 'the big three' has had their issues overall. Another important series starts Monday, four games in Houston. Would love to see a split.

Dude would pull something opening a beer

There still are a few p Pathetic.

Also looks like the Sox need to send just a few more scouts to Curacao. Jurdrick Profar ... not so good.

I would be more interested in August, as it seems that's when he really fell off...

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shielja02.shtml Total Sox bWAR -0.3 Well Tatis Jr. and Sosa were cheaters anyway so those two trades don't count and Chicago baseball history can just be rewound/rewritten And ofc Hahn's kid Jacob (Rice Univ) is now working as an intern in analytics (baseball ops analyst) for the Cubs of all teams. Looks like it turned into a permanent gig.

He would become the guy that pulls a hammy and never shows up or communicates with the team again