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Give Roch a week behind the plate down in Charlotte and bring him up as the Sox full time catcher for the rest of the year.

Schultz is making his 12th career start. Forest through the trees.

And just to be clear, back in 2024 when he was not yet scheduled for any kind of surgery, Thorpe said when he went on the IL that his elbow was hurting him in his last two starts and he had tried to pitch through it. Nobody is required to look at that and crown him the next Cy Young as there was plenty to nitpick during his healthy run of starts. But his numbers really got killed by those last two starts when, by his own admission, he was pitching through elbow pain that ultimately stole 2 seasons from him. Maybe he'll never recapture his old self, maybe his old self was always going to run into a buzzsaw even if healthy, who knows. But I wouldn't rule out that the one-time widely acclaimed prospect might actually be good.

How many arm injuries has Crochet had? Are we really going to pretend that because he hit 200 inning last year that he is now Nolan Ryan? He is literally out today with an arm injury. Again.

Good news on Teel. This means he could be back this year, even if this feels like a lost year for him at this point from a production stand point. The good news is, he will likely have a normal offseason and can be 100% coming into next year. Achilles tear would have been a disaster.

Here's my trade proposal: White Sox get: Good, under-the-radar pitcher Other team gets: some Sox prospects Like and follow.

I know this will be unpopular, but I wouldn't waste trade capital on a catcher, especially for a rental. I'd prefer they burry Quero in the 8/9 spot and hope the lineup gives him enough protection that we see a resurgent 2025 version of him. Losing Teel will suck, but it's not like they had him all that long this season to begin with. Just focus on pitching and bullpen help, IMO.

This seems like an overreaction to a potential second loss in their last 8 games? Nothing about this team suggests that they are one loss or one injury away from losing their vibes.

I actually would despise selling the farm for a reliever. Gross. If you are going to lobotomize the farm you need a controllable top end starting pitcher so much more.

I'm getting used to Ray Ray arguments now. He always leaves some key fact out.

You mean the ones that lead to TJ surgery? I'm surprised they weren't good.

I’d love to see a skit of John Rocker mentoring Kumar Rocker on how to be a big league pitcher.

More than that. It looked like a high ankle to me. I'd say 4-6 weeks at best. This s%*# can linger. But as @Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said at least now he can have a productive offseason if nothing else. Everything was fubar for him this year starting with probably over training in the offseason and then ramping up too fast for the WBC. Teal is a very intense guy, I think he was desperate to be a part of this team and maybe was just squeezing the bat, his body and his mind a little too hard. You guys are dogging that video of him on the training machine but that machine is designed to safely test forces, the machine gives way, the ground does not. That training had nothing to do with his injuries. Adding mass and ramping up too quickly and just bad luck was the cause.

thorpe is not anything to count on.

It’s pretty funny in the seasons that the Sox are good and we get to this time of season and invariably GreenSox gets super freaked out about trading anyone and everyone and ultimately falls into “doing nothing is best” on repeat

We don't even know what exactly is hurt, and we are already firing people. That's quality work.

Did a little Google stalking and Boston Smith is as unique as his name. He is a good enough athlete that during his Junior year, he was Wright State’s starting shortstop. Apparently the team had other catchers. He isn’t super experienced at catcher, but he’s plenty athletic for the position. He’s new to calling games, so it would be a stretch to see him catch in the majors any time soon. He’s always hit though, so his bat has a chance of outpacing his glove since he can play left as well. Currently rocking a .500 ISO, which would make him a HoF. That’s gonna come down, but he had a .300 ISO in W-S. He’s one of those pop up guys who just has to prove it at every level, Ala Romy Gonzalez, but there’s a good chance Boston Smith is a dude.

Vargas and Mune, a love story:

Cat videos await

It's getting to the point where I hope we don't score double digits so we actually score something the next game.

Yes and had he not had that awful challenge before maybe you could challenge that. I tend to give guys a long runway before making a decision on them but it is baffling to me that Romo has had as much playing time as he has had this year.

Why though if you get someone with 3 years controllable in the rotation?

Nimmo's homer was hit on the second slowest swing to produce a homer since they started keeping track lol

Mason Miller is apparently available. There’s a move that I think is a bad idea in my rational brain, but would immediately jump for joy and begin rationalizing the second it happened.

Colson is good to start.

Let me do what I can to help Schultz again tonight. I’ll make the same doofus pregame comments I made his last start, so he can again prove me wrong. I’ll go a little bigger this time: Why the hell are we pitching Schultz tonight?? It should be Sandlin. Sandlin is clearly better with a higher floor and ceiling. C’mon Venable, go with Sandlin.

working title: John and Kumar Go to Queens.

Call me crazy but this are his starts leading up to his injury. Looks like a major league pitcher to me.

That's the problem with Thorpe though. He was advertised as a 65-70 command guy and came to the big leagues and had 40 grade command. Add in the fact that command is the last thing to come back after surgery, and I think he's better off sitting in the minor leagues all year.

They're 'roommates' like how my uncle has invited his 'roommate' to the last 20 years of family functions and sometimes they kiss each other. Just guys being dudes.

Boston Smith is not catching for the White Sox this season. He's in the nascent stages of catching. Please defer all questions to Boston Smith experts @Timmy U and @Autumn Dreamin . https://www.soxtalk.com/forums/topic/124709-boston-smith/

Not too late for Greg’s Tim Anderson plan…

Talk about premature. Crochet is fragile AF. Let's see him actually pitch and be effective. It's why I was OK with not extending him early.

But Crochet has been hurt and he doesn’t get knocked for that? Interesting.

Did Teel die?

I was impressed you got the 2 things in your check list also !

You've turned into a Panican !

Beni's contract aged just fine thank you very much.....just ignore the part where he was also marketed as a GG OF and not just a DH. I've never had much of a problem with him to be honest, probably because I hated that friggin guy from the Dodgers that he replaced here.

The Teel injury just underlines what we all already know: in sports, you’re always one play away from next man up. I am confident that if Cholowsky proves he’s ready, the opportunity will present itself. Maybe not as quick as he’d like, but either trades or injuries or poor performance will open the door for him. You can never have too many good players.

Just play the 2 catchers who carried us for 75% of this season. Sure beats a "let's rebuild in 2027" trade.

I can't root for the Cubs. Screw em

Go away

Asshole of America indeed.

The asshole of America.

If he even sticks there. He has games in the OF as well.