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The DH rules don't allow it, but the Sox would be better off with Cease hitting for Cease and Eloy hitting for Zavala or Colas.

Most definitely, and his contract isn't too bad if you think you can get a 2 + fWAR player out of him outside of Chicago and healthy. Moving Burger is striking when the iron is hot. Moving Sheets is just salvaging a roster spot with a useful player who can field and hit say .700 OPS vs. all pitchers.

Rick Hahn woke up today. Fire Rick Hahn.

To be honest, if you can get anything for Burger, Eloy, Sheets, pull the trigger.

Hard pass on both $300M + contracts unless a team is committed Top 5 $250M- $300M payroll each season, which the White Sox clearly aren't. 2023 fWAR 2.2 Machado 0.9 Harper 0.5 Joe Kelly

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He was out most of the first 59 games last season, but has been active all but 27 games since. If he pitches well this week and has clean medical records, teams won’t have concerns. 2022: Missed games 1-27 & 44-59. 2023: Missed Games 10-25 & 87-99.

Las Vegas Wynn Sportsbook Odds: Twins -133 White Sox + 121 Sox + 1 1/2 -185 Twins - 1 1/2 +155 Lineups

Once healthy, he pitched well overall. ERA vs. FIP 2022 6.08 ERA vs. 3.06 FIP 2023 4.82 ERA vs. 3.21 FIP FIP -- Fielding Independent Pitching This stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO (13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA.

This Nothing major returning, but Jerry will appreciate the $3M plus $1M buyout off his ledger. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/07/white-sox-activate-joe-kelly-designate-bryan-shaw-for-assignment.html

Fourth day out, remains on the active roster. Fire Rick Hahn https://soxmachine.com/2023/07/the-white-sox-just-cant-stop-playing-short-handed/

Omar Vizquel and Wes Helms enter the chat. Both the Mets and Sox are fortunate the Racist / Rapist Chicago NHL OrganIzation and Dan Snyder Washington NFL Teams took more arrows over recent years, though Chicago escaped national scrutiny because nobody south of Canada gives a s%*#.

The Sox have been mired in mediocrity over the past 25 seasons (under .500). Hahn would have to substantially improve to reach mediocre level. White Sox fWAR Team Rankings 2013: 28th Position Players & 16th Pitchers 2014: 25th Position Players & 23rd Pitchers 2015: 30th Position Players & 10th Pitchers 2016: 21st Position Players & 10th Pitchers 2017: 18th Position Players & 30th Pitchers 2018: 23rd Position Players & 25th Pitchers 2019: 22nd Position Players & 19th Pitchers 2021: 9th Position Players & 1st Pitchers - Cues One Shining Moment 2022: 21st Position Players & 10th Pitchers 2023: 27th Position Players & 25th Pitchers Fake 60 game season not included.

Eloy is better than Leury, so there's that. White Sox Reserve Players: Dollars per 1.0 fWAR (2019-2022) $0.9M Adam Engel ($4.6M / 5.1 fWAR) $3.2M Eloy Jimenez ($15.8M / 5.0 fWAR) $4.6M Leury Garcia ($13.8M / 3.0 fWAR)

Crockett's Theme Crochet's Theme

Chicago and Lance Lynn coming to town. Byron Buxton “Yes please”.

Chicago Baseball = Mired in mediocrity for a quarter of a century.

Brian Shaw lowers ERA under 10.

You can see the unsold season tickets in the remaining tickets for the Cubs series, a few hundred sold since I looked at this last week. https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/04005D7EC4363E53?tfl=Chicago_White_Sox-Tickets-White_Sox_Ticket_Information-ticket_grid-x0-Desktop-Landscape&adobe_mc=MCMID=14505932877399500000272204933552964990&MCORGID=A65F776A5245B01B0A490D44%40AdobeOrg&TS=1689992738

2023 .217 BA / .275 OBP / .517 SLG / .792 OPS / 1.2 fWAR Career .233 / .289 / .493 / .782 / 1.7 fWAR

Twin pitchers: 3.88; 3.40; 4.42 ERAs White Sox pitchers: 6.18; 10.80 (to start the inning) ERA

2023 - 72 Starts One 5 Strikeout Game Two 4 Strikeout Games Eight 3 Strikeout Games

Would have been out of the inning if they played Colas as an everyday player like he should be, instead of a platoon player with non outfielders like Remillard playing RF for the first times in his professional career this season. Because White Sox. I used to blame this on Tony, but this has continued under Pedro because Hahn is absolute garbage at his job and cannot properly manage his active or 40 man roster.

Tony wouldn't stand for it. Kopech and Crochet in 2021 Bullpen. An assist to Jerry for the 102 game 2020 lockout to prevent Crochet from minor league work.

Neither Robert or Eloy swung at a strike with a chance to tie it. Disappointing.