WestEddy

Okay, so I'll take this as you admitting that 6 weeks of baseball doesn't actually equal 14 days. I really don't care what you have tolerance for. That's why I have you on ignore. I don't have tolerance for guys who will just misrepresent what I wrote, then call me names and scold me. Obviously, you think you're waaaaaayyyyy smarter than me, and everybody else here. I mean, you have your own proprietary algorhythms, or something. LOL. So just ignore my posts. I skip over yours, and the unfortunate time I click into one, I realize I'm not missing any in depth analysis. Again, I understand that it sucks when people think things without asking you, first. You have the last word. Make it count.

"Pants get tighter"? Like we're all nursing stiffies because our baseball team is looking slightly more competent? It's like you're telling us something I've been saying any time I post. I think most of the current roster will be gone by the next time they're "competitive". My unreasonable, crazy elation is over the White Sox looking like they might not lose 100 games this year. Boy, am I loading up on playoff tickets. LOL. I'm still waiting for all the people who predicted this team to lose even more than in 2024 to get to the emergency room and have their own 2-year negativity priapism treated.

You should probably take a look at the rosters of the Twins and Orioles. Two weeks of baseball? U funny. The White Sox are 17-17 since June 20. You're hard to take seriously because you regularly do things like that. Pretend that 6 weeks of baseball is actually 2. Tee-hee. Sneaky. You're mocking a post where I said I can see the Sox missing 100 losses. That would require them to play 23-30 the rest of the way. But I said ".500" in there, somewhere, so argue against that and post laughing emojis. Seriously, if you can't read, and need to regularly make up strawmen to dunk on, just ignore my posts. I'm sorry that people are being positive without your express written permission. Life sucks that way.

There really wasn't a clear cut "ace" being dangled, though. Joe Ryan of the Twins was the only guy whose name I heard that seemed like a stud. Teams who needed starters filled in the back of their rotations, but I didn't get the sense that there was anyone outside of Ryan or Cease who were really being offered, and the Twins and Padres were probably asking a huge price for them. These are the starting pitchers who were traded. I don't think any of these guys are game 1 starters for their new teams. Dustin May Merrill Kelley Chris Paddack Michael Soroka Zack Littel Shane Bieber Charlie Morton Bailey Falter Nestor Cortez Jordan Montgomery Adrian Houser I get the notion that bullpens are important in the playoffs. I doubt that's why the Sox plugged Taylor into the back of their bullpen.

We also play 10 games against virtual AAA teams (Twins (7), Orioles (3)), 24 against .500 or lower (Angels (3), Guardians (6), Royals (6), Braves (3), Rays (3), Nationals (3)). We have the 3rd hardest schedule after the All-Star break, but it suddenly doesn't look so tough. This team played .500 ball from June 20 on. I could see them missing 100 losses.

It's the same 3 cranks. Nobody else had a problem.

Then "we" isn't the proper pronoun to use. I do think it's funny when bro-dudes think they get to decide what other people get to be happy about.

You don't seem to be celebrating.

Nobody said it was. 1/3 of the season that's in the books. You're so angry that the Sox are doing well and people are hopeful, you can't even read.

Here's what I wrote: "They're 17-17 since June 20. That's right around 1/3 of the season that's in the books." If you can't tell the difference between what I wrote and what you're saying, there's really not point in responding to you.

They're 17-17 since June 20. That's right around 1/3 of the season that's in the books. 34 games isn't a small sample size anymore.

They played a half game under .500 in July. They're a different team from the one that left spring training.

If they play .500 ball the rest of the way, they'll lose around 95. They were 12-13 in July.

What's the goal? Getting good players in place, or being able to crow over $100M contracts? And if they buttoned up the bullpen even more, that would help.

High 70's? If they win 5 more, they're at .500, and that puts them square in the wild card race.

But it does. If JR takes Getz to the woodshed every time he spends $75k on a waiver trade, as you tell us every time there's a cash considerations trade, then they would have traded him for anybody to get that money off the books. They didn't.

Why do both catchers need to be in the lineup? If their bats only play at catcher, they deserve to rotate.

FanGraphs calls Davitt a depth starter Peoples was Tampa's #38 prospect for Fangraphs:

Ben Peoples Minor Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com Duncan Davitt College, Amateur & Minor Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

Okay, Houser to the Rays, so by everybody's rules, this trade deadline has been a complete success.

I'm with Hogan, here. Anything short of a Juan Soto return is "failure". People are already dropping markers that not trading him in 2023 was a failure, not moving multiple players today is a failure, etc.

My guess is that there are deals in place with a couple of teams for Houser, and once somebody realizes they lost out on Cease or Kelly, they just call Getz and tell him to fax it in.

Cease being dangled, for one.