South Side Hit Men

Elite!

Eloy doing Eloy things. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/717468/play/64

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Springer had a White Sox at bat. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/717468/play/53

The Sox were .500 each of the three tanking years in extra innings, but under .500 the past four years. 2016 was the last season the White Sox were over .500 in extra innings (8-7).

That place fell off a decade ago. Same with Mr. Beef on Harlem after they sold. Grateful Jay's on Nagle and Bob-o's on Irving Park are still around.

No Andrew Vaughn = No RBIs. Perhaps they can score in extras with the free baserunner.

Hoping they can flip him and his 6 ERA once they blow this up in a couple of weeks. Will be a decent 5th or spot starter for a team looking to replace a pitcher or supplement an opener.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/717468/play/31

That's on or around September 17th,

You know what it is? I'll tell you what it is.

When Robert hits the box, he has no plan.

Detroit, like the White Sox, salvaged one game against Oakland. They also beat Kansas City 2 out of 3, leaving Cleveland as the only team successful from the A. L. Central (1-5). I hope Oakland finishes with an overall winning record against the A. L. Central this season.

Jose Berrios RHP 8-6, 3.74 ERA, 95 SO Lance "Steak" Lynn RHP 5-8, 6.47 ERA, 116 SO TOR Lineup G Springer (R) RF B Bichette (R) SS B Belt (L) 1B V Guerrero Jr. (R) DH M Chapman (R) 3B W Merrifield (R) LF C Biggio (L) 2B A Kirk (R) C K Kiermaier (L) CF CWS Lineup A Benintendi (L) LF T Anderson (R) SS L Robert Jr. (R) CF E Jiménez (R) DH Y Grandal (S) C G Sheets (L) 1B O Colás (L) RF Z Remillard (R) 3B E Andrus (R) 2B

They can add a “27th man” for the day with the DH, which I assume will be a pitcher who can cover one, perhaps a few, innings.

Last I checked Liam announced publicly January 9th that he had cancer. Apparently the money has been spent to attempt to find an adequate fill in, even for 7th/8th to promote Graveman to 9th. Sox 2022-2023 Major League Roster Relief Pitcher acquisitions: Before the announcement: Santos and Middleton. After the announcement: Colome, Shaw, Toussaint.

The continued obsession of Tim Anderson’s innocuous communications by Bridgeport’s Twelve Angry Men mirrors internet gossip of children and teens. Cues Taylor Swift song.

The key unanswered questions are: When and who (Sox and or the player’s independent doctor) in consultation with Yoan will make a decision to undergo surgery if this lengthy absence does not completely resolve his back issues? AND Will the postponing of this decision until August or beyond impact his 2024 availability? Would like to hear @ptatc’s take on the typical athlete post surgery recovery time.

Any interest in the All Star Game vanished with the interleague scam. The only interleague should be the World Series, would make both events far more special / exclusive than the NBAifcation of The MLB.

The DH gives them a chance to bring up another starter / pitcher. Also gives them a better chance at salvaging one of two games instead of getting swept again. World Series of Poker for me over White Sox in either case the next two weeks, stream starts now.

I don't see them doing a mid season teardown by trading a Cease or Robert. Believe Jerry would rather have Lucas paired with another contract (Grandal, Lynn), pick up a few bulk innings Touki like guys in return or on waivers and just eat innings the rest of the season, Believe salary relief, not prospect return, will drive deadline trades. They can move a Cease or Robert in the offseason after season ticket invoices are paid, try to couple one or both with Yoan, Benintendi, Eloy, Graveman and have a minimal payroll until Jerry dies. Perhaps move Liam at the deadline and have a Liam day / bobblehead day In June/July before he is moved. Jerry rather have this roster than a legitimate multi-championship window contending roster, which Hahn has not created, nor is he able to create even with $200M. 2024 Roster $53M Catchers: $2M Zavala & Perez Infielders: $6M Burger, Gonzalez, Moustakas, Remillard, Sosa, Vaughn. Outfielders: $8M Colas, Grossman, Haseley, Profar, Sheets, Starting Pitchers: $11M Banks, Crochet, Kopech, Scholtens, Toussaint, Vincent Velasquez, Luke Weaver. Relief Pitchers: $26M Alexy, Bummer, Hendriks, Lambert, Middleton, Padilla, Santos, Shaw, Stiever.

Are you shitting me?

Hahn also has three additional seasons worse than .444 (2013, 2017, 2018). At least Hawk did a few positive things during the 10 months he had. Signed FA Carlton Fisk ($1.775M / 2 years). Signed Craig Grebeck (8.8 Sox bWAR). Acquired Ivan Calderon (8.5 Sox bWAR). What has Hahn done over the previous 10 months. Eat $11M and 2 years on a utility player he signed in 2022 off-season. Eat $4M on a failed reliever he acquired at July 2022 trade deadline. Committed the largest White Sox contract of $75M to a LF who ranks 15th out of 20th among qualified LFers (fWAR) and has no-power. Signed Clevinger who has already reached the IL twice in the first half for $12M. Dropped the same amount of games (13 games) from previous season in half the time the 1985-1986 team did, with likely further erosion after the trade deadline selloff. Hired his third manager, with each hire as bad or worse than Hahn’s previous hire.

Oakland gained another game, now 13 back of the White Sox. The thing about the deadline is Oakland won't lose much, but depending on how aggressive the White Sox are, it would be awesome if Oakland and or Kansas City could catch the White Sox. I believe Saint Louis will pass the White Sox this weekend. White Sox 37-50 - Saint Louis 35-50 1 Washington 34-51 2 Colorado 33-54 4 Kansas City 25-61 11 1/2 Oakland 24-63 13

Starters with a postseason win in the Rick Hahn multi-championship competitive window. One, Lucas Giolito. Three more weeks until he gets the opportunity to pitch for a real team. We will miss you. We will not miss Rick Hahn. Fire Rick Hahn.