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Currently at 3.0 fWAR on the season, which is a 4.3 win season pace. That fWAR ranks 2nd overall on the team behind Vargas and is the best in the AL amongst all 2B. His 121 wRC+ ranks 2nd overall amongst AL 2B. Yes, a lot of blue on his Statcast page, but don’t ignore that 87th percentile squared up rate. There is a reason this kid has 11 bombs already despite below average raw power. He’s an intelligent hitter who has two elite skills and still trying to find the appropriate trade-offs to optimize his output. He’s currently ranked in the 92nd percentile for OAA and is constantly making great plays out there. Him and Colson are absolutely fantastic at turning double plays. In the event of injury, the kid could slide over to SS and give you average defense there. He is heady player who does the small things on the field that make a big difference. The kid is also the heart & soul of the team. He plays the game with an intensity second only to Pyscho Sam. Every time there is a big moment he’s the first one out there to celebrate with his teammates. To say he brings the fire would be an understatement. His role in the clubhouse is a key part of this team exceeding expectations this year. Ultimately this kid is an absolute stud. Hands down Chase is my favorite player on this roster and last night’s clutch performance only cemented that for me. At this point, it’s not Meidroth who should be worried about Roch’s eventual arrival. IMO, he should be our starting 2B for the next five years and I could give two fucks if the haters disagree.

My wife told me 3.5 is actually huge. So I'm feeling pretty good about this division lead.

Jacob Gonzalez 2 run HR vs the Guardians.

Big series win for your first place Chicago White Sox! With 61 wins, they have surpassed 2025's win total with 45 games remaining. They have 8 series wins, 2 splits, and 3 losses since last hosting CLE in June, despite the season apparently being over (at least) twice a week during that time. They lead the CLE season series 6-4, which means just one win in the remaining road series to secure the extra edge. DET won and MIN lost, so suddenly the Tigers have ridden an easy stretch of their schedule into 2nd place with the Sox 3.5 up. But DET and CLE face off next, which means one of them has to lose ground (and barring a sweep, both will still be under .500). Twins will be hosting the O's. Congrats to Hagen on career win #1 in his debut.

Have had some tough opponents/starters since the ASB: @TOR, @TEX, HOU, NYY, @TBR, @BOS, CLE. Finished 11-11. I take that every day.

Sean Burke vs. Sonny Gray. Going to be a fantastic pitching matchup. Team should be hungry after its ass whipping yesterday. Burke is also from Massachusetts so I’d expect he’ll be amped up pitching in front of friends & family. It’s going to feel like a playoff game tonight. I flew into Boston last night with the wife & eldest son and will be in attendance. I refuse end the day without a White Sox win. Let’s fucking go!

This is really fucking up our draft position.

At a Sox game with my boy....Enjoying a Cuban Comet sandwich and Nancy Faust on the organ....life might get better than this, but not by much.

Literally, no one will say we should have done that.

I wanted to give some appreciation to this dude. We signed him for a cheap contract, and he pitches his ASS off for us in 2024. Completely exceeds expectations and puts up 4.6 bWAR. Then he nets us fricken Miguel Vargas in a trade. This season we sign him for basically nothing - $1.5mil. he does exactly what he needs to do by reliably eating innings as a 5th starter. He's in line to be worth 1.5-2 bWAR. A complete bargain for what he cost us. We don't always appreciate guys like him. Somebody needs to eat innings though. He has gotten the job done for us at a bargain.

Hard pass

It's not a very vibrant color for sure.

Some of you need to nut up. You ain’t surviving the pennant race.

I loved TA. Dude made himself into an all-star SS after primarily growing up as a PG. The off of the field stuff was sad, but his legs and the perpetual injuries just killed his biggest asset. The Field of Dreams game is one of my all time baseball moments. Still remember exactly where I was.

I think it's time for a Ja Rule Demolition Night.

Yeah, much better to hear JR for the last 45+ years, minus an aberration. Am I right?

I’ll be there with my son. We’ll do our best to bring home the split.

Your first place Chicago White Sox are 52-46! They win the first series out of the break and take the season series 5-1. Colson Montgomery and Sam Antonacci finish the series with more HRs in Toronto than Vlad Jr on the season... They have outscored opponents 39-7 in their last 6 games, throwing two shutouts and allowing more than 1 run only once in that stretch (in Friday's win). They are 6-4 in their last 10 road games, which would be a good trend to see continue in the second half. Win #52 came in September last year (and of course didn't come at all in 2024). They did go 10-5 coming out of the 2025 ASB though, which would be a nice thing to repeat (or surpass!) Sean Burke has been incredible lately: If he continues this form, Martin is past the worst of his struggles, and Hicks has become a solid BP weapon, their pitching needs get much more manageable.

Here you go: https://www.futuresox.net/2026/08/10/chicago-white-sox-2026-mid-season-top/

I gotchu

Thank god its just a skin eating bacteria, and not a trade. Phew.

