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We know offensively we've been better in the second half. How it has been done has been reassuring to me that we are scouting and have a better young core. Offensively, I'm sure we are aware that post ASB we have been an actual very good offense. That has helped us be a .500 team in the second half despite a very bad pitching staff. But there is one area I appreciate because even if you isolate our no-good offense of April and May showed immediate, genuine progress. Team BB%+: In 2022, our 81-81 team had a BB%+ of 80, which is 20% below league average and also last in the league. In 2023, our team BB%+ was 75, which is both 25% below league average but also last in the league. That was a 100 loss team obviously. In 2024, our team BB%+ was 83, which is 17% below average and amazingly just 29th in the league. While 2022 could be passable because we struck out less, and did so with league average power, by the time that we get to 2024 we are striking out more, walking less, and when we do hit it, it's for grounders. In 2025, our BB%+ is 102, which is 2% above average and 11th in the league. Our K% is 100, so we are just average in strikeouts (17th in league). What makes our offense still relatively tepid is the power. So this is, finally, a real reversal into a trend that was just extremely stuck. Much of that was players, but we had a lot of differentplayers during that 3 year stretch. This year, the MLB vets we got were able to provide actual bases not just generated by hits, but so was our talent from the farm coming up and not being embarrassing in their approach. What makes me genuinely even happier is if you isolate it to just April and May of 2025, when our offense was bad, we had a 107 BB%+ which was good for 11th overall in the league. They struck out MUCH more early, and had zero power. So even if you say we are buoyed by a hot stretch, this pattern has seemed genuinely durable across some different groups of players. A funny part is - hey wait Colson isn't necessarily an amazing part of this - ... Well post July 4th, with our loss of a few vet hitters and rise of Colson and younger bats, our Walk rate does go down to 96 and 20th in league, but our K rate is actually 90 - so we strike out 10% less than the rest of the MLB. We actually have the 5th lowest K%+ since Colson came up. But our power IMPROVED. pre Colson our Power ISO+ was 73, now it is 106 post Colson. So BBs went down, Ks went way down, and power went way up. But most importantly, we stopped this 3 year long trend of being bottom of the league in BB%+. In 2021, when we had good offense, we were second in league in BB%+ at 114 (thanks Grandal). We have more work to do to be the best team in baseball, but this is the kind of real progress I like to see. Shows across the board better execution in scouting, coaching, and players.

The White Sox have the second worst record in MLB.

Eh, Reinsdorf is still in charge. He has a habit ruining things.

Less missing the point, more refusing to see the point. I have no doubt that any ballpark at the 78 will have parking options, but not having their parking wants directly catered to has a select few here completely losing their s%*#, ad infinitum.

What makes this even more impressive is that the Sox are ranked dead last in umpire scoring so far this season. Anyone who's been watching sees how often we get screwed, and it's actually trackable, not just us being homers and salty at umps. The silver lining here is that based on this trend the Sox will have the largest benefit in all of MLB when ABS is (hopefully) implemented next year.

Someone needs to make a play, because the field is slanted toward the Vikings big time right now. Offense has no synch, looks like every other season right now.

Hell, judging by how fair weather the Sox fan base is, making it easier to get to games by being in a transit friendly neighborhood, especially if a ballpark village type of situation happens, may actually be the best thing to ever happen to growing the fanbase, because as of now, Sox fans only show up to the current location after years of sustained winning.

I love that the success of the Crochet trade has erased everyone's memories of the disastrous Cease trade.

Yeah boy was I ever wrong about the Getz hiring as I fiercely criticized it! This turnaround has been so fast and nearly all under his guidance. His decisions and hirings have all been outstanding! Geesh, that Crochet trade alone! Wow! Kudos Monsieur Getz!

Needs to be shown over and over .

Honestly the worst take you have had on this site. Woof f*** that lady, she didnt have any more right to it than anyone in that row

That missed FG changed the whole momentum of the game. With that being said, Caleb did miss alot of throws. He's got to be better.

Caleb ain't a winner. Bears drafted a prima Donna. The signs were all there but Poles ignored it.

Santos needs to get cut. Having a kicker like that is a huge liability in the modern NFL where everyone else had guys who can kick it out of end zone whenever they want and make 60 yard field goals

Run out of bounds, give Caleb several seconds for Hail Mary….

Get used to it.

They have -1 yards of offense in the 2nd half. Yeah, no.

