Look at Ray Ray Run

Idk. Its pretty ridiculous to accuse a team of cheating with zero evidence based solely on the idea that they beat you badly and are on a hot streak. When I was playing, we'd call that being a sore loser.

That's because it's not true. Since July 1st, the Red Sox team BABIP is 299.

The below is a heat map of where Brazoban has thrown his sinker in 2026. The bottom image is the pitch in question that was hit. You'll notice it's almost like the Red Sox just have a.... scouting report!

I'm struggling to see how Castillo suddenly gets paid less because you traded another asset that cost money? Castillo's price is 23 million. This implication that Dominguez is worth zero dollars so his entire salary is an off-set is tough to accept. The Sox lost the player they valued as a 10 million/yr player 6 months ago. That's not some net monetary gain that limits the cost of Castillo on the open market.

This is an incredible thread. Sox get swept, so the other team must be cheating. Brazoban throws his sinker low in the zone because that's where sinkers go, guy goes down and gets it... cheating. I'm having a hard time understanding the logic here. Struggling to understand how it's cheating to be looking for a low sinker from a sinker baller who throws 51% sinkers and hitting it.

To me, it's more that the Sox pitching isn't great and it's gotten smacked around by good offensive teams. Sox also have a stark home vs road split, and they're offense is 10 wRC+ points better at home than on the road. We wouldn't call them cheaters though, but teams who cheat tend to do so in their own ballpark. The Red Sox have the opposite split, they've been a much better offense on the road than at home. I'm skeptical that some team has an elaborate road cheating scheme.

Are the White Sox cheating?!?! They were projected to win 64 games and they're on pace to win in the mid 80's with a plus plus offense!!

Hope he figures it out. it's been a trend following him as he moves up levels. Sam too good though.

Detroit bullpen isn't good, but theyre also not some historically bad unit.

Melton has also been awesome, and I think River Ryan slots in and is good right away.

Run differential isn't everything, but it's still crazy to see a team 3 games under with a run diff of 71, and the team with the best record in the AL at 22 games over has a run differential of 41.

There's a big difference between in-season pick-ups and DFA trades and actual free-agent signings. All teams in the off-season are roster building, and so their value is set by the league and not artificially deflated by waivers or other teams being fully constructed. FA shows your ability to evaluate MLB players. The Sox gave 20 million dollars to a guy that they decided 6 months later wasn't even worth a quarter of that. They gave 6 million to a guy with injury history and then released him for free because an injury slowed down his year. My point with Murakami is that he was never a part of Getz off-season plans when he set them. He thought a player at the price he was expecting wasn't attainable. So his actual off-season plan going into it was everything he got minus Murakami.

I added Murakami as a success. I also added Kay as a success which was me being very generous, so funny to see this idea that I gave no credit.

Peters was traded after being DFA. Definitely not a FA signing. Grichuck also a DFA pick up in season so not an offseason FA signing.

Youre right, not sure how I missed him. I liked that move which is probably why I forgot it in my negative rant!

Getz off-season FA MLB additions so far: Hays - DFA'ed Seranthony - Given away as if he was worth zero Reese McGuire - Released Fedde - (-.3 fWAR with a 5.4 FIP) Murakami - Obviously great, but a reminder that he fell into their laps Kay - .8 fWAR with a 4.8 FIP (I'd call this a solid signing even though I'm not a fan of Kay's. He's definitely covered some innings and given them a chance to win games.) Our World Class GM that has "earned" the benefit of the doubt!

Wouldn't judge a person going through either (miscarriage or your scenario) but I think the two are a little different! Tray rubs dirt on his miscarriages and gets back up.

Batting .500 with the White Sox. Take that, haters!

You guys are right, I'm wrong. oDoyle rules.

To be fair, it's not that hard to make him look bad. I actually chose the date because he matched Quero over that same time frame so it seemed more relatable. Lazy stats work from me in this one where I told the story before I validated the data.

When you're an organization that isn't a big spender, the only way to sustain success is to win shares of value in the majority of your moves. Every time you release a Derek Hill and then trade for a Brenton Doyle with 2 prospects a month later, you've lost value and set yourself back. These moves add up fast too. And you're correct, although had I known we were going to throw Ant in left I wouldn't have said the worst since Ant is like a life raft for the group, lifting them all up. I still don't believe in Peters at all, but sometimes things go your way and that's awesome!

I'm a bully, but if you start at August 1st he moves all the way up to 177 of 184 outfielders with 50+ PA's. Moving up!!

Derek Hill with the Phillies: 36gms, 1.6 bWAR, 837 OPS, 5 homers. Another guy we gave away for free, only to turn around and pay for Doyle to replace him. Unbelievable.

There was no article. September is also in the second half of 2025, in case you were wondering. He wasn't playing injured in 2026, he got hurt and then missed time. I take myself too seriously but you're running around calling me an idiot because I post facts (worst outfielder in baseball since September 1st) about a players performance. I just find it hilarious that Soxtalk couldn't wait to demote and move on from Edgar Quero because he was "so bad" yet he has the same fWAR as Brenton Doyle since September 1st of last year and Quero has played more games, so Doyle has been even worse.

So September of last year wasn't in the second half and doesn't count? One of my favorite Soxtalk exercises is the removal of all bad periods and the emphasis on good periods only. And he's nothing like Vargas. Vargas always had great strike zone command and an elite approach. Doyle has bad strike zone command and a poor approach. The White Sox acquired one of the worst players in baseball over the last 1 1/2 years but you've painted this giant rose. Very fascinating.