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Bummer just activated as was Rodon. Cishek and Detwiler gone.

He has never pitched in MLB; him getting some experience before the playoffs matters. Aaron Bummer has been one of the 5-8 best relievers in baseball over the past 1 1/2 years. He can come back for game 1 of the playoffs and it wouldn't impact him any differently than coming back on Saturday of this week.

You might be right, but I think Bummer will be back for the playoffs. I think Rodon is done.

How many game reps did Crochet get before he made his MLB appearance?

Or they have no interest in using him before the playoffs, and he'll be activated for them. No chance in risking a reinjury in the close to the regular season.

Roache, no one hits good pitching when it's going good. That's just how the game works. As for the pain; when you lose on a walk off, you're going to be bummed. It doesn't matter what level you're playing at. That said, I can say the majority of these guys woke up today and don't give a damn because that's the only way you're going to succeed in this game. If you treat baseball like other sports and get down and out after a loss, you're in trouble. It's so easy to have an 0-16 or 0-20 weekend at the dish with just a tiny bit of bad luck. You just can't let the game get you down like that otherwise you'll never succeed. The fans take most losses a lot harder than players. I think you know I appreciate your thoughts, or I wouldn't continue responding to you all the time, but I just think you're allowing the down period of the game to impact your opinions too much; just as people allow the upswings to impact their opinions too much as well.

This is really where my issues arise. Tired of reading that nonsense every night. This year amplifies it and makes it worse to me; this treatment of athletes as if they were solely existing to entertain me. People hold athletes to a higher standard than they hold themselves.

lol you get what i mean.

The similarities are there. Sox fans wanted to quit on the team in September of 05 too. Does that mean yo walks it off tonight to take division lead and never look back?

every team in baseball is inconsistent. Holy cow roche. Im not optimistic for telling fans who say this teams stinks that they're wrong. Im not optimistic for telling those who call the offense chokers and bad they theyre wrong. The facts support my side. Im actually living in reality. Theres nothing realistic or honest about pretending the team isn't good and being overly negative. Even less so when those who are doing it projected this team to be a .500 team. Lol Youre praising how good the yankees are but supporting the doom and gloom sox picture. The yankees have been worse all year..smh

If you take another man's opinion as him telling you how to act thats your own personal problem.

Fair point. Im not a fan of the personal insults either. Life has been such a pain in the ass this year. I regret being a nervous wreck in 05 and not enjoying it enough; always thinking we were gonna blow it. With everything going on in the world this year I was gonna enjoy baseball no matter what. The sox being great is just tve icing on top. I promised myself that angst wouldn't consume me as a fan and I'd enjoy this instead. Its been a great experience. Last night I just turned the TV off. No big deal.

i clearly annoy and bother you, yet you're in this thread, responding... so I think you get where he's coming from.

I told you how to be a fan? Interesting; I guess even reading someone elses opinion that isn't your own is hard for you. That said, I expect nothing less from a guy who spews irrational and overly negative nonsense time and time again.

This is actually the funniest part to me; in my circle of friends/family in real life, I am considered a pessimist. I don't paint rosey pictures of the team; I have pre-season analysis for each of the past 5 years to back that up. This year though? Yeah Sox80, I've been pretty optimistic because they've played like a GREAT baseball team. To say I'm a homer because I am excited and positive about this year is complete nonsense and actually the entire issue with the negativity that has consumed this place.

So your answer to an already small sample of games - 60 - is to break them down into even smaller samples and dissect them and discredit the team that way. Interesting way to watch a team play a game. If you removed the White Sox from the conversation, here are the records of the following teams: (I removed the Cubs and the Twins because since they're good teams that the Sox didn't lose to so they don't count in your eyes because they don't fit the criteria, even though they're 50% of the Sox winning opponents lol) KC: 21-24 DET: 21-22 Cards: 25-24 Indians: 25-22 Reds: 27-27 So tell me again, how are the Cards, Indians and Reds superior to the "losing teams" the Sox have beaten? Since the Sox wins vs those teams don't count, then the winning teams wins vs the Sox don't count. So what are we left with? A bunch of .500ish teams. So please explain to me again how the Sox just can't beat any teams that are as good as the .500 cards and Reds.