I’ll be honest…I’d have been way more mad if we dealt Bonemer or Carlson for Detmers for this deal.

Can’t hear you I’m Redditing

Real talk everyone, I’m currently way better at gamethreads than Ron

I'm sorry but you literally have no idea what you're talking about. The White Sox had $21.5 million to spend. How they spend that money doesn't really matter. This is the draft class in order; essentially. Roch Cholowsky $10.35 million Cole Prosek $3.2 million (equivalent to #30 overall) Landon Thome $2.5 million (equivalent to #41 overall) Alex Weingartner $1.4 million (equivalent to #64 overall) Joey Volchko $1.2 million (equivalent to #70 overall) Kyle Casteel $1.25 million (equivalent to #69 overall) Eric Segura $750K Cal Scolari $550K Clay Burdette $290K Braden Holcomb $160K The Sox did a masterful job of maximizing their pool space. Best player in the class, multiple swings at prep talent, college pitching and power profiles that they feel good about later. No reaches on college bats in early round etc. Your preferred strategy isn't really a thing. You need to sign all the players in the top 10 or you lose that pick and money. You have to philosophically shift the way you look at draft spending and draft classes. You either don't want to or just choose to remain ignorant because you say the same nonsense every year.

I would say that’s true for anyone posting on a baseball message board at 8:25 on a Monday

Like moths to a flame the Panicans are now joining the game thread.

i saw TRADE and fedde and vargas casually scrolling and almost fell out of my chair...

Roch also making his debut in minors today

Playing any team in the playoffs is a problem I'm willing to deal with this year.

A kick in the ankle is much better than a kick in the balls. Thank you.

People watch Romo bat .100 with no power or walks for months and suddenly you're not happy with a guy who is a little below average at the plate

Chris Getz is bad at this. People mistaken the ability to hire smart people for draft purposes with being good as the sox GM right now. This guy has gotten taken to the woodshed in almost every deal he's made, and the ones that weren't bad ended up successful because the player put in a s%*# ton of work 2 years after the deal (vargas). Every new move solidifies this for me. He doesn't know how to value MLB talent or assets. Just my opinion of course.

Better not say Boston Smith or the people will riot.

You are a fucking clown…go Stan for Jerry Reinsdorf some more you dolt

I petition to ban Ron if the Sox lose today

Your first place Chicago White Sox flew in after a hard fought series against the #2 AL team to face the #1 AL team with a league best .714 win rate at home...they head back to the hotel tonight matching their season high of 7 games over! Fedde continued his run of quality production. Since June 1, he's pitching to a 2.76 ERA over 49 innings. The team in 9-2 in his 11 appearances over that time. Schweitzer also had another good night. He has a stellar 1.45 ERA since June, putting up zeroes in all but 1 of his 7 appearances (6 of those for multiple innings). Meanwhile Vargas, Mune, Colson, and Beni all went yard against a very good arm in Nick Martinez. 6 ER ties his season high, only the 2nd time this season he's allowed multiple homers or over 3 ER in 21 starts. Had a good feeling about this one when I saw this earlier: Hosting a Harry Potter night when the magic-fueled Sox come to visit? They were asking for it.

7 games over .500 and 3 games up in the division are both high water marks. Everything's coming up Milhouse.

i don’t hate the idea, depending on the cost. Also let’s all hit up some Orioles message boards and absolutely lowball the s%*# out of them.

Ozzie calling on the post game that today sealed the deal with Mune signing an extension with the Sox. Cited how his teammates, the fans, and the organization treats him and his family got a front row seat to see it as well.

Mason Miller would be a stupid ass use of resources and is the sort of move you make when you're at like 94 on the win expectations and have a starting staff ready to dominate the playoffs. It is not a move you make with this 2026 Sox team.

I'm willing to give them Thorpe, Iriarte and Zavala.

All this talk about the Tigers winning this division is bullshit....stay on a roll boys and get home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs....... who's with me???

Sox figured out how to fix Seranthony: replace him with Jordan Hicks.

I'm pretty disinterested in Detmers for what his cost is likely to be. One season of 100+ IP with < 4 ERA in his career, so the upside is limited. And for folks who are worried about Martin's recent fatigue signaling regression, well... Career 4.69 ERA, 4.39 on the season, 4.55 in his last 10 starts, but because he's 27 with two arb years left (and had 3 great starts in June) I've seen packages like Schultz/Hagen + Carlson + Bergolla thrown out there for him. That's an enthusiastic no from me.

I don't think you understand. He is wealthy so you are not allowed to dislike him. His wealth is proof that he is uniquely imbued with God's grace.

Obviously all of my opinions ruled but it’s fun to read just to again be impressed that Getz actually did the impossible thing I didn’t think he could do in this thread - he improved our player development and scouting decisions. Everyone’s opinions are understandable when you remember the learned helplessness we were in where we knew we had to get a player already good because they would only get worse on our team. no zealot like a convert - and I’ve never been more of a believer in a gm than I am or Getz right now.