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Urquidy + Fedde Tuesday. Dfa whoever pitches worse. Call-up Thorpe Wednesday. Hating dragging Thorpe back in like this but not many options.

Man, dude has been absolutely shitty outside of his last start. This is a foolish wish and I hope the Sox aren’t leaning this way

If we can get Castillo to go minimum of 6 today and win this game then you can piece together Tuesday and Wednesday. I would bring up Shane Smith to pitch Tuesday or Wednesday. To me Thorpe needs to pitch more in the minors and get himself stretched out. I would not consider him until September call ups. It's time for Shane Smith to s%*# or get off the pot. In regards to the pen for today, you have a rested Richards (he may need to pitch in high leverage), Hicks should be good to go. If you can get 6 from Castillo then Richards gets 7 and 8 and Hicks gets 9th. That way you rest the other guys.

Graphic from yesterdays broadcast. Think they said BA was 6th in MLB

Someone hacked Joejoes account. Normally this would be bad but this new guy seems optimistic

Lurking in the shadows and relying on others to make game threads apparently. If I knew I had this power I would have put it to use ages ago! 🤣

Two other considerations that could factor in where. First, rosters will expand in roughly two weeks. However, you can only add two additional players and only one can be a pitcher. Calling up Thorpe, Shane, or Noah will require a pitcher to be sent down and there aren’t many options there. You are really looking at Schweitzer and Hagen if you need to temporarily free up a spot. Second, guys can only be optioned 5 times in a season now. This is important to highlight since Schweitzer has already been sent down 4 times I believe. If that’s correct, if we send him down again, he’s stuck at AAA the rest season. For a team operating on pitching fumes, it would be tough to have a guy on the 40 man who can’t contribute down the stretch. At the same time, Hagen has looked pretty good and is much more likely to be a postseason weapon than Schweitzer. If so, you got to keep giving Hagen major leagues reps ahead of October.

hopefully they keep him hitting at the top of the order, dude has been absolutely crushing pitching with runners in scoring position

Chisholm would be for CF. Star power, 30/30 skills like Robert but very disappointing this year. https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dodgers-expected-pursue-star-japanese-230003927.html Itoh is one of the pitchers mentioned frequently, but nobody even at the level of Imai, who has struggled mightily with the astros this season. More likely to get a reliever this cycle. https://www.justbaseball.com/international-baseball/npb-top-15-starting-pitcher-rankings-2026/ https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/48185225/mlb-2026-wbc-world-baseball-classic-japan-future-stars

Alright, woke up this morning to see who is scheduled to start the next three games against the Cubs. Right now, it’s Castillo going tonight and then two TBDs listed for Tuesday & Wednesday. Who do we think those TBDs will end up being? Here are the main options: Urquidy - He last pitched this past Friday giving up 3 ER in 3.2 IP. If he pitches on Wednesday, he’d be on four days rest. Right now, I’m not sure they can send him down without exposing him to waivers, so my guess is he’s locked in for getting at least one more start. Fedde - He last pitched this past Thursday in relief of Martin giving up 4 ER in 3 IP. He could be an option for Tuesday or Wednesday going on 4 days rest or 5 days rest respectively. It’s also very possible he’s just a piggyback option for someone else or part of a broader bullpen day strategy. Bullpen - Speaking of which, this is also a very realistic possibility. Schweitzer & Richards haven’t pitched since last Thursday and each could give you two or three IP. If Fedde doesn’t piggyback, he could also give you a couple. It would be a low frills plan, but I could them making if they don’t mind the optics of it happening during a big series for the fans. Thorpe - He last pitched this past Wednesday making his first start of the season in AAA going 5 IP with just 1 ER, 6 K, & 0 BB. As such, he’s option for either day and Venable recently brought him up, so I think he’s a central part of the rest of season roadmap. I’m just skeptical they do it for this series. Feels like one more start in Charlotte and then being called up for Sunday’s game is more likely. He will also require a roster move, both to the 40 man and 26 man roster, in order to be added. Shane Smith - He last pitched last Thursday in AAA going 6 IP with 1 ER, 5 K, & 1 BB. It was his best start in a while, but hard to ignore the rest of his struggles after just one good start. And like with Thorpe, is this the environment you want to bring him into when returning to the majors? That being said, he would be on four & five days rest if they wanted to with him, so he’s certainly an option. Schultz - He last pitched the past this past Friday going 4 IP with just 1 ER but also with no K’s or BB’s. He’d be on four days rest for the Wednesday game, so certainly an option, but seems like an unlikely one to me. He’s got a lot of stuff to work through and I think a low stress AAA environment is ideal for him. He’s also getting close to an innings limit, so calling him up and forcing another 26 man roster move for someone who may not be able to stick through September seems unlikely to me.