I agree, they're up against the clock. That much is obvious. They're also more likely to play like their season record in 4 days than they are to play like they have the last 3 days. They looked good vs the Twins. They have lost a few CLOSE games to good teams. That shit happens.

The White Sox took 3 of 4 from Minnesota one week ago. People have just lost their minds.

Waiting for all those fans that predicted a .600 + win %, since they're so disgusted by the product they're seeing. People acting like they don't have a shot again struggle to understand the streaky nature of the game.

and that's a lot of the playoffs; timing and luck. Getting hot at the right time. The Sox aren't hot now, but the could get hot on Saturday, or Monday. That's baseball. Complaining and calling this a shit product and being critical of everyone on the team and in the organization is just complete nonsense. For a group of fans that have experienced such little success over 40 years to be so arrogant and off putting about the success they achieve is hilarious to me. It's like a terrible golfer who throws a fit on every hole after every bad shot and putt and then never even celebrates the very rare good shot. His expectations are at a level that is just nonsensical.

1. He has said he'd get starter pitch counts to that level before playoffs 2. didn't like using Heuer at all, bullpen is short, but playoffs have no days off so want to see it 3. If he's on post-season roster, he needs to pitch back to back days 4. Colome said he had an inning (agree HE SHOULD NOT PITCH) I agree on 2 and 4, but no idea who you use without Heuer. They should be using Cishek, Ruiz and Gio if it means keeping those guys fresh for a postseason run. 4th seed 1st seed doesnt matter.

It's not. The seasons have peaks and valleys. The Sox won 20 of 25 games; that's remarkable, that's called a peak. No team plays .800 baseball all year. The Sox now are in a bit of a valley, just as they started the season. GUess what? They're win percentage is still .607. That's a 98 win team; you guys can go ahead and bump the preseason win projections, but I'm 99% sure not many predicted a 98 win team. The valleys for good teams hurt MORE because the games are closer. Our valleys last year were 8-0 blowouts. So many here wear the emotions of a baseball game likes it's an NFL SUnday. It's nonsense. Seasons run in runs; hitting can be contagious, bullpens run together frequently, SP tend to get hot together. It's human nature. It's how all large sample games work; it's a collection of many small samples which have a lot of noise. The White Sox aren't hitting. They're still a good hitting team. You should be excited that the way the Sox are losing is a way that won't be possible in the playoffs; because those pitchers won't be used. Baseball is a long season. It's fun to get excited but so many people lose the grander picture. Right now the Sox are worried about staying healthy first, and staying in the top 4 seeds second. Honestly they probably don't care as much about a division this year as others due to the top 4 seed rule. You can get angry that you think these games are all must wins, but it's just not being treated that way. 6 months ago we were all just begging for baseball. COVID had overcome. I made a guarantee to myself then that if we got baseball, I would enjoy it. I have been miserable watching this team for the past few years; this year, they're fun, exciting, competitive and on pace to be a NINETY EIGHT WIN team. Have they been consistent? No, but almost NO TEAM is. I've read that people aren't excited for the playoffs, and they're in football mode and that this team stinks now. What in the fuck? They've outperformed every expectation put in front of them, and we're going to see post-season baseball for the first time in 12 years while suffering in the midst of a financial crisis and a pandemic and people want to complain because they didn't win TWO games? People are taking this for granted, and it's that which is frustrating to a fan and a human in this world we live in. You don't like what you're watching, then watch something else... but calling this a trash product when these guys are putting a top notch product on the field is pure nonsense. Go Sox! ANd Luis Robert is going to shut a lot of dumb asses up come October. Rant over.

again they scored 2 runs. Anyoje logical knows the issues right now is the offense. The pitching staff is going to be preserved and set up for playoffs first and foremost.

you speak in nonsense sometimes. Did you think this was a .695 team before the season? Lol Even now they'd be on pace to win 98 games. This is called a baseball. It has ups and downs. Did you expect them to be a 98 win team? Lol its so hilarious to read all these takes. Everyone who projected the sox to won 98 games before the season raise your hand. Bad losses happen to every team

Sox scored 2 runs in 9 innings and people crying about bullpen usage lol. Were they suppose to use Cordero even if they wanted to rest him?