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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.

I don't think the city could survive a Crosstown World Series

His start in game 3 of the ALCS is going to be fucking electric.

It's not a very vibrant color for sure.

I haven’t watched every pitch this season, but…Sean Newcomb should seemingly have like an 8 WAR, because I don’t know where this team would be without him this year. Just a fantastic signing (I’m sure Getz didn’t even expect this performance)

I'll be in attendance for this one.

Gonna be there all three. I get fired up for this series. I hate the Cubs. Our teams play the same sport--in the same league--in the same city. As far as I'm concerned if you grew up here and that doesn't mean anything to you you're either (1) an odd sports fan entirely out of step with the natural, universal dynamic of intra-city sports rivalries everywhere or (2) you're lying. I'm not afraid to say this series matters to me and I have zero time for the cowardly Cub fan passive-aggressive, bet-hedging, weaponized indifference pose. "I don't even think about the Sox - watch me spend my whole life incessantly explaining to you how little I think about them." Fvck the Cubs, now and forever.

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.

The Chicago White Sox go for 4 in a row while yours truly tries to keep his perfect Gamethread streak alive and go 5 for 5, Let's Go Sox!

WHAT A TIME TO BE DEAD

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.

Today was so fucking massive for letting the bullpen get some rest. Will pay off big. Now if Martin can come back and be an asset that is huge. Would love for him to be first half Martin, but I'll take even 70 percent of that.

There's a certain irony to using "don't trust Coors production" against Doyle...and then citing Adell's stats immediately after they've been inflated by playing there. Adell went 6-14 at Coors and is otherwise 10-48 (.208 average) as a Guardian. Go back a tick further and he was hitting .167 before getting to play another one of the worst teams in baseball where he got 3 hits against a 7 ERA LHP in SF. That one game + a Coors series accounts for 9 of his 16 hits (and 2 of his 4 HR) for Cleveland. He's 7-42 since the deadline when not playing the NL's bottom 2 clubs. He doesn't play CF. He would be worse than Braden on defense (and prior to his Coors trip, offense too). He's a worse platoon corner bat than Grichuk. I would have been content to keep Adams and Pereira personally, but of all the reasons to dislike the Doyle trade, not getting Adell instead is not one that makes sense to me.

We've been to 7 games this year including tonight.....We've seen 4 walk offs.

This team has more limitations than our record shows and we are still playing well and competing with the tops team in the league every time we face them. We have overachieved by a lot, nobody on this board or who is a fan of this team thought in a million years we would be 5 games above .500 and in 1st place on August 19th. Venable has questionable decisions just like every manager even ones with All star rosters.

There goes Will again, trying to lose a game again on purpose with his lineups. Wait a second...

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.

Fun time at the game last night. Target Field is awesome. Also happy hour $2 beers $2 hot dogs was great. Make it 4 in a row!

The correct move.

The Sox have 35 games remaining. Currently, the division race looks like this: Twins 3.5 back. 34 games remaining, 6 vs. Sox. Sox lead season series 4-3. Guardians 4.5 back. 34 games remaining, 3 vs. Sox. Sox lead season series 6-4. Tigers 5 back, 35 games remaining, 4 vs. Sox. Sox lead season series 6-3. Let's suppose the Sox finish 18-17 and are able to clinch the head-to-head season series vs. all 3 of these division opponents. The Sox final record would be 84-78. Since they would control all tiebreakers, the other teams would have to get to 85-77 to win the division. That would require those teams to finish with the following record in their remaining games: Twins 22-12 Guardians 23-11 Tigers 24-11 The Sox are in the driver's seat but not in the clear yet. They basically have to play .500 ball and not collapse vs. one of the division teams head-to-head and they will almost certainly win the division. Having said that, I think it's really important for the Sox to find their stride over the next 5 weeks and start playing their best ball heading into October. Go out and take this division and build momentum for the postseason. I'm fired up for what's ahead.

Find a 3rd rate nursing home for her. That will teach her.

6:40 starts and the pitch clock means weeknight games end at like 9:15 now. 7:11 starts and no pitch clock, games ended close to 11 PM. Much prefer the current format. Now I have time to watch the game, get in bed with my wife, watch something with her, and not get laid.

Typing this with one hand and unfortunately, I can't do something on Tommy. Passed away today bladder cancer. He was 83. I grew up watching him and then had the chance to meet and talk with him when Steibrenner brought the Yankees to Grambling in 87 if I remember right for an exhibition game. I was working in TV then and we covered it. John got the start for the Yankees. He's the last of the great Sox pitchers of the 1960's who made the All-Star Team. Him, Ray Herbert, Gary Peters, Juan Pizarro and Joe Horlen. This from my interview with J.C. Martin: ML: Tommy John (1965-1971.) Won 14 games both in 1965 and 1966. Member of the 1968 All- Star team. Sox record 82-80 but overall in his career won 288 games.) JCM: "He was a fun guy. He was a pleasure to catch because he only had one pitch, an 82 mile an hour sinker. Guys on the other team would see him and be yelling ‘go warm up’ because they couldn’t believe he was throwing that softly. He’d throw 20 ground ball outs a game. He threw more "worm killers" (Author’s Note: ground balls) then anybody I’d ever seen. And of course there was this: August 22, 1968 - In Detroit, White Sox pitcher Tommy John was attacked by the Tigers Dick McAuliffe. McAuliffe, who made the final out in Joe Horlen’s no-hitter in 1967, walked in the third inning then attacked John while going down the baseline. John had a 3-2 pitch sail over McAuliffe’s head just moments before. As the benches cleared McAuliffe and John wrestled near the mound, during it McAuliffe’s knee struck John’s shoulder damaging it so badly that he went on the disabled list and was lost for the year with a separation. He was 10-5 with an ERA of 1.98 at the time he was hurt. McAuliffe was suspended for only five games. He of course was traded for Dick Allen. Hope the Sox honor him the next homestand and that he gets into the Hall of Fame.

Heck of a series win. Maybe the most high leverage three games of the season. I haven’t posted all year, but I’ve been to a few games, and have been following more closely than I have since 2022. I’ve been enjoying the hell out of this season. Hi to everyone I know here, and Go Sox.

I think you extend Vargas and Mune right now and let the rest sort itself out over the next couple of years.

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

Back to 7 over. That's been our resistance point all season. Time to burst through.

All praise Bananaman

If my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle. Won the series. That’s not an if. That’s a fact.

That woman lost everything in her purse.

I've done some reflection on my hatred of the Cubs because a lot of normal people don't get it. What I've realized is I hate their fans specifically, lol. This is not something that makes more sense to normal people who have never been around there.