This is a great thread. Lots of really good thoughts on the future of this team.

You gotta try. Make them continue to say no

The bullpen is mostly set for next year. Taylor, Hicks, & Brazoban from the right side and then Hudson, Hagen (I think he spends 2027 in major league bullpen), & Murphy from the left side. Ideally you bring back Newcomb (I’d do a two year deal with him) or replace him with a guy who can handle high leverage. The long man can be one of the guys who loses out for the final SP spots.

Tommy had 288 wins. He should be in HOF. Nobody will get to that number again in today's baseball. He was Buehrle with longer career. Over 25 % of today's active pitchers have had the surgery. Jobe should also be in HOF.

Why we would we buy low on Chisholm? For CF?

That is to be determined, does Taylor get moved to SP. Caufield who are some of the Japanese FA SP that will be available. I am not familiar with the Japan League.

Hudson/Taylor stay as your co-closers? Still not 100% settled if Sato is coming over from NPB, because he would be in limbo if not signed right off the bat in the period following the World Series, but before the strike/lookout. Will signing early or waiting for new financial landscape advantage or disadvantage him? Unclear.

not drafted, signed as a FA after not being selected older brother pitches for Rays V.Lackey so far at Fort Myers Low A AB AVG HR RBI SB OPS 40 .200 0 5 2 .715

Short term view: Resign Newcomb Have a plan for Mune, either extend or start planning trade Sign a frontline FA pitcher Sign a FA catcher (Tyler Stephenson would be nice) Start extension talks with Vargas

Buy low on Jazz Chisholm or make a bet on fixing Peralta? We can and probably should scratch Skubal off the wish list. MLB Trade Rumors2026-27 MLB Free Agent Power Rankings: June UpdateThe 2026 season is approaching the halfway point. Which impending free agents are trending up? Find out in the latest MLBTR rankings!Sonny Gray will finish Top 3 in the AL Cy race...at current pace. At his age, he and Michael King are now clearly the 1A options to Skubal. And going after an established closer like Chapman does make MORE sense now.

I don’t think the Sox trade any of these guys just yet. The positional crunch is another year out and I think you can let some of these guys build up their value. The payroll should have plenty of space for another two years before a bunch of guys start hitting arbitration. For this offseason, we should be focused on adding in free agency, especially if the new CBA comes with a payroll floor.

I don’t think Carlson really factors into things at all at the moment. He may force his way into the mix eventually, but there is still too much development needed with the bat to have him be part of your mid term plan. Same applies to Fauske, Prosek, & Thome. All super fun & interesting prospects, but for 2027 to 2029 (what we should be focused on this offseason) they are nothing more than ammo to improve the major league roster if needed. To me, it’s really just Bonemer (since he’s getting very close to be ready) and Roch (because he should move fast given his skill set & 1.01 status) that you need to plan around. And as I outlined in my original post, you probably don’t need to make a decision on who the odd man out is for another year since we can simply replace Benintendi with Caleb when the time comes. I do think someone eventually goes for a SP like you said. I think you’re right that SEA & PIT are the two most likely trade partners. Just doubtful that we see that move this offseason. I think we’ll use their payroll flexibility to sign a big SP and pair them with Burke, Castilo, and some combo of Martin, Kay, Schultz, McDougal, Thorpe, & Shane Smith to start the 2027 season. If one of the young guys doesn’t step up in the first half of next year, then you start looking to the trade market at the deadline and following offseason to add a controllable SP.

Jake, what's the story on him? when drafted, etc.

Good vibes lol. "Take Greene out of the lineup, subtract Skubal and Mize, and, yes, the White Sox are a better team. Today would have been Skubal on the mound. Handcuffing the 2026 team was a choice, one they may still overcome but I'm still kind of sore about the trades."

What makees you think either one of them want to be extended?