South Side Hit Men

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.

He's a decent minimum contract DH for Tanking 2.0. If he doesn't figure the strike zone out soon, he'll be joining Yermin in Mexico. Qualifications - Tony knew him in Saint Louis. Also, see Lance Lynn.

Romano threw a total of three strikes in the zone for three strikeouts. That is the Chicago White Sox in a nutshell.

f*** you Tony La Russa and all the s%*# you dragged into the organization.

No, in line for a promotion soon.

Sox Math Chris Bassitt (13.8 bWAR) + Marcus Semien (38.1) + Josh Phegley (2.1) > White Sox Jeff Samardzija (0.3)

So Colas will start / play CF when they rest Robert (they should rest him once before the All Star Game) as the only other player on the roster capable of playing CF. Wonder if they are trying to acclimate Perez with the staff before they attempt to trade Grandal. Zavala plus 2 DHs attempting to catch is not optimal roster construction.

Still douchebag after all these years.

The White Sox are .500 (187-187) since Tony La Russa fist bumped fellow paisano Rocco Baldelli for ordering the beaning of Yermin Mercedes. 2021 68-54 2021 Playoffs 1-3 2022 81-81 2023 37-49 May 18th, 2021. A date which will live in White Sox infamy. https://nypost.com/2021/05/19/tony-larussa-losing-white-sox-after-ripping-yermin-mercedes/

Tonight is the 6,666th game of the Jerry Reinsdorf era. The White Sox have gone 3350-3311-4 .503 heading into this evening, and need to win 19 more games this season to avoid finishing the year under .500 during his reign heading into 2024.

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