Autumn Dreamin

Short rest, he pitched in the DH on the 12th.

Knights have decided to play out of their minds today, currently leading 9-0. Very solid defense, more walks than K's, lots of XBH, and 6 strong from Solesky. Second time Solesky has gone 6IP scoreless this month, although the start in between was a 5IP/8ER/7BB mess. Barons also off to a good start, up 4-0 early, Colson 2B, Ramos HR in the first. Maybe everyone heard roster sports were up for grabs in ST...

Barons defense absolutely railing Cannon today. He's out after 3IP, 1ER... 7 unearned runs and dozens of extra pitches thanks to a circus behind him. FIVE starters have errors in the game, and there's probably another handful that could have been called. Make that SIX starters with errors, these guys are all drunk or something.

Leasure in his last 10 has a 1.80 ERA (2ER, both Charlotte solo shots) and a 16.2K/9 (18Ks in 10IP). However, he hasn't pitched since September 5. He's not on the IL, so I wonder what's up.

Bush out after 5IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 5K. Wild in the first and gave up a run on a walk>steal>WP>WP, but mostly settled down afterwards. The other two runs were a solo HR and a single>sac bunt>single. He made a pretty nice play fielding the bunt. No walks or WP after the first. Barons lead 4-3 after a game tying double from Veras and a go ahead single from Elko for his 100th RBI of the season. Elko got RBIs 98 and 99 on a 2R shot earlier in the game.

Troy Claunch to CLT from WS. Maybe just as a relatively age-appropriate fill in for Perez?

Oof.

Wowza. The White Sox bats have let down their arms plenty this season, but maybe never quite as bad as what the Brewers just did. Burns threw 8 no hit innings. Devin Williams threw a no hit 9th. Abner Uribe threw a no hit 10th. They don't scratch a run across until the 11th, which is also when they gave up their first hit to force a 12th. End up getting walked off in 13 after 10.1 no hit innings...15K, 3H for their pitching staff.

Rangers are 5-15 over their last 20 games, 3rd in the division, out of the WC, and currently trailing the A's.

Schultz gets a mention in Bowden's "just missed Top 50" list: https://theathletic.com/4836677/2023/09/06/mlb-top-prospects-2023-2024-bowden/

I guess next time he's going to have a no hitter through 7.2, and the Sox will somehow win 9-0.

He's been raking since the promotion, .869OPS and 4HR in 23 games in WS.

4 all year, all in the last month. Two in the last week.

Lance Lynn has given up a 6+ run/2+ HR inning for the second consecutive start. Also his second game in a row failing to finish the 5th: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 8 ER (3 HR), 3 BB, 1K. 24 hits (7HR), 6 walks, and just 3 (!!!) strikeouts in his last 3 starts (15IP)

If I had a nickel for every top 10 catching prospect with the last name Quero who is in the Barons game, I'd have two nickels...which isn't a lot, but it is weird that they're both there. Thompson had another great start. Very similar to last time out, there was one longer inning early where he pitched himself into and then out of a jam. Final line was 6IP, 1ER, 3H, 3BB, 8K. Unfortunately, the Barons have hit into about a million double plays and the normally reliable Haylen Green had exactly nothing in his arsenal today, so he's in line for the loss. Montgomery just hit one out though, so that's fun at least.

Gio just wants to come back home. I hope we offer him extra money for every homer he gives up in a Guardians uniform.

Kanny and WS both won shutouts, which is fun. Park went 2-2 with a double, 2BB, 2SB, and a HBP. He's been on base at least twice and scored at least once in every game since returning from the IL. Him and Nishida are a fun top of the order combo to watch and maybe their "get on base and run" energy is contagious? Ballers had 11 hits, 8 walks, and 7 steals. In WS, every member of the lineup got at least 1 hit for a team total of 15. It only led to 6 runs though, since Chappy's leadoff triple was the only XBH. Also only 1 walk, and you can probably guess who.

Popeye goes 3-5 in his AAA debut, 1 for 2 on SB. Chase Solesky decided to shove today. 6IP scoreless, 3H, 5K, 0BB. Cronin threw a perfect inning with 2K. Leasure got the save, also perfect with 2K. Knights win 2-1.

Carela with a season-best outing: 7IP, 1H, 0ER, 2BB. 7K. He looked great.