Maybe they can waste another high pick on a tight end next year

If he never played for the Red Sox how are the White Sox not developing him? I get not wanting to trade every good player in a cycle of futility, but the White Sox still have to develop him. Even if you take him out we still have more prospects in the top 100 right now than we have had at any point since 2013, and that’s after graduating Colson Montgomery.

The Rockies looked well on their way for a good chunk of the season, and even they sit at 40 wins with 3 weeks to play. Getzy’s record is going to stand for a while.

It took 62 years for someone to break the expansion 1962 Mets record of 120 losses. I'm in my 50s and I don't expect 121 losses to be broken in my lifetime even if I live as long as Jerry Reinsdorf.

Splitting hairs, but Montgomery was the centerpiece of the Crochet deal. It took giving up an asset to acquire him, and I think that's the point a few were trying to make. And really the only way to truly have sustained success is to DRAFT & Develop. You don't draft well, the well runs dry really quick.

Fulmer, Hansen, Collins.

He's already said he's preparing as a starter over the offseason.

The greatest trick Getz ever played was anchoring expectations of 120 losses in year one. I'm not kidding. As I said I'll give him a solid C+ for this season but dude since he took over we're like 90 and 200.

Yes, it's run expectancy. https://umpscorecards.com/ They have a bunch of info there if you wanna see how they calculate everything

he is a defensive whisperer that made marcus semien a good defender.

Latest story on Bears stadium. If you read through it there are some interesting comments and notations: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/nfl-chicago-bears-arlington-heights-stadium/

All I keep reading is “what if something DIFFERENT happened. Then I bet you would have a different opinion” that kids birthday was like 3 days from then. That was his Dad giving him the ball, this isn’t entitlement on anyone’s behalf except that lady

What lesson does this teach little kids? To ogle umpires?

And it's not just getting a guy 44th over 54th in the 2nd round. It's also draft pool. You get so much more money to spend at 1:3 than you do at 1:23. It makes a difference throughout all 20 rounds.

Ice-cold take. First of all, unless that ball is in your hands, it’s anyone’s. Doesn’t matter how far someone ran to get it. Secondly, I would get suspended for saying the words I’d use to describe grown men (and women) who grab balls/hats/etc. that were intended for children.

The phantom holding on Wright where the Minnesota player just slipped started all of it. The Bears got a first down on that play and would have been on the 10 while actually running the ball well. So many things went wrong besides that though. We spent $50 million on 3 interior linemen and we still can't run the ball effectively. Jonah Jackson is trash. The Rams were going to cut him and Poles decided to actually trade draft compensation for him and then extended him. Caleb, while holding onto the ball too long, still had pressure up the middle too many times. Caleb still can't play within structure. I'm sure the all 22 will tell it better, but there were so many times where he'd just bail after standing 3 seconds in the pocket. You can't blame Waldron for drawing up s%*# plays, because Johnson got guys open. Caleb missed them too, way too many times. The inaccuracy issues weren't just on deep balls today, they happened on short and intermediate throws. Not being able to hit Rome on a WR screen. Missing a wide open DJ Moore on 4th and 2 up the middle. Missing a wide open Kmet up the middle. Not to mention the wide open TD to Moore that he missed right before the 2 minute warning. His accuracy was poor. Then the WTF plays from last year showed up. The 3rd and long throw where he threw it near Rome, but it was really to grass. His ability to improvise is nice and we saw that in the first drive, but he needs to do it cause he seemingly can't read the defense. It's really disappointing because the struggles last year really seemed like it was a coaching staff issue. But you bring in a guy who ran the best offense in the NFL last year in Detroit and the same problems persist. The most glaring one is the inaccuracy. I can understand not being acclimated to a new offense immediately, but when you're missing the open throws, that's not excusable. I'm willing to give him more time because like it or not, we're stuck with Caleb for another 2 years. You gotta make it work and it takes time, but a lot of the issues he has don't seem like they're easily fixable. Johnson was also disappointing. The decision to not kick on 4th and 2 in comfortable field goal range in the first half while up 4. It's the first half dude, you don't need to play for 7 all the time. Take the points. This offense isn't the 2024 Detroit Lions. The challenge on the non-fumble was just head scratching. Who's telling him to challenge that? You can see he was down in real-time. Who on the staff saw the replay and said, "yeah let's waste a time out on that"? In the end, that timeout ended up mattering. I don't think they would have won if they had it, but I sure would have liked to see 50 seconds on that last drive instead of 10. Lastly, you should know Cairo Santos has no leg strength. If he can't kick the ball out of the end zone, tell him to kick it out of bounds. 35 yard line vs. 40 yard line, who cares? It's 5 yards. I'd take the 40 seconds every time. Santos is a whole other issue, but it just goes to show that Poles doesn't have his priorities straight when our kicker can't make it from 50 on a consistent basis. Meanwhile Reichard kicked a 59 yarder like it was nothing. That matters in close games.

