South Side Hit Men

f***.

Half of SoxTalk would despise Acuna Jr. and his chain if he played for the Sox.

Lance keeps giving up the long ball.

f*** Rosario and the Twins. Sox 3-0!!!

Back to back KKK halves.

These violations are a joke.

KKK

Lance Lynn had a lot of steak over the break.

I listen to most games, so grateful to be able to watch tonight, though with Jason on the call I'm muting and having Len in the background paired with MeTV Radio Yacht Rock.

Weird Zavala is catching Lynn. Glad Sheets isn’t a thing anymore vs. RH Starters.

If Lynn gets $18M for 2024, Manfred needs to enact a drug testing program for owners and front office staff.

Keegan Thompson, come on down. You’re Michael Kopech’s number one comparable pitcher. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopecmi01.shtml Similar Pitchers Keegan Thompson (984.8) Cisco Carlos (984.0) Bill Zepp (983.9) Oscar Horstmann (981.9) José Cisnero (980.0) Cactus Keck (979.9) Gene Pentz (979.6) Francisco Oliveras (979.5) Mike Strahler (979.1) Jeremy Hernandez (979.0)

Atlanta -278, Chicago +250. Sounds about right.

Not even Hahn will sign him for $18M, thinking if he has no alternatives would take the $1M buyout, perhaps $10M plus a $1M-$2M option. If not, they'll get another 35 year old on their last deal. I personally hope he is traded and never pitches here again.

Sexual misconduct, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment - https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/08/top-stories/former-nu-football-player-details-hazing-allegations-after-coach-suspension/ Racism - https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/10/sports/former-nu-players-describe-racist-environment-in-football-program/ The entire AD department should be removed with systemic changes implemented to ensure students are protected and this never happens again. - https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/13/sports/faculty-call-for-systemic-change-within-athletics-department/ Congratulations to the student journalists who helped protect future athletes from suffering the same fate as those suffered under Fitzgerald, Foster, Mike Polisky and other Northwestern senior athleitc staff.

Cease Arb $8M + Kopech $1M Guys nobody else wants (Lynn, Hendricks, Cueto, others) $7M-$10M ($24M total). They likely won’t sign three end of line types, but definitely likely they sign 1-2 unless they are doing an Oakland like tanking job. They pissed away $40M-$50M annually while tanking on veterans.

D. Cease K. Hendricks L. Lynn M. Kopech J. Cueto Touki

Jerry rejected a neighborhood plan in the 1980s to incorporate the neighborhood and have large parking garages to minimize the impact on the community. Screw handing another penny of taxpayer money to this gluttonous greedy billionaire. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-white-sox-ballpark-in-chicago-that-never-was-and-could-have-changed-history/ Jerry maximized profit charging $35 for parking. Jerry to fans, taxpayers, and displaced businesses and people - screw you,

Just wait until after the tanking trades. I was hoping they would broach the worst attendance at the new park (1999 - 1,338,851), but they will likely do so in 2024 if Hahn remains as GM. Glad there have been two cancelled games so far (straight DHs replacing), hoping Jerry has to eat 2-3 more home games this season. Sox fans should also root for the following teams, to sink Hahn further into the bottom five records during his tenure (2013-2023). Royals need to finish within 11 1/2 games of the White Sox to remain above the White Sox. Hopefully Colorado, Baltimore and Cincinnati past the White Sox, and Detroit and Miami make up significant ground. MLB Records (2013-2022) entering 2023 25. Chicago White Sox 700-817 0.461 26. Colorado Rockies 700-818 0.461 1/2 Game Back (2 1/2 GB in 2023) 27. Baltimore Orioles 687- 831 0.453 13 1/2 Games Back (18 1/2 Games Ahead in 2023!) 28. Detroit Tigers 684-829 0.452 14 Games Back (3 1/2 Games Ahead in 2023) 29. Cincinnati Reds 684- 834 0.451 16 1/2 Games Back (12 1/2 Games Ahead in 2023!) 30. Miami Marlins 653-863 0.431 46 1/2 Games Back (15 Games Ahead in 2023!)

Possibly, though what are the odds he exceeds 10 starts?

This The Sox have no good "young guys" under 27 except for Robert Jr. Full stop. None of these guys including Eloy is capable of consistent 2+ fWAR seasons (minimal range for average MLB starters). None. Marco Paddy is responsible for the two best White Sox hitters this decade, and all Jerry wants to do is squeeze money out of his budget. White Sox fWAR / season Player (Age) # of Seasons (2023 = 57% of a season; 2020 = 37%) or (Games under 1 yr) "Young Guys" Age 22-26 MLB Staters (2-3) or better (+3) 3.5 Luis Robert Jr. (25) 2.94 MLB Reserves or worse (AAAA/AAA) 1.4 Eloy Jimenez (26) 3.94 -0.2 Romy Gonzalez (26) (86 games) -0.2 Andrew Vaughn (25) 2.57 -0.3 Carlos Perez (26) (51 games) -3.0 Oscar Colas (24) (32 games) -3.5 Lenyn Sosa (23) (33 games) Age 27 + Age / Player / Seasons / Career fWAR MLB Starters (2-3) or better (+3) 3.0 Zach Remillard (29) 0.17 - Will regress due to insane BABIP in small sample. 2.6 Yoan Moncada (28) 5.27 2.6 Tim Anderson (30) 6.94 MLB Reserves or worse (AAAA/AAA) 1.9 Billy Hamilton (32) (62 games) 1.9 Elvis Andrus (34) 1.0 1.7 Yasmani Grandal (34) 2.94 1.4 Andrew Benintendi (28) 0.57 1.4 Jake Burger (27) 0.82 1.2 Seby Zavala (29) 2.0 0.2 Gavin Sheets (27) 2.0 -0.4 Adam Haseley (27) (42 Games)

Narrator: They could not. This was the worst played game since the late April / early May losing streak. Touki was the bright spot, nice I guess Tim and Andrew each had two hits. Benintendi's ninth inning single the lone other Sox hit. The Debacle Continues.

Lucas Luetge was DFA'd in May, sent to AAA, back today. See if the Sox can score on him. 10.24 ERA.

Tim and Andrew with two hits a piece. All others 0.

I believe they are bringing up the 5th starter from the IL for one of the starts. I'd start Lucas against Quintana, probably the Sox best chance to win a game with the LH on the mound and being rusty with no starts The Sox have crushed him in the past (.891 OPS, 6.43 ERA).