Autumn Dreamin

Cubs pitching staff is cursed this year. They DFA'd Pomeranz this morning and might be hoping he hasn't packed yet.

Again "left ankle" and "likely" a Teel IL trip pending scans in the morning. Feels like an Achilles would be more definitive. Colson "feels good" so sounds like nothing more than a day or two there

The Cubs wish they had the Sox' home record

Your first place Chicago White Sox are (finally!) a season high 7 games over .500! 47-33 since April 17th is the best mark in the AL. +52 run diff on the season is second in the AL behind NYY. They are 6-1 since Mune's return, outscoring opponents 49-10 in that stretch. They've allowed 0 or 1 runs 5 times in those 7 games, and scored in double digits 3 times. 7 runs scored vs. 1.4 runs allowed on average. 7-4 in their last 11 road games. Still at 1 over in the division because Joe Ryan was apparently quiet quitting today:

Winning run on second with nobody out bottom 9, they have no excuses

Going to (I have to assume) the last guy in the pen to try to keep a 2 run game in reach was certainly a choice Chasing deGrom early with a taxed TEX pen paid dividends

Sorry LA fans, the only 2024 Dodger that Mune has eyes for is Miguel Vargas

Or just keep scoring until you can give it to a position player

Richards?

Acuna has been hitting fine, and he does it again there

Mune doesn't have his timing fully back and still gets IBB'd Vargas punishes the audacity of TEX thinking he's an easier matchup

Just a day to day bruise for Colson

They'd need another catcher even if it's a 1-2 week thing, it's not a position you can wait out a series or two with.

The Beni analysis in this thread is missing his xTAPE metric

Beni has been so solid of late

Solid work from Fedde, hope he can go one more at least

Solid inning

Maybe should have sent him in the first inning too, but I'll take it

If the injury wasn't bad enough, Tigers and Guards are both facing BP today while the Sox have to face deGrom