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Have a drink and go to sleep.

It’s so fucking awesome to be excited to watch White Sox baseball again.

Considering Bruce Levine probably doesn't even know what day of the week it is, I'd take anything he thinks or says with a large bag of salt. But Fox is right, they have to pick up his option now or look like bigger idiots than they already are.

Those grades are pretty wild. I think the cubs, tigers, Red Sox, brewers, angels and Braves all did worse than the Sox all things considered.

You'll be hammered in the 3rd inning lol

Since the All Star game these guys have been scary good, IMHO the future looks pretty damn good and I will repeat, sign some quality free agents this off-season and they can compete for a WC spot next year.

We ended up at the game and had a great night. It’s a dated stadium but it had gorgeous views, and it’s always nice to see a W.

Just thinking out loud about him. I'd really like to watch him hit on TV. So many guys who walk all the time don't have enough physical tools to handle MLB fastballs and sliders. I'm rooting for him. My son went to the same Junior college that Anton played at. Its about 5 miles from Illinois State U. My kid was about 15 years ahead of SA. And yes, that does make me an old goat.

I would have loved another 10 run bonanza coming in, but you know what? I kinda love a 1-0 one hitter win. Gotta be able to get it done in all kinds of ways. Add another series to the tally, and go for another sweep tomorrow.

89mph exit velo on that out, please pause your Leasure hatred until he does something bad

Ideally we could combine them into one. Chasyn Sodroth would be a really solid player.

Really want Mead to get to MLB ASAP so Sox can get a better idea about how much they should plan around him being a starting-caliber player.

I think the key is - they are much better than last year and trending in much better direction - but they still have a long way to go and have a lot more work to do to show the development and drafting era is going to create a sustained pipeline of talent that can move this team from epically bad (last year) to really bad but improving (this year) to something that resembles mediocre and ascending.

Last year was so bad because of Grifol.

The 2025 Chicago White Sox match last year's 41 win total on August 1. At this time last year, they had 27 wins on the season, and were still in the midst of a 21-game loss streak. They broke the streak with a meager 4-10 stretch before kicking off another 14-game loss streak later in August. And somehow even that team managed to cobble together 14 wins from the start of August through the end of the season. Matching that production from here out, gruesome streaks included, would result in ~55 wins this year. Exceeding it even modestly, such as by going a conservative 5-9 instead of 0-14 in late August/early September gives them a solid shot at dodging 100 losses. If you’re the type to still feel compelled to chime in “no better than last year!” type comments after routine losses to more talented rosters, I suspect that you simply do not recall just how bad last year was. The Sox longest loss streak this year is 8 IIRC...last year had TWO 14 game loss streaks in addition to the 21L straddling the break. And acknowledging their improvement is not shilling for the FO or being in denial about how far there still is to go or whatever. The next ~15 wins are obviously much harder to get, and the ~15 after that harder still. It’s not until we’re matching this season’s eventual win total in early August that things start to get really exciting. But that reality doesn’t make the improvement less real or worth noting, especially given how much of it is driven by the players you hope are on that next team with ~57 wins in August.

It was an oddly relaxing game....at the end of it my wife, who had been reading, said "I didn't hear you react at all that game" to which I responded "not much to react to" Civale was in total control and the bullpen didn't blow it.

Crazy stat, after tonight that WS have given up less runs than the Mariners. That is incredible.

Survived thx to a bunch of atem balls. Scary.

Benintendi and Rojas both with awful games

Lenyn Sosa just hits.

He no longer has the pick me up of northwest Indiana.

Nerds like Hendricks deserve to be bullied by everyone.

Way ahead of you

Think I'm going to get some beers in me for this one. Come on Sox make it interesting.

Mead 3-3

Well, they’ve done it. They’ve become interesting enough for me to give Uncle Jerry $20 to watch them for the rest of this month. It’s actually kind of nice to want to watch the Sox play again. Maybe attending a game will be next! 🤯

Your eye test is defective.

Him, Caleb, and Braden are checking every single box needed thus far.

cool, thanks. I looked at his MILB profile on my phone and it said his last game was 7/13....which was either wrong or I'm illiterate. probably the latter. a double and three walks 👀

Depending how the rest of the season plays out, I hope they think about adding a real player in free agency. Could you imagine Kyle Tucker on this team? Perfect fit. Never gonna happen. Pete Alonso isn't gonna happen either. Naylor or Hoskins seem like realistic targets, but also like fool's gold. If they trade Luis, Mullins would be a really good replacement too. I think Tucker would transform this team though, swap out Benintendi's (lately good) production for Tucker's consistent .850 OPS/solid defense/5 WAR and suddenly the team's biggest hole is it's biggest strength. Realistically, we probably don't sign anybody high value. Win a little bit in 2026 with the internal group and then maybe players will actually want to sign here.

I said this in the Robert trade thread right after the deadline. I assume Getz discussed Robert’s option with Jerry and Jerry agreed to pick it up if the trade offers were crap. Otherwise, you would just accept a crappy offer. And yes, if they give Robert his buyout after the season, Getz should be fired.

Civale is a FA after this season, Sox don't have control, so he is questionable .

I feel like Mead could be in the mix as a regular.

I’ve been a Beni fan since he’s been here, his first year was bad because of a pretty banged up wrist. The last year and so far this year he’s about what I expected which is fair this day and age for his contract.

Is that 9-4 since the All Star Break?

Moncada has to wonder who these guys in White Sox uniforms are??

You know for all the bitching and moaning about Getz and Venable, they have quietly gone about fielding a competitive team.

It's has long Covid

I'm on-board with team try Sosa in LF. Tbh, him hitting .202 in Birmingham after not playing baseball for a decade is an absurd athletic feat.

Montgomery called him the same in post game interview, so 🤷

Last year, I just expected them to lose every game. That is unbelievable for a major league baseball team. This team since the break has been entertaining and it is the young guys who are providing the offense. It's getting fun again.

...Okay but have we considered a world in which they're actually cheating? No one is going to suspect a rebuilding team, and any opponent calling it out would just look like a sore loser. Start cheating before you're competitive, and then when you're still hitting 4 HR a game from the top of the division it looks like a natural development? Pretty perfect crime.

SUCK IT ROJAS HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colson hanging out with Meidroth…I am jealous.

They can't catch the ball that's for sure.

Beni bomb incoming

Crazy that Braden has been better from the right side after everyone was saying he should give up switch hitting and bat exclusively from the left.