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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.

I flew into Chicago to see this one and Ron has to jinx it?! The troll is strong in this one.

Pin thread please

I’m leaning more and more on the Wacha train after seeing him pitch against the Sox. Reasonable contract for next year and can eat innings. Not the highest upside option, but would still be useful.

DSL guys who started hot aren't doing much lately.

Right you don’t have to be Steve cohen