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We never had the horses for a marathon that is a 162 game season. The offense still is the top scoring offense in the AL, though most of the damage was done pre All Star break, they've been pretty bad recently, scoring a bunch of runs here and there and not scoring enough way too many times. Hitting with RISP has been abysmal too. Mune fell off a cliff, along with Kolson and Braden, the bullpen started shaky but became a strength up until a month ago when it started to show wear and tear from over usage which comes back to my first point, and baseball pundits were saying it pre ASB, the starters would need to go deeper into games to spell their BP arms, they never did because our starting rotation is ass and Getz tradeline acquisitions were complete and utter trash and apparently no relief from the farm system. What started as a feel good story, first franchise to have two straight 100 plus loss seasons and comes back to win their division now seems unlikely and the takeaway will be the late season collapse, due to the fact we have no starting pitching, we were never gonna actually compete for a title though, not with these hacks we have as starters. Just for comparison sake, take any one of our four 2005 postseason starters, Contreras, MB, Garland or Freddie Garcia and stick him in our current starting rotation and that one pitcher would be our ace, easily...also not having a true closer is screwing us rn. This is mostly on Getz though, Will isn't a good in game manager but to be fair, not a whole lotta options to pick from from our pitchers.

Just a devastating loss, the Sox have come back all year but when your starters can’t get to the 5th inning with a bullpen that is cooked this could be the season.

"subsequent evaluations confirmed the damage was limited to his upper torso with bruising to his shoulder and rib" Peters injury update

Except when he was learning they were in their 2013-2016 window with TWO WS teams. Something the White Sox have taken 67 years to accomplish for their part.

The mlb fan version of Thucydides' middle income trap for growing second and third world economies... as that's actually what billionaires and deca millionaires are compared to the mainstream fans

Isn't it true they haven't developed a single reliever internally...that was actually a signed White Sox draft pick? Other than Pallette for the Guardians? That the only correct answer now is Hagen Smith...a 1-5 draft pick, kind of speaks volumes about getting your relievers from lower in the draft/s.

Both.

He should be fired but won't, not this soon. JR doesn't like to admit he f#$%^& up. I just assume there were issues, restrictions, situations behind the scenes that at least help to explain what happened although what those could be I can't say. My hope is that if the Sox completely fall apart the final week, not even get four more wins for a winning seasons that the mainstream media will hold him to account.

Venable will blow through them by the fourth inning, even if Burke is throwing a no-hitter! 😄

The Sox came into Friday’s game ranked last in the majors in September in average (.207) and slugging percentage (.357) and over the last 10 games hit .179 (15-for-84) with runners in scoring position. Sox fans booed Venable as he came out to remove his relievers, showing their frustration over the team’s recent downturn. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/chicago-white-sox-will-venable-bullpen/

that's often an issue in modern MLB baseball too many throwers but so few pitchers

So, basically, you have ... two pitchers available tomorrow? lol

wasn't a good farm director............and still not a decent farm.........one can spout the ranking but they are not accurate The reality is Getz is not good but got lucky. Didn't he also start out in a habitual losing organization? Hopefully he's gotten over his Royal envy.

Just kidding yes it is.

Yeah the season is over

ONLY IF YOUR FANS ARE CONDITIONED TO LOSING

Sadly, this year probably made Jerry love him even more. I expect very little in terms of offseason moves. I can’t see any offensive starters being added. Probably a few relievers, that’s it.

the level of arrogance/overconfidence is unbelievable, he also sounds like he's responding to a ransom letter every damn time he speaks to the media, one of these days he's just gonna run off screaming mid-sentence

So tomorrow, you basically have Schultz and Castillo as your relievers. I’d imagine no Newcomb, Hudson, Hagen or Hicks. Please rain

I was telling my kids something this as we drove home from the game and I was ridiculing Getz & Venable. Feels like instead of burning your entire tired bullpen in one game, you could have used your main trade deadline addition to get you five innings. But nope, he’s so bad he wasn’t even an option tonight to protect a depleted bullpen.

I think they said he's day to day, that would mean no serious injury, guess he also passed concussion protocol

Looks to me like we've seen the last of Luis Castillo this year. I actually thought they might bring him into the game tonight out of the bullpen. Wouldn't it of made sense to bring him in tonight? The bullpen pitchers are tired and look burned out. The only reliever we have left for tomorrow is Taylor. By pitching Castillo tonight he could not have done worse than what the other bullpen pitchers did tonight. Plus it would have given them a day of rest.

Losing arguably the heart of this team for the rest of the season would be very bad

Seems he’s in love with the 2 strike high fastball

We have word he's day to day.