Big problem is the QB draft class might stink.

I’ll stick with my kids’ HS football. These guys suck balls and still aren’t worth watching.

The Chicago Bears...all you can do is laugh. Once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Penalty, after penalty after penalty after penalty after penalty. Spent money bringing in three new offensive lineman and they still can't run the football. Went for it on 4th down instead of trying a makeable field goal, possible three points lost. Missed a field goal, three points lost. Compete collapse in the second half. Still to early to judge Williams but I've got to tell you that #1 draft pick used on him isn't looking great. NFL.com says the Bears have the second hardest schedule in the NFL this year, my prediction of six wins could be an overstatement. Now 3-16 vs. divisional opponents since 2022, worst in the NFL. Bet hey let's get a brand new four billion dollar stadium says the McCaskey family! 🤡

The decision not to kick out of bounds might be even dumber.

I don’t want the city to “turn” on anyone…but EVERYTHING has been given to him this season. It’s ALL set up for him…if he can’t do this, then onto the next one, unfortunately

Santos leg strength is a liability

I dont understand watching JJ McCarthy at Michigan and being like, yeah, that's the guy I want to trade up for to give the keys to the franchise.

It probably will but stranger things have happened, let's put it this way I wouldn't bet your house on it. The White Sox may eventually get a new stadium once JR is gone and Ishbia is willing to pay for it...not until then.

Arlington Heights wants the new Bears stadium. The businesses there want the new stadium there in the worse way. Its going to happen.

The Bears are going to get their new stadium in Arlington Heights. They might as well pass the bills as soon as possible. Then we can focus on getting a new White Sox stadium in the South Loop.

We have got to draft, sign, and develop our OWN TALENT. Giving up Garrett Crochet to get Braden Montgomery isn't the same as drafting and developing Braden Montgomery. If you want to build a sustainable model, you HAVE to be able to develop your own talent. If we fall into the same model of developing someone else's draft picks only to trade them for the next talent, we will also repeat the cycle of busts and failure.

They should get credit for his "development" as he will have totally come up through the White Sox system...but the point is (or at least my point, and what I thought you were trying to say) is they need to draft these guys. Again, acquiring Montgomery came at the cost of a developed, successful, young MLB player. If you aren't drafting well, not spending top dollar on free agents, and the international pipeline closes....not a lot of pathways open for long-term success. And wouldn't you know it...the White Sox finished the last four seasons: 2021: 1st in Division 2022: 2nd in Division 2023: 4th in Division 2024: 5th in Division

I'll actually give the Sox the credit for his development if he pans out. He will have spent the majority of his developmental time with the org. That said, saying the Sox have 4 homegrown guys in the top 100 as evidence kind of ignores that two of those guys are left handed starters who have regressed, but also who the Sox have a proven track record in developing. Montgomery is really the only consensus top 100 guy that's a position player. If Schultz doesn't pan out, I think this team will have a hard time finding the pitching necessary to be anywhere near competitive.

For those who don't have a Trib subscription, here are the key points from the article: - Bears plan to publicly present their stadium plans (w/ Q&As) this fall and hope to break ground next spring. - Legislative action to give the Bears power to negotiate property taxes is a long shot in the brief fall veto session and will have to be addressed next spring. Legislator from Arlington Hts says they want to get the bill right, not get it done fast. - Only 3 other NFL stadiums have been privately financed: SoFi, MetLife, and Gillette. Each are in the suburbs and have had help with tax breaks, tax-funded infrastructure, and/or a nearby entertainment zone. Two of these three stadiums are shared by 2 teams.

Let Vasil and Taylor fight it out for closer, spend money SP, OF, 1B or some combination.

"Pohlad Twins have entered the chat"

They might not break the loss record, but the Rockies seem pretty likely to set the record for worst regular season run differential. I believe the modern record is -349 (1932 Red Sox) and COL is at -331 right now. More than twice as bad as the second worse team (WAS, -151). Sox aren't even bottom 5 currently, just significantly underperforming their expected W/L due to all the 1 run